Building the stand for my Solsylva 25×25 CNC router was pretty simple. The hardest part was attaching the hinged support. I also had some trouble finding straight lumber for it and the rest of the router. David Steele’s instructions and drawings are excellent and are easily among the best I’ve ever seen.… Read the rest
Casting Lots of Small Parts
I spend about half of my time writing CAM software, and the other half doing product development for a bunch of companies. Usually my prototypes are one-off, sometimes I have to make lots of them. I happen to be in the middle of just such a project- I need to make about 50 of these:
Luckily, they’re not very big, only the size of a dime.… Read the rest
Pamper Your Tools
Free Plans: David Kerzel’s C02 Engine
Here’s another set of free plans and construction notes by David Kerzel. These are for a CO2 engine which is much smaller than his very beautiful hit & miss engine, which you can also get free plans for. David says the flywheel is too thick, which should be easy to fix. … Read the rest