Dallas Makerspace Show and Tell - May 2017

[lukeiamyourfather]

Last year I sloppily designed and laser cut a seal press so I could install a seal on my truck without jacking it up (and save like $100 compared to the GM tool). I kept it on the off chance I’d need to press another seal the same size which at the time I figured was never going to happen. Well, turns out I needed it which is both good and bad.

Dallas Makerspace Show and Tell - December 2016

Last week I noticed oil slung around under my truck. The seal on the driver side output shaft of the front differential had started to leak. I replaced it with a new one. The maker part of this is the seal press made on the laser cutter versus the roughly $100 seal press from GM. It worked great, except I smashed the shit out of my thumb twice holding it. Next time I’ll add a handle. [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] [image] The surface was beat up pretty bad but the cheap …

I got everything apart and then back together again. I forgot to plug a wire back in for the 4WD actuator but other than that it seems good. No leaks!

Once I plug the 4WD actuator back in it should be good to go and the warning should go away. Knock on (laser cut) wood?

[talkers]

New screen avail for PR and great new screen printers.

A special thanks to Kat for the experienced help.

[uglyknees]

So much goodness this month!!

[talkers]

Laser tumblers made today in and after class.

@mediccby made one for his graduating daughter.

I made a couple for Jayson.

[talkers]

Buttons!!! Fun class tonight.

End results. Tanner with a clever one, among many.

A few demos

[ESmith]

As soon as I can find some time to cut this, I will - a solution to a cat that likes to gnaw on USB cables charging phones overnight (but wisely refuses to nibble on AC cords).

[rshill]

How did your cat learn to not nibble on AC cords?

[ESmith]

No idea, but it avoids them judiciously. I suspect it has something to do with their thickness and lack of pliability relative to USB cords as opposed to nearly (un)naturally selecting itself out of existence.

[TBJK]

Drew this up in Fusion 360 earlier in the week at home. Exported & cut it on the Plasmacam. Welded it together. I haven’t mounted to the wall yet for the tungsten bench grinder. I was able to check the fit in Fusion and found 1 error.


You can see where the consumables really started messing up in the pic above.

[HankCowdog]

Used my newfound knowledge from @talkers’ Midnight Makers vinyl cutting class to make some bling for my wife’s laptop lid.

[talkers]

Hey! That looks great @HankCowdog

[mreynolds]

Had fun last night, and this morning, making characters with @artnerdray for the next Stop Motion Goof.

[nicksilva]

this is a companion piece to the firefighter I put up last month with the resulting embossing. 3" piece of brass for a wallet back plate.

[Lampy]

My son made a big Mothers Day Card-board on the Thunder.

[ten9t6]

Here is the rest of the Mother’s Day roses and pop up cards I worked on while waiting in the laser queue. One card previously posted.

[pjgamber]

Hi all,
so i made this friday may 12th, but i’ve been working on the design and test cuts out of cardboard and scrap for a week or so.

My three year old nephew was having his birthday party on saturday and it was dinosaur themed. We have a no more toy present agreement with my brother-in-law for his kids and our kids. But i felt this didn’t really violate that agreement as it was “handmade”, using a laser. Anyway I feel it came out fantastic.

i cut it on the thunder laser, its made from 2 pieces of 1/4" plywood. Top Layer i think was a birch veneer and bottom layer was a maple veneer. I used 1/4-20 nylon Screws and Acorn Nuts as the finger pulls.

I cut out recesses in the maple bottom piece for the screw heads to sit. total time on laser was about 18 minutes.

I then used Titebond 3 and some clamps and weights to glue the two pieces together, had to use some superglue when i got home as one piece in the middle didn’t get clamped properly.

I delivered it to him on saturday and the little kid loved it, and everyone else at the party was thoroughly impressed.

[richwhite]

Mothers Day Gift. Made from 1/4" birch plywood that was cut on the Thunder laser. Wood was color washed with diluted (with water) acrylic paint and then finished with epoxy resin.

[talkers]

Wow @richwhite! I was impressed with just the wooden design. Looks fabulous.

[sbjensen]

This is a Settlers of Catan board I carved using the Multicam CNC Router. This is the project that led to the massive gouges currently in the spoilboard. Oops – sorry.

I dye stained the pieces, then put a few coats of polyurethane on them.

The board is for my brother, a Catan aficionado.

[TBJK]

Not quite a make but the compressor repair.
Pulled the head & cleaned the surfaces very well. Reassembled the heads. Drained the tanks. Changed the oil & air filter. After I assembled it on the first compressor, we ran it & the pressure relief was leaking. I replaced the leaking relief today. Also we re-ran the auto-drain.