I finally had some time to do this simple project: a dust collection line with two blast gates in order to connect my shopvac to all the machines I’ve got. This is how it works: The shop vac connects to the first blast gate into the orange connector Then you can decide to either use…
Category: DIY
Automatic Finger Jointer Debug
Today I had again to go through code bugs: Sometimes the motor screams without moving; For some long displacement I don’t get the displacement set; Let’s see how I found the errors. Sometimes the motor screams but doesn’t move and I found out after several checks that this was due to its stalling because I…
Arduino Smart Finger Jointer
Today is a bug hunting day. First of all I realized that for some reason the displacement wasn’t right: for a given 5 millimeters displacement from the code I had 3.8 mills on the gantry. I am not sure of the reason but I believe it could be related to the pitch of the threaded…
Smart Finger Joint
Some time ago I would have said to be lucky to have time to spend in my garage. Sadly this is not the case as this corona virus has locked down us all and caused a lot of deaths already. Many people will loose their jobs, but hopefully everything will be fixed some day. My…
DIY assembly blocks
You really don’t need to make fancy stuff to make it work, especially if you’re working on a budget and on a tight time schedule. I made this DIY blocks while I was starting to assemble a new and heavy MDF cabinet in order to be able to lay out all of my main pieces…
BOSCH PTS10 Dust Extractor
! WARNING ! This is a DIY project made for my own purposes and its usage is AT YOUR OWN RISK. If you guys own a PTS10 like me, you surely well know its weak ability to extract and collect saw dust.. It doesn’t matter if you use a shopvac connected on its back or…
Makita – Festool TRACKSAW DEFLECTOR
This time I didn’t have the time to design it myself and I decided to find one ready to print on thingiverse and, after some search I found this one: Festool Deflector FS-AW. The print took me about 4 hours and went just great, but.. unfortunately probably because I use a Makita track saw the…
iPad ball joint holder for time lapses
I wanted to experiment a little bit with the time lapse app that I just bought on the AppStore for 3.49€: Skyflow (I just wrote an article about this app). I am not sure if time lapses are the right solution but my aim is to try to get a video of my long 3D…
DIY Shoes Rack
This time I finally got a customer! Well, not a real one.. My parents asked me to build them a shoes rack to put on their bedroom balcony and I want to do it as better as I can. So I started to think and think on how to do in the best way trying…
CUTLIST OPTIMIZER
For me this application is a complete change of life! You definitely want to use it for your project as it makes easy what isn’t easy. It allows you to use your stock without wasting it or it allows you to buy just what you need for your project. Simple, effective and free! http://cutlistoptimizer.com/
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