I spent a couple of warm months this summer working on various woodworking projects. The CNC router I bought recently was from a retiring specialty box maker. In addition to the router, he was selling many other tools, lots of wood stock and many of his finished products. The router came with a number of […]
I’ve been sharpening a lot of metal tools lately. Having a good grinder is a must in the shop. Second to a good grinder is a quality wheel that is dressed true and flat. You can buy various dressing tools, but most will not produce a true flat edge across the stone. You can […]
I purchased an older Multicam CNC router at auction last summer, something I’ll cover in a future post. It’s older technology, and my plan is to retrofit all of the electronics with new controls…eventually. For now it’s running and I’ve created a number of projects with it. Lately I’ve been learning Fusion 360, which […]
I’ve been spending more and more time working with React and Redux. One particular project I’m working on will require a number of different timers to be running simultaneously. The timers will be set to various durations and have a few requirements: They must be defined and executed on the backend They must send individual […]
I found this Ellis drill press being sold by a high school just over a year ago. They were selling two different drill presses, an old Delta and this one, $100 each. As soon as I saw the Ellis name, I was reaching for my wallet – and just in a nick of […]
