Dallas Makerspace Show and Tell - May 2017

rshill 2017-05-12 21:17:51 UTC #41

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

ESmith 2017-05-12 21:25:49 UTC #42

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 2017-05-13 00:31:07 UTC #43

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 2017-05-13 00:39:15 UTC #44

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

talkers 2017-05-13 02:01:14 UTC #45

Hey! That looks great @HankCowdog

mreynolds 2017-05-13 19:45:07 UTC #46

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

nicksilva 2017-05-14 01:04:26 UTC #47

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 2017-05-14 14:38:56 UTC #48

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

ten9t6 2017-05-15 01:29:30 UTC #49

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 2017-05-15 13:38:04 UTC #50

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 2017-05-16 15:33:20 UTC #51

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 2017-05-16 18:41:51 UTC #52

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

sbjensen 2017-05-17 00:35:09 UTC #53

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 2017-05-17 02:10:45 UTC #54

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.

Photomancer 2017-05-17 02:33:48 UTC #55

@TBJK This dude keeps an incredible amount of our equipment up and running. Nonsense Tim, you ARE Making - you're MAKING things work enabling others to Make.

You are the Man! (At least one of the key folks that keeps stuff working!)

Many many thanks!

allen082 2017-05-17 15:06:57 UTC #56

While @pjgamber was working on his dinosaur puzzle friday night, he graciously helped me out in the woodshop. I had a 14" piece of alder I needed to get planed.

This will be a five string fretless bass guitar for a friend.

Saturday at home, I was able to get the piece routed and glued the maple top on....

Webdevel 2017-05-18 03:04:21 UTC #57

I love this so much!

pjgamber 2017-05-18 13:20:12 UTC #58

@allen082 very cool and it was no problem at all

pjgamber 2017-05-18 13:22:22 UTC #59

finished cutting board i worked on for the last week. First one i made, used walnut(graciously given to me my a member "Terry") and a large piece of Ash. Finished in Mineral Oil.

Approx size is 18"x12"x1"

riceball2015 2017-05-18 17:11:30 UTC #60

I had to do this last fall for my 2000 Toyota Camry!