Monthly Archives: September 2017

CNC – a much needed repair

I decided that I absolutely wasn’t going to cut anything else on the big CNC before fixing the Z nut. The hack I made to get it installed in the first place has never worked properly, but it was really … Continue reading

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Drill Press — measure twice, cut once.

With yet a little more care, I was able to produce a perfect set of pole clamps, and I got them all drilled and sawed and drilled and clamp bolt installed, … and I’d cut them too big in the … Continue reading

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Drill Press – found my mojo again (well, most of it)

This was one of those days where you spend 1.5 hours setting up for 15 minutes of cutting. I was really careful, and got the drill press table level, then installed a stop block parallel to the bit, then tilted … Continue reading

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How to set up a drill press for compound angles, an investigation

So, I’m stuck trying to get the drill press set up for truss pole seats (They have both a “spread” angle and a “rake” angle that need to be set). I couldn’t figure out how to make my CNC’d jig … Continue reading

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CNC – Put the horse to work

I’ve been trying to get a CAD solution that doesn’t require me to be sitting at the computer in the shop, which for me means it has to run on Mac. I tried out LibreCAD, and I’m starting to get … Continue reading

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