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CNC – another satisfied customer

This is a 6″ wide, 3 foot long chunk of the side of some old barn that someone tore down and left the pile “free wood”. The planks are a foot wide by 10′ long or so, I have to … 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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CNC Build – And that’s how we do that.

Today, I decided that I was ready to start making some sawdust again. I had gathered and sorted all my endmills last night, and I found the one that had tried to kill me all those years ago. By the … Continue reading

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Super-PID installed

I finally got the Super-PID installed today. A good friend of mine brought over some 1/4″ acrylic so I could finish off the Super-PID case. I spent the day figuring out how to make it work. I cut off a … Continue reading

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CNC Build, day 32 and 33 – I love it when a plan comes together

My task this weekend was pretty straightforward; get the legs trimmed down, get the lower frames installed, cut and install the spacers, and install the torsion box onto the completed base. I must say that in light of this task … Continue reading

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CNC Build, Day 28 – so happy! Together!

The CNC build has been stalled out for months. Looking back, I realize that I haven’t really touched it since Thanksgiving (2 full months and some change ago). Thanks to John C in CA’s ingenious idea, I was able to … Continue reading

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CNC Build, Day 25 – Grid wars

I got all the stringers cut to 15″, and the rafters cut to length as well, and I was ready to reconfigure the shop to start building the table. In the online torsion box video I watched, the presenter spent … Continue reading

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CNC Build, Day 24 – I get by with a little help…

With the feed tables finished, I was ready to start cutting the MDF for the torsion box down to size. I’d realized that there was no way that I could do the biggest of the cuts without a friend to … Continue reading

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CNC Build, Day 23 – tables tables tables

I didn’t get a whole lot of time today to work on the feed tables, but it was enough to get all the 2x3s cut to length for the rest of the tables and legs, and to get the T’s … Continue reading

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CNC Build, Day 22 – Feed me

I spent the day working on feed tables. Since I’m not really working from a plan, there are a few things that I’m having to figure out as I go along. I imagine that someday I’ll be an experienced enough … Continue reading

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