Show and Tell February 2023

jast · February 1, 2023, 11:59am

Post a picture and description of anything you are working on this month at the 'Space here!

It can be anything from a small craft project to a large CNC router project to building a table to 3D printing to a science experiment and so much more. There are lots of people doing cool things at DMS all the time, but most of us don’t get to see it. Post it here and share the interesting things you are doing at Dallas Makerspace this month!

Posting here helps not only promote Dallas Makerspace, but could inspire others to make something. It will also help PR post a monthly look at what can be done here on a blog post or other social media (with attribution to each maker of course).

NOTE: Please try to include the following on each post, to help make for richer social media content!

a decent QUALITY photo
a notation about WHAT you’ve made
WHO you are (for attribution on the blog)
HOW you’ve made it
and WHY

jast · February 1, 2023, 11:59am

Mikaelkusturin · February 4, 2023, 2:18am

This is the first cutting board I’ve made. It was fun to make and I was really happy with how it turned out.

dougbcave · February 4, 2023, 2:49am

Very nice!

TBJK · February 5, 2023, 12:02am

I made the replacement shaft & gear assembly for the woodshops drum sander. The machine is not yet in service yet until it can be deemed load tested as to not break anything again. I machined it from 2” 4140 steel, down to the gear blank diameter. I then put it into the dividing head & cut the 37 teeth. Thanks to @rlisbona for the help Tuesday night keeping cadence, & also thanks to @nugen for donating the cutters & arbor to machine shop. I do plant on making 1 more just because there was a lot of intrest in seeing the gear cut. I want to make a video of it as well.

By the way, it fits beautifully

Tres0422 · February 5, 2023, 1:51am

@TBJK your patience amazes me! Looks great!

hforsberg · February 5, 2023, 5:55pm

It’s incredible to see the depth of talent that people bring to the space.
Wy to go!

John_Marlow · February 5, 2023, 6:07pm

Memento gift box(es) for some heirloom jewelry. Each box is about the size of a deck of cards. Started two boxes “just in case” - actually ended up with two mirror image boxes.

It took a village. I am grateful to everyone who consulted or helped. @mdredmond did 99% of the MultiCam work (I did the design, artwork, and cleaned up!) This involved several tests and fixtures in addition to the actual routing. @Daniel_Bryson poured (and provided) the resin. Many people consulted. @Caroline_Crawford removed the bolo tie clasps from the pieces and added bails. The turquoise had to be removed from the larger piece and the bezel completely reconstructed.

There was a surprising amount of hand work involved, especially after the MultiCam; hours of hand sanding to clean up the tear out on the end grain. I milled the resin flat before sanding the tops. Laser engraving on Fusion.

Lordrook · February 7, 2023, 2:42pm

Technically made before feb but I’ve been slow posting pictures lately.

coloneldan · February 7, 2023, 3:02pm

Very nicely done. Beautiful work.

got_tools · February 7, 2023, 7:02pm

Another inlayed cutting board for a friend

badgertide · February 7, 2023, 7:04pm

I took another crack at silver-gilding book edges. This is my second try and I’ve learned a lot about the process.

It’s not perfect, but there’s a lot of silver on this edge. I think round 3 might be when i get this right.

Got a lot of fussing to do.

hforsberg · February 8, 2023, 4:51am

Took the RailRoad Spike Knife class with @coloneldan tonight. Had a great time learning the tools. I stayed after for a little bit to “hone” my skills, and my new knife…