Another auction, another turners cube. Since I’m doing this on the CNC mill I experimented with this multi lobed pattern rather than a...

First time using the vice up on edge like this. It worked...

Triple clamps with handle bar mounts and one fork tube. First operation complete. Flipped and ready for second operation. Midway through second operation. Geometry of new triple clamp (center) is a combo of stock (top) and aftermarket (bottom). Triple clamp on top of aluminum bar stock....

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I was asked to donate a piece of art for a charity auction. This is what I came up with.

I’m working on putting a big electric motor into a Ducati 1098. Client did not want to send the motor as it weighs 30.5 kgs (67+ lbs!). I machined this dimensionally accurate mockup to aid fitting the rest of the...

Last time around I made these parts on a vacuum fixture but due to the small surface area (and maybe the slot for the o-ring being slightly too deep) I had marginal clamping force which led to low feed rates. I have a bunch of these parts to make so I wanted easy secure clamping. The parts...

Radio panels that fits in standard 19″ rack. 7U height. Engraved and painted test. I like the volume knob symbol showing the machining marks. It looks nice painted as well. 5″ deep custom back box to mount radio...

I was excited to get this job from the US government. It is an honor to have my work in the US Capitol building! Brass name plate holders that allow the name plates to be changed easily. Brass is great to work with and doing a relatively large number gave me a chance to experiment with a...

This is my first foray into vacuum fixuring. Fixture is aluminum with 1/8″ rubber o-ring stock. Overall it was successful but I have some things I will do differently next time. The fixture is designed so I could side mill both ends and spot drill with a carbide drill/mill. The cutting...

Allows swapping of hard drives in customers rack. 19″ racks are a good, economical way to neatly store a lot of...

A designer for The North Face saw hat blocks I made a few months ago and asked if one could be done for a hood. The hood block will be machined in two halves, glued together and finished.  The piece begins as a stack of wood glued together. What will be the inside of one half is faced and...

I bought this Spyderco Mule Knife blank with the intention of making some custom scales for it. I probed the entire perimeter of the knife in case I want to make a machined sheath or a positive for forming a Kydex sheath. I wrote a fairly crude probing routine and let it run while I did some...

Triple clamps for Frank Giannini (http://www.gianniniracing.com/). I like the contrast of the mill finish and the machined...

I bought this probe head and fitted it to the machine a couple months ago. I finally had a chance to get it dialed in and start using it. The probe tip is set on to the spindle centerline. The small divisions on the indicator are 0.0005″. This is acceptable for now. I may try to get it...

Machined aluminum plate for FDNY Radio Console. A variety of switches, knobs, speakrs, phone handsets, and LEDs get mounted to this...

Some custom machined brass hardware to attach the legs of a table. The rounded face matches the rounded wood surface of the...

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

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...