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: WOODWORKING
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…
DIY cabinet with drawer and doors #1
Yet another project with MDF.. I know, I know, this is not woodworking: but what sould I do? I do not own a jointer and a thickness planer. Moreover I don’t have enough time to prepare the wood like that and plywood is expensive . Therefore I need to work with sheet material that is…
Wolfcraft Pocket Hole Jig
I bought it three years ago on Amazon (here is the link) for almost 40 bucks and I used really a lot of times for many different projects. Would I buy it again? The answer is: well, it depends. Pocket holes are a great and easy join system. You don’t have to be an expert…
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…
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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