In my previous posting on updating my CNC Router, I replaced the mechanical system with a whole new system that was more stable structurally than my original home brew system. I mounted the new mechanical system on the old system’s frame (as it was mobile and could be folded up … Continue reading
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3D Printer for the Little House in the Village!
The 3D printer that ‘Santa Claus’ brought to us in December, proved to be SOOOOO useful, I knew that I couldn’t live without one at the Little House in the Village (LHV)! So… I ordered one about 8 weeks ago and it finally arrived last week! Having built the previous … Continue reading
Interesting gift to family!
For Christmas this year, “Santa Claus” brought the family an interesting gift/project. It’s a 3D Printer Kit! Made by a company in Czech Republic, Prusa Printers, the kit is a fairly complex collection of parts made simple through excellent assembly instructions, extremely well organized kitted parts (each chapter has its … Continue reading
Replacing CNC Router Project
I’ve been using my CNC router pretty steadily since I first made it about 2 1/2 years ago and while it’s been quite useful and productive, the old DIY version has a few ‘idiosyncrasies’ that I wanted to address. The more severe of these issues were: With the main Y … Continue reading
Hacking a toaster oven into a reflow solder station!
As I’ve moved into smaller and smaller electronic devices in my projects (and gotten older) I find that I can no longer reliably solder some of the components to the printed circuit board by hand. I discovered that others had used toaster ovens for reflow soldering (Wikipedia link) where the … Continue reading