Hat Block

3D Milling of a form for felt hat making. These nine hats are the forms for one style in nine...

Automatic Keurig Coffee Maker Mar18

Automatic Keurig Cof...

We were asked to mount the provided DC gear motor onto the shaft that would normally carry the handle that opens the coffee maker. After measuring we machined a steel part to adapt the shaft of the gear motor to the fiber reinforced plastic knob on the coffee maker shaft. A simple aluminum...

Planters revisited: ...

We made these planters almost a year ago. The copper material was left untreated and this nice patina is the result. There are a variety of other options including protecting the bright copper finish and chemically altering and / or accelerating the aging...

Simple 3D milling

Rush foundry pattern for a repeat client. .025″ final step down with a square end cutter. We didn’t have any appropriate ball end cutters on hand and the client was in a rush so this will be hand finished by the...

CNC Probe

I wanted to add the capability to probe to our CNC milling machine. I looked at the 3D taster style indicator which I have used on a manual machine but for less money I thought I could set up an electronic probe that would find edges and surfaces but could also easily locate hole centers and...