Category: Build
Laser cutter air assist upgrade – part 4
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. Th... Read More
Laser cutter air assist upgrade – part 3
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
Electronics enclosure / control interface (9) – front panel clusterfuck
So today I decided to go ahead and start cutting the front panel. I did it the way I described in an earlier post: first cutting the pockets, then profiling the holes and outline, and lastly lasercut... Read More
Dust collector (1) – vacuum hose adapter
I have been thinking about making a dust collection system. I find the traditional cyclone design too big and ugly, so I chose to go with a ‘thien’ baffle design. First of all, I designe... Read More
Electronics enclosure / control interface (8) – final version
It’s been quiet around the electronics enclosure i’m building, but I have been doing some research and testing things out. I finalised feature implementation and the button placement for t... Read More
Laser cutter air assist upgrade – part 2
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
It’s a bird! … It’s a plane! … (4)
Today i didn’t do a whole lot on the plane, but what I did makes all the difference in the world: I glued it all together! Now it kinda sorta looks already like a Corsair, minus the nose and the... Read More
It’s a bird! … It’s a plane! … (3)
I finally received the modeling plywood I ordered. I tried cutting the required shapes on the lasercutter, but once again a layer of glue must have prevented the laser from cutting all the way through... Read More
Guitar build (6) – the end is near
Now that everything is painted, there’s not much more to do besides finishing it all up. I applied a white pinstripe and did a custom headstock ‘logo’. Hell yeah! Enjoy the last pict... Read More
Guitar build (5) – spray paint
Time for making the guitar look pretty! I first applied a pore-sealant and gave it a good sanding afterwards. About the rest of the pictures, I’ll just let them speak for themselves. Last... Read More
Guitar build (4) – electronics
Next I hand-routed all the cavities where the electronics (and also the neck) would come. The pockets are not perfect but hey, its not too bad either… While doing this, I managed to apply t... Read More
Guitar build (3) – headstock
For the neck blanks, I came up with the following headstock design: After milling and drilling: ... Read More
Guitar build (2) – body work
Next up was milling the guitar body. I did it with a manual router, using the MDF template I made earlier. After cleanup: This is why a man needs a mancave: For the organic features, I used a belt san... Read More
Guitar build (1) – design
This is a project I did a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, but I’m still kinda proud of it, so I decided to put it up here. Well, that, and I am still waiting for components for ongoing ... Read More
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