From Scrap to Rings...

Starting with some leftover wood, I found some circles inside, using the bandsaw:

 

 It turns out that there were quite a few circles in that bit of scrap:

The circles stack quite nicely too...

I found some holes in the middle of the circles, as well...

We chose some colours and bought some sample pots

and went multicolour.

Maslow Update

A short update of the Maslow. I've added the Z axis drive using a piece of wood, I'm planning to 3D print a thingie to replace the wooden prototype.

Unfortunately, while testing the Z axis I drove the motor into a jammed z axis screw and overheated one of the motor controllers, so I now have a Maslow that only has one motor drive.

I'm going to have to remove the drive chip and put a new one on...

Maslow Arrival

 

My Maslow CNC router kit has arrived, so I have been making a frame for it. The frame is a one-off that fits on a wheeled trolley I made a while ago for sheet material storage. The dimensions seem to be absolutely correct for a Maslow frame, strangely, as I didn't build it with the CNC machine in mind.

The kit looks like this after it has exited the box.

The frame so far is a double A frame with some chipboard flooring for a sacrificial routing surface. (It's really cheap, which means it is comfortably sacrificial).

The A frame is constructed similarly to the standard Maslow frame, and I'm keeping the dimensions very similar even though I will be using smaller plywood sheets than the 8 x 4 foot sheets Maslow was designed for.

 

I'm planning on putting triangular motor mounts on the cross beam, hopefully they will be rigid enough for the motor/chain stresses. If not, then I'll look at a single beam across the top and supports. I'm using up a lot of material I have hanging around, hence a different design and varied materials.

 

3D Printing Failure

 

While attempting to make one of these:

I made one of these:

Shame it's not as useful.

A Bit of Leather Work

I made some new straps for this bag, using leather rather than a plastic version of leather that was originally used.

One of the original straps had just worn out:

While I was doing work on the bag, I also replaced the popper that was on a closing strap with a new one, as the old one had been bent out of shape: