Author: Frederico
It’s a bird! … It’s a plane! … (2)
Hull progress:... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (7) – bend test
First time trying to bend wood. I obviously knew it was possible, but not to what degree. The case needs a relatively small corner radius, so that remained to be seen. I did a test on the mill and ... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (6.2) – electronics
Now that my power PCB is ready and working, it’s time to test some other components,and check if I didn’t fuck something else up. I made a circuit with the emergency button, 230V AC inlet... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (6.1) – PCB
To make this project even more interesting for me, I added something I hadn’t originally planned, and haven’t done before on the SO2: pcb milling. I designed a little board that takes ... Read More
It’s a bird! … It’s a plane! … It’s Supe… Oh wait it IS a plane!
I’ve had the plans for a while. Now that the lasercutter is set up, I finally was able to cut all the parts and I started building the hull structure. Some larger parts I had to cut on the SO2. ... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (5) – start building
Today I start laser cutting the structural parts of the case. I did one more change in the design, which is adding coutouts to inlay a 2 mm thick aluminium plate where the emergency stop is located. I... Read More
Booze rack
Some time ago, I was browsing the web in search of nice ways to store some wine/booze bottles. I stumbled upon a nice modern wine rack design from some guy/company that seems to have gone off the... Read More
Laser cutter air assist upgrade
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. I ... Read More
Birth gift stand
Another friend of mine has become father for the third time already, and he asked me to mill out some shapes to make a deer-shaped stand to showcase the birth candy (not sure if this is a custom every... Read More
Birth gift – letter blocks
Well a good friend of mine recently became a father. The birth announcement card had a ‘letter blocks’ kind of font, spelling the name So I thought it would be cool to make the blocks... Read More
I got wood!
Paid a visit to my local exotic hardwood vendor… From left to right you can see: purpleheart, Santos palissander & Wenge, Asian Padauk & Pyinkado, Ebony, Tulipwood (Bahia rosewood pa... Read More
My very own slingshot design.
After the rather short taste of success with the rambone slingshot, I decided to design my own. I used the T-splines plugin for Rhino to freeform model the body. I call it the ‘BIG GAME’... Read More
Cheap Chinese laser cutter upgrades
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. Ne... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (4) – inner structure
Today I did a quick lasercut test of the inner supports. The idea was to check whether the real-life parts actually fit inside. As you can see on the picture above, it was pretty much perfect right of... Read More
Z-axis upgrade and aluminium Makita mounts
This is my upgraded Z-axis. I got the kit from Improbable Construct. It features the ACME screw and Z-belt upgrades. It took me a while to readjust the correct depth but in the end it all worked out.... Read More
Shapeoko 2 dust enclosure
Another timelapse of the process of making my dust enclosure. I ordered the profiles from a German store. Again, not that interesting but maybe someone finds it useful. ... Read More
Shapeoko 2: 1000x1000mm upgrade
About a year ago I upgraded my machine to allow for a larger work area. I have a timelapse video of it. Not very interesting imo but maybe someone finds it useful, so here you go: ... Read More
The Rambone slingshot
Last year I traveled to Peru. As always i bought way to much crap in the souvenir shops. One of those things was a 3-dollar yellow slingshot. Boys and their toys i guess :-). After about ten shots wi... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (3) – Side panels
I mocked up a few designs for the vent holes. Three made it to the shortlist. So i decided to laser-cut them and see how they looked IRL. I ended up choosing for the ‘Arabic’-looking one. ... Read More
Cat doorway
This summer I got myself a cat. There’s a nice field behind my house, and my cat loves hopping over the fence to go play there. So I decided to make its life a bit easier by making a doorway in... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (2) – bottom back profile
I started out with the hardest part of the project: this piece that is going to be the backbone of the case. It took a lot of different milling operations and tool changes, including making a flip jig... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface
Behold my electronics pile: Obviously this has always been a temporary fix, so I have been working on an enclosure that fits my needs. The aim is to design a small-footprint case with as little cab... Read More
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