Search:

No programming required, just a case of running wires from the xbox360 pcb to my custom button pcb. Beauty of the xbox pcb is that all the buttons are common ground and the joysticks also have a...

Here's my diy pendant made from a gutted xbox360 controller.
98% made from recycled materials
The case is made in multiple parts. The front is hdpe from an old chopping board, the blue inserts are...

Hi there,
Xbox 360 controllers work well as a wireless pendant (you can go wired if you prefer), all you need is a wireless receiver which are dirt cheap.
I picked up a receiver from ebay for $11...

Back again!
More aluminium v-carving, this time just a couple of small keyring size items.
Still using my chinese 90 degree vee bit, working very well.
0.2mm DOC with 0.1mm stepover at 21000rpm...

Very nice case! Love the colour.
I converted a pc case for my control box too but nowhere near as pretty as yours, I just replaced my cases front panel with a mdf panel machined with all the holes...

Well managed to find an aussie source for collet reducers.
Heres the link for anyone else looking for the same thing.
https://mcjing.com.au/categorybrowser.aspx?categoryid=1240

Yeah a friend of mine got me onto aliexpress, he's used them a lot and has had good dealings with the sellers and good postage speeds.
I am now in a pickle as to which type of rails i want. There is...

Still at it, More stuff!

Picked up a bunch of 6061 ally scrap from boat builders and had a play with 2 sided machining again.
This one is from 1" 6061 scrap piece.
Milled the block to 90x90mm...

Cheers Alan i checked them out but don't seem to have what I'm after.
I can find 1/4" to 1/8" adapters no worries but need the 1/4" to 3/16" for a couple of end mills i want to use.
Starting to...

Hi all.
As the title suggests, i'm looking for an aussie supplier of router collet reducers.
I have googled around but haven't come up with much.
I did find stores in the US that had amana collet...

anyone?
hmm all quiet.
anyhoo, I've been starting to look at how to make it cnc.
I have a decent selection of stepper motors on hand in the nema17 and 23 size, nema17 should be fine i think, at...

Thanks Dickeybird!
Oh yes i reckon happier than a camel on hump day!
That feeling when i fired it up and fed that tool into the stock and saw swarf curling off so nicely was awesome, i played...

Whee! it cuts!
Finished off the crank handles and fitted them up.
I dont have any tooling as yet, waiting on some from ebay. so in the meantime I ground a couple of old allen keys as temporary test...

oh yes the tapping... i may have gone a little overboard with the 12 m5 screws holding the tool post together but nothing wrong with over doing it! :p
Drilling was easy as i did all that with the...

Alrighty progress has been a little slow with work and family commitments but managed to get out to the shed today and make a few more parts.
Pretty well finished the X slide, just need to make up...

thanks for the comments!
I may end up shortening the rails as they are much longer than needed ( they go past the headstock a fair way and is not needed)
hopefully the 8mm rails should do, i dont...

G'day all!
Thought i would post my little lathe project I've been putting together.
I'm purely a hobbyist so this project is something to do in my spare time
I built myself a cnc router bout a...

poop, they did work at first :p
oh well here they are, cant seem to edit my first post.. :)

I went with the square cross slide as opposed to a dovetail because i don't have a dovetail cutter,...

..

G'day all!
Thought i would post my little lathe project I've been putting together.
I'm purely a hobbyist so this project is something to do in my spare time :)
I built myself a cnc router bout a...

I reckon it would work, but accuracy and repeatability may pose an issue.
Suppose it would come down to how well made the joystick type switch is ie: how much slop in the stick mechanism etc

my 2c

I ended up stripping a cheap dustpan and brush set of its bristles and glued them into my dust shoe (1/8" slot) and they worked very well.
In terms of bounceback or resistance, the dustbrushes...

Glad you guys liked it :)
Cleaned up the dxf so thought I may as well share it.
I made this one out of 12mm thick 6061 scrap, the die pocket is 9mm deep ( you can alter depth to suit, my dies are...

G'day all!

Thought i would post my homemade die holder made on my homemade cnc machine.
I have one of those cheap tap n die sets, cost me all of around $35 AU, anyhoo they thread soft metals fine...

very neat little tool!
would you be willing to share the dxf?

Hi all back again with another creation.
Made another litho, this time on a flat piece of cast acrylic and drew up a frame/ lightbox for it.
Found the frame pattern on google, then vectorized it in...

thanks for the comments!
Doorknob, the pvc pipe i used here is 50mm diameter with a wall thickness of 3mm. i think from memory the cut depth was about 1mm.
the light will shine through the pipe no...

Hello all,
Thought I would share what i have created with my homebuilt cnc.
It is only a small desktop machine with a cutting area of X-370mm, Y-285mm, Z-70mm with an Ozito 850w router for spindle...

Don't know if anyone noticed the googly eyes stuck on the router mount.
Wifey stuck em there one day and I think will stay there now, makes it look like a some sort of bug hehe Mosquito maybe?
Kids...

Howdy all.
Been playing around again.
Firstly i finished replacing the mdf y plate with the 10mm ally, worked out nicely. Now i just have to align the y axis rails so its level... its only out by...