09-09-2021 02:24 AM
by Madmark2 |
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Another steampunk inspired kitchen sink gadget.
Bluetooth radio w/LED display
separate LED volume bar graph meter & green LED sw
time/temp green LED module & green LED sw
RH% LCD meter (always on)
storm glass w/RGB LED & blue LED sw
prism w/RGB LED & red LED sw
display stand uplight RGB LED puck & white LED sw
high voltage antenna terminals
This is a conglomeration of three or four other projects into one big overly ornate and complex gadget.
Anc...
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08-25-2021 02:01 AM
by Madmark2 |
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We have pets and with pets comes pet dander and allergies. We bought a Grizzly G0738 two stage (5um & 1um) filter.
Grizzly G0738 two stage, three speed air filter w/ remote.
It really makes a difference but it’s not the most attractive box in the bedroom. It’s been sitting on a faux walnut MDF stand that’s falling apart. I decided, and SWMBO agreed, that something better was needed.
Completed top is gorgeous!
I came up with a design for a real walnut (& ...
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08-21-2021 07:42 PM
by bandit571 |
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Ok…getting caught up…Thursday was a wasted day….Friday was errands and yard sales…this morning? Before setting out on the road…got a few things done..
The sides meet the lid with a bevel…router bit got close…needed the WR #62 to adjust the bevel to meet up with the lid…once THAT was done…then the Piano hinge was surfaced mounted ..And..the lid opens nicely!
Then the entire outside, other than the plywood back, was given a coat of st...
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08-19-2021 05:05 AM
by bandit571 |
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Chapter should be titled “The Lid”
Not much of anything went right….the plan to use a router to mill a tongue around all 4 edges of the panel?
Looked good on paper…but only IF the panel is square to begin with…the 4 skirt boards?
How. after squaring up the panel and needing the long skirt to fit the new size…and NOT cut them…do they turn out to be 1/2” too short? To the point I had to go back and make two new long skirt boards from scr...
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08-15-2021 01:03 PM
by bandit571 |
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Had Laundry Detail this morning (Saturday) which means I get to hang around waiting for the machines to get done…also means a bit of shop time, while I am standing there…
Drawer sides….both are a bit rough..how rough?
And NO, that is not “curl” showing up…plane in use?
Wood River #62..for now…results?
Hmm, looks a bit better, don’t it?Next? Time to get “Groovy”
The other one seems to have thought I said something abo...
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08-12-2021 11:11 PM
by DocWithManyHats |
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I started this project a long time ago. I had some confidence I could design the hardware side of things, as I made my own cnc and had been using CAD and CAM on my own for some time. I did not know how to code though, and before I started too far down the hardware side of things, I wanted to be sure I could manage the software side.
So, I started teaching myself to code and used this long term project as an inspiration. It is mostly written in Java and c++. I’ve since move...
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08-12-2021 12:25 PM
by bandit571 |
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Needed to sharpen a few items, too….spurs on the Stanley 45 were bad...This one needed sharpened up….the other one?
Only reached to be flush with the edge of the skate….replaced it with a spare from the Stanley 45’s case…and sharpened one of the un-sharpened lobes….NOW the plane can score 2 lines across, so I can plough a dado, or two..
One other item needing work…I have a WR #62…was getting DULL, area under the blade had filled up with &#...
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08-11-2021 11:53 PM
by Madmark2 |
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This started out as an offshoot of my humidor project. I buy in pairs and so I had a spare hygrometer. An idea of a weather station began to form.
Unity Weather Station, on top of a table stereo, on top of an Edison Phonograph. Wax to Bluetooth in one century.
I call it the “unity” box because of the variety of woods:
White (maple)
Black (wenge)
Brown (walnut)
Red (purpleheart)
Yellow (yellowheart)
I found a $12 LED module with time, indoor temp, outdoor temp...
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08-11-2021 12:40 PM
by bandit571 |
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Drawer #1 came out of the clamps, and didn’t fly apart…good start. Test fit into the case..
And..that was as far as it went in…we have ways..
Planed the high points down a bit…try again..
While I was at it..I added a screw to the back corners…
Counter sunk, of course…last of the first stash of Ash was hauled to the shop…after which Old Murphy was fired..Drawer #5 needed two sides milled for length and width..
Done. Drawer #3…ne...
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08-11-2021 02:52 AM
by bandit571 |
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Lumber run to start off the day..two planks at 3/4” x 6” x 48”, and two at 3/4” x 6” x 75”, about 10 bft? Price?Total was $7….about the only luck for the day…as Old Man Murphy decided to join in…Drawer #2 came out of the clamps….test fit showed some sticky spots…plane to clean those up,,try again..
Well, I could maintain that little gap with the rest of the drawers…we’ll see…Drawer #1…was a fighte...
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