#making

#Making #WoodWorking #Machining

Today in the metal machine shop I was using a little used alloy called B E E C H... It's kinda similar to the O A K family of alloys...

A block of beech in the vice of a metal machining mill.the beech has two holes drilled into the top face. A 20mm Forstner bit is visible on the left of the shot.

**Mactonex** @Mactonex@toot.community · Apr 19

Apr 19

Mactonex @Mactonex@toot.community

Phase 2 of the wood store complete. It’s looking a bit like a temple at the moment. I was hoping to get the roof on today but last night I fucked my back up. And how did I do this? I bent down to push a button on my dehumidifier. I like getting old, I think I’m a much nicer person than I was 20 years ago, and I know myself much better - but the physical decline that comes with old age is shit. What I wouldn’t give for my 18 year old body with my 60 year old self. #allotment #making #GettingOld

Two red sheds with a gap between. In the gap are four vertical post with two crossbeams at the top. All the wood is stained red. It looks a bit like a temple.

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 19

Apr 19

https://cetaceanneeded.com/making-a-portable-workbench.html

I wrote a blog post about building a small portable apartment scale workbench. Might be of interest to people here.

cetaceanneeded.com[Cetacean Needed] - Making a Portable Workbench

#Making #WoodWork #MakersHour

**Max Leiß** @MxL@pixelfed.art · Apr 18

Apr 18

Max Leiß @MxL@pixelfed.art

#making #sculptures that consist of several #elements had some practical reasons, as it facilitated the #handling, but it also allowed me to reconsider the #work after finishing it. This work derived from a small #leftover #metal #rack I found on the streets. The #enlargement resulted in #seven #parts that could be #connected but could also be shown individually or be rearranged in #relation to the #exhibition #space. Thereby the #sculpture unexpectedly became a set of #tools to me, opening up playful possibilities.
“Connecticut Pieces”, 2013, #steel, #paint, various dimensions, exhibition #view from “Strömungsabriss” at Ausstellungsraum #Klingental, #Basel #2013

#art #Kunst #Skulptur #Ausstellung

#ausstellung

**Thestaroftheworlds** @Chaft@meow.social · Apr 14

Thestaroftheworlds @Chaft@meow.social

Horny joke

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 14

#CarryShitOlympics #Quaxxing #Brompton

"but I need a car for getting wood from the timber yard..."

Yeah about that.

A bike trailer behind a red and black Brompton. The trailer has two lengths of ash wood on the top, and a blue IKEA bag under the wood. All held in place with green bungees.

The bike and trailer are on a block paved area.

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 14

Did a round trip to the wood merchants. They didn't really have stock the right size for what I need. So I'm gonna need to do some work resawing and planing things to get what I need. But it should work. And yes. If course I took the bike trailer.

#Making

**Harmen Zijp** @giplt@toot.community · Apr 14

#kaalstaart #making #hacking

Harmen Zijp @giplt@toot.community

Komende vrijdag is in Groningen voor de derde keer de Maker Meetup aan boord van Serendiep.

De opzet is simpel: Heb je iets tofs gemaakt wat je wilt laten zien, een nieuw idee of half-af project waar je feedback of hulp bij zoekt, een epische mislukking die je wilt delen? Vanaf 20:00 staat het podium open voor korte presentaties en demonstraties. Vooraf stoken we de pizza-oven op.

Laat ons graag even weten of je komt via info@kaalstaart.nl

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 13

Apr 13

#3DPrinting #BambuLabs #BambuAMS

Any other #Bambu #3DPrinter users having issues with new Bambu basic pla filament spools tangling in the first few metres of filament. It's like the filament doesn't unspool properly, and then jams, digging into the rest of the filament on the spool. I've had it happen with several different colours in the last few weeks.

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 12

Today was a really good day. I 3d printed some jigs to make this project easier. I did the cuts on the mill. Remade a part on the lathe that I scrapped after getting my centre finding mixed up on the mill. Confirmed my design works using the 3d printed jig. Then used the mill to make some improvements to a previous project (collet chuck). 3d printed a load of parts for a makerspace community project. And started the lathe work on Next Project.

Was a good day.

#Making

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 12

To test that everything works before I commit to wood. I printed up a test jig. It needed a little refinement to open up the bores (3d printing is not perfect for dimensions, esp of circles). But then. I could test fit everything.

And it works.

It works better than I ever dreamed it would. The bar in the image slides easily, but with just a quarter turn of the bolt. It locks on place. A quarter turn is all it takes. From free moving to locked. Now I need to buy the wood.

A red 3d printed block. Going through the block in one direction is a polished steel bar. The edge of a bronze bushing is just visible in the block. On top of the block in the far corner a thick washer and a hex drive bolt is visible. The whole assembly is on a wooden workbench.

#Making #Machining

**Quixoticgeek** @quixoticgeek@v.st · Apr 12

And that's all the metal machining for this project done. It works! It bloody well works!!!

Amazingly the jig I made to help manufacturer worked brilliantly. I'm so pleased.

Two polished steel arms, one lays left to right, one the opposite. On one end of each is a small bronze bolt and about 12mm from the end is a slight groove, indicating a join.

Near the middle of each arm is a bronze bushing that sits round the arm. Perpendicular, and off centre a brass round piece sits. A thick steel washer and a stainless bolt are fitted to each of the brass parts.

#Making #Machining

**Anthony Horton** @spacelizard@aus.social · Apr 12