Very cool! I love that the bowling ball looks like a skull. Clever.
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Well it IS that time of year, so I decided to work on a fun little project for October.
In keeping with the OP’s intent, here’s my ‘DMS CV’: I’m a former Vice-Chair of Laser (2018-2019), and former Member of the DMS Board of Directors (2019). My main interests include: resin casting; woodshop lathe work; leatherwork; lasers (pew-pew!); and various other glass/plastics/creative arts-based projects.
Saw a cool YouTube video on converting old dollhouses into haunted houses, and was smitten. It’s a work-in-progress…more photos to come as the month progresses (hint…it involves LCD screens, smoke effects, and LEDs).
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Whoa! @Scott_Blevins! I bet people would buy these, too. I’ve never heard of this and it’s just so good. What will you use for the screen controllers, Raspberry Pi? Arduino? I love this.
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That’s the plan. However, there’s a lot of windows (10), not all of which will be filled with screens. I’m still trying to decide on the overall ‘look and feel’ of the house. I want to ‘reward’ people who peek in the windows with interior vignettes. In other windows, I may just use some grey tulle to partially mask the view, but then use LED lighting and interior props (figures) to create a spooky effect. Overall, it will involve resin casting, some Arduino/Raspberry Pi magic, and some lighting/smoke/sound effects. I have a very brief ‘proof of concept’ video for the window screens, but the file is incompatible with DMS Talk. Shoot me a note if you’d like to see it, and I’ll send it to you.
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I’ve been learning pour painting in the hopes of teaching a class once I feel comfortable with a few pouring techniques and I recently got to the point of learning how to mix my own paints. Last night I was up at the space learning what ratio worked for liquitex acrylics, floetrol, and water, and practiced the same blowing technique 3 times.
One with not nearly enough water
One with a good ratio overall
And one with silicone drops in the pink and white
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Today must be Homecoming at our High School. This morning there were girls with mums the size of car tires walking around.
Continued PrintNC CNC build
Assembling the Y axis rails and ball screws
Good ol’ Harbor Freight comes through with a cheap powerful dust collection
Y axis finished with ballscrew rollers
Prepping the X axis gantry mounts placements.
Using the 3D printed guides to center holes and drill patterns.
I spent a very long time drilling every hole on the Bridgeport and tapping with our tapping machine.
I still have to assembly the gantry and I prepped all the Z axis parts (made by another PrintNC builder in Carrollton) and I am starting to place my electronics in my electronics cabinet and start wiring.
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My son said someone was walking around with an $800 mum this morning.
Sheesh. Anyone ever consider donating that money to a local soup kitchen, or women’s’ shelter?
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Very nice!
I’m intrigued by the build. What do people do who don’t have access to a Bridgeport to drill the rails?
Is that your jack stand on the Bridgeport, or do we actually have some in Machine Shop? Thx.
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We do have some of those machinist jacks.
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I taught a mum-making class at DMS in the fall of 2019! It didn’t attract much attention. But I was able to use the resources at DMS to make some cool laser cutouts for my daughter’s senior year.
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Two 1:12 scale functional bench vises (only one shown). The jaws and the swivel base are functional. The castings are bronze. The machined parts are primarily brass, with a little aluminum and silver. Sherline mill and Taig lathe were instrumental in this project.
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I got a couple things out of the kiln I’m pretty pleased with!
First a little ghost juicer! I maybe should have done the ghost in white clay rather than speckled, but I think the freckles are cute anyway!
And another, bigger octopus. Dad requested one for his birthday, hopefully it’ll survive being mailed to Norway!
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OMG! You never cease to amaze me!
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Usually people hand drill the holes. The hole centers are done with some 3D printed guides that tightly match the profile of the steel and can be very accurate, I just use the bridgeport as a fancy drill press. The holes were drilled straight enough that I can wiggle the linear rail a little to make square to the rest of my machine.
To make a straight surface you have to start with a straight surface.
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Drawer / cart for garage. Objective was to make a cart that fit into work bench and resemble a file cabinet. Cart it to contain a file cabinet but also to store thing and allow easy access to back of work bench undershelf. Cart can be fully removed and stand alone from bench.
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Made some leather puppy paws for a commission. All the straps / end points are reinforced with mesh webbing thru, so they’re STURDY.
I tried to sew the grey toe beans on but they just looked awful no matter what color thread I tried so I opted for using glue and doing it the very precise method that ensures a permanent bond.
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How on earth
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