Exciting day at Gotham Machine! We’ve been living with a lot of stuff everywhere which we are now going to be able to relocate up on...

Nice #2 arbor press and some angle plates.

This was in my basement when I moved in. I want to get it up and running as the shop fridge. At the minimum it needs a new door seal and a thorough cleaning. I’m planning on compressor work as...

6061 Aluminum.

I saw this on the subway the other...

Aluminum nose cones.

We had been working out of a temporary space while our shop was built out.  We moved in today.  1964 Bridgeport 2J-head vertical mill next to 1982 Tree Journeyman 320 CNC...

Machined this motor mount for our friend Ted Dillard in Boston.  Ted runs The Electric Chronicles at evmc2.com.  Pulled this off the machine at 5pm and hustled to UPS to get it to him by...

New (to us) 30″ Niagara...

Maple bent wood top with steel tube legs and PVC feet.

Steel with powder-coated handles.

Tree vertical milling machine arrives at the shop.

6061 aluminum, ball bearing sliders, and stainless steel fasteners.

Steel and reclaimed wood.

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.