Author: Frederico
Gearing up (3)
Okay the automated photo booth is now 100% functional and here’show I did it: The heart of this project is an arduino. I’m not very proficient in arduino stuff but I know enough about... Read More
Gearing up (2)
As a follow-up to my previous article, here’s what I did today. First the theory: I designed a base that will hold my stepper motor and gear train. Nothing too complicated. I cut the shape on th... Read More
Gearing up
In order to automate my 360° photobooth, I concocted a gear train with a 36:1 reduction ratio. I had to google gearing 101 because I was totally ignorant on the matter, but I had a working princip... Read More
Skull 3D print
What do you do when you just 3D scanned an object? 3D print it off course. I printed it full scale, which took about 20(!) hrs… Never doing that again… The software had calculated an ETA... Read More
Skull 3D model
Today I tried the 123D catch software from Autodesk. It was on my to-do list for a long time, but a Shapeoko forum user encouraged me to try it out (after he saw my 360 degree lightbox blog post), so... Read More
Slingshot assembly jig
I am planning to make a small batch of my slingshot design, and sell them here in order to recover some of my recent investments. As of today, I haven’t made a cent off this hobby… To mak... Read More
Newest tool in the shop
A few days ago, a forum user over at shapeoko.com posted an idea I just had to try out. He had bought some kind of table saw, but instead of a circular blade, it had a jigsaw mounted underneath (as s... Read More
FEZ – Frederico Entertainment Zystem (3) – 3.5″ screen
Today I tried to connect a 3.5″ screen I got from Ebay. The one I bought before did eventually work after a lot of trial and error (Chinese manufacturer; no support to speak of, so I had to fin... Read More
Festive menu
My mom’s turning 60 next week, and is hosting a family dinner party for the occasion. She ‘burdened’ me with designing the menu, so that’s what I did. After a few very differen... Read More
Laser cutter air assist upgrade – part 5
Update: I have taken my K40 apart and converted it to a whole new & improved machine: the LAYZOR! Read all about this project here. Want to do the same thing to yours? Check the LAYZOR website. On... Read More
House warming gift
I carved this bamboo tray to give to a friend for his housewarming party. The text says ‘There’s no place like home’ in dutch, and is also a wordplay on his name and a popular local ... Read More
FEZ – Frederico Entertainment Zystem (2) – controller
Today I prepared a breadboard to see if I could configure the software to accept control via the GPIO pins of the RasPi. It looks daunting on the picture, but in fact the setup is really simple. Eac... Read More
Lightbox for my 360° rig
Today I made a lightbox out of mostly surplus materials that weren’t being used anyways. It is going to be used for my 360° rig. I still had a makeshift dust enclosure from back when my Shapeok... Read More
A bridge for my cat
Last year, I made this hole in my fence, so my cat can go and play in the field behind my house. There is a filthy ditch right behind the fence, so he usually hops over (as seen in the video I made b... Read More
Inlay – fourth try
When I V-carved the zebra a while ago, I always intended it to be an inlay test. Now that I am confident enough, I finally took the plunge. However, looking at the intricate detail and very tiny p... Read More
Pencil slingshot FINISHED
No words. Just Pics. No soap box politics! A decent 360° gallery coming soon!... Read More
360° product display
I’ve had this idea for a while now, and finally got around to trying it when I found an unused rotating cheese tray at my mom’s. We bought it at IKEA a long time ago, but never really... Read More
FEZ – Frederico Entertainment Zystem (1)
Yeah I spelled that with a Z. Juzt becauze I can… I was browsing through DIY Youtube channels, and all of a sudden I saw this: I knew immediately I was going to build this thing sooner or later,... Read More
Inlay – third try with flat endmill
After yesterday’s success, I am going to assume I am now an inlay master. 🙂 Today I wanted to try something a bit different: inlaying with straight-walled pieces. I chose this simple paw-gr... Read More
Inlay – second try
Today I did the same inlay again, albeit with slightly modified parameters, because I now actually understand what is going on and how the pieces fit together exactly. For contrast I chose a piece of ... Read More
Inlay – first try
Today, I finally tried to do a Vcarved inlay. Inlays have been on my wishlist for a long time, but the idea somehow spooked me as I thought it would be a complicated process. Subject of this test ... Read More
Make America dumb again
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