Now controlled over CAN and USB, using a gui based on the espresso machine software
Monday, May 9, 2022
Thursday, April 28, 2022
Tuesday, April 26, 2022
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
CPW Coiling
Thursday, April 14, 2022
Monday, April 11, 2022
Lathe Preview
Tuesday, March 29, 2022
Tool Holder Tightening Fixture
Needs a cam handle, but it works. 3 different brands of tool holders with 3 different torqueing features, so I made this fixture that clamps a cylindrical section of the tool holder, which is the same on all of them
Sunday, February 27, 2022
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Thursday, February 10, 2022
Foot Mechanism Prototype
Quick and dirty prototype of a passive foot pitch mechanism:
CAD cross section:
Sunday, January 30, 2022
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Organization
Friday, January 14, 2022
Spinning things!
More spinning things: turning the 3mm cam followers:
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
Undercutting tool
I needed an undercutting tool for the part in the last post, so I made one from an old HSS end mill.
ER32 chuck loosely held in an ER40 collet, serving as a manual rotary/linear axis. Grinding wheel in the mill spindle:
Saturday, January 8, 2022
Screw mechanism progress
Machining the rotor/cam nut for the screw mechanism:
Turned on a manual lathe to this point, then milled on the 5-axis:
Saturday, November 13, 2021
Today's contraption
The astute reader can probably figure out what this is and what it's a test setup for: