Category: Maker

AIR COMPRESSOR HOSE HANGER

I hate when my tools doesn’t have their own place in my workshop. I had this air gun and air compressor hose always in the wrong place. Then I realized that I have a 3D printer: in 5 min I designed it and 30 mins it was printed out and even thought it is not…

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DIY home security control box

Hey there.. I am so happy for how it turned out!!!!! First of, if you want to use my models here is the link on Thingiverse. It’s been a tough printout! 14 hours for the top and almost 20 for the bottom but it is simply amazing. It is designed to hold the following components:…

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PIR sensor adjustable wall bracket

Today I started my Arduino DIY Security System for my workshop and made the 3dprinted enclosure for the PIR sensor (I bought 3 sensors for 7.99 € on Amazon, you can find the link here). It consist in four 3D printed parts: two of them are the PIR sensor enclosure itself and the other two…

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ZERO PLAY GUIDE ASSEMBLY TUTORIAL

Hi guys after several sad days I am finally back with the tutorial for the assembly of my 3d printed zero play guides for the BOSCH PTS10. Hope you’ll enjoy it. You can download the 3D files on my Thingiverse here. If you’re not able to print it yourself I just put it in my…

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Arduino Smart Finger Jointer #4

Today I’ve tried to mount my 3D printed involute teeth gears to see how do they work. Unfortunately the hole of the pinion was too tight for the step motor shaft and I had to drill it on the drill press but didn’t got a centered hole therefore is a bit wobbly and noisy. But…

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Arduino Finger Joint

Why engineers tend to be so complicated or to over complicate simple things? Well I don’t know honestly.. it is what it is… Yesterday, after some tests of my Arduino code for the automatic finger jointer, I thought that it’s time to move a bit forward the design thing. The frame of this jig isn’t…

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Arduino Box Jointer: one step forward

Today is the day of improvements. I finally had the chance to merge two different programs I’ve made for the LCD and stepper motor with my Arduino. Have a look at the video and if you want there’s the link to my GitHub page where you can find the Arduino code. Otherwise you can have…

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ZERO PLAY GUIDE for BOSCH PTS10 (FINAL VERSION)

There you go, finally done. Everything looks good and works as it should. I printed it out with PLA plus from SUNLU. You can find the link here to download the print file .STL. I just printed out 4 couples! Stay tuned Max

Arduino Nema23 TB6560 Homing

Finally some updates and some quite good results. Here is my new mock-up for the finger jointer. I posted a video on YouTube and will post the code soon. Watch the video Stay tuned Max