Steel tubing and SLS Plastic.

I’ve shot several potato guns.  Some were the PVC / hairspray / BBQ lighter type.  One was welded stainless steel, powered by compressed air with an solenoid valve for firing. I’ve wanted to build my own pnumatic cannon for years.  Ammunition will be tennis balls rather than...

The turner’s cube is a traditional project for an apprentice or student learning lathe work who would be given one and told to reproduce it.  I made this one on a CNC mill.  Getting the diameters and depths correct for an aesthetically pleasing cube is more difficult than it would seem...

I’ve had an idea for awhile to build a mini-excavator.  (For a sense of scale the arms are 11″ long.) Nothing past the concept stage yet.  This is designed to use steppers and timing belts to control the three joints.  3mm HTD timing belts, 72 and 15 tooth pulleys.  4.8:1,...

A lazy afternoon in front of Alek’s shop.