Collaborate Disseminate
“The lathe is the only machine tool that can make copies of itself,” or so the saying goes. The reality is more like, “A skilled machinist can use a lathe …read more Continue reading Infinite Z-Axis Printer Aims to Print Itself Someday
Troubleshooting a circuit is easy, right? All you need is a couple of hands to hold the probes, another hand to twiddle the knobs, a pair of eyes to look …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: Circuit Scout Lends a Hand (Or Two) for Troubleshooting
[Cranktown City] uses a number of custom-built linear rails used as gantries for various tools in the shop. The first is on a plasma cutter, which is precise but difficult …read more Continue reading Icicle Patterns With Custom Gantry
When you want to measure the length, breadth, or depth of an object, there are plenty of instruments for the job. You can start with a tape measure, move up …read more Continue reading Laser and Webcam Team Up for Micron-Resolution Flatness Measurements
Laboratory automation equipment is expensive stuff, to such a degree that small labs are often priced out of the market. That’s a shame, because there are a lot of tedious …read more Continue reading 3D Printer Repurposed for Light-Duty Lab Automation Tasks
To some folx, puzzles are the ultimate single-player game, but to others, they are like getting a single Tootsie Roll on Halloween. [Shane] of Stuff Made Here must fall into …read more Continue reading Jigsaw Puzzles are Defeated
To some folx, puzzles are the ultimate single-player game, but to others, they are like getting a single Tootsie Roll on Halloween. [Shane] of Stuff Made Here must fall into …read more Continue reading Jigsaw Puzzles are Defeated
Hooking up a laser to a CNC gantry isn’t exactly an Earth-shattering innovation, but it does make for a useful tool. Even a cheap diode laser mounted to an old …read more Continue reading No-Laser CNC Engraver is Something New Under the Sun
Surface-mount technology has been a fantastic force multiplier for electronics in general and for hobbyists in particular. But sometimes you’ve got no choice but to use through-hole components, meaning that …read more Continue reading Modified 3D-Printer Solders Through-Hole Components
One thing’s for sure: after seeing [Roland Van Roy] build a vertical mill from industrial scrap, we’ve got to find a better quality industrial scrapyard to hang around.
The story of this build started, as many good shop stories do, at the lathe, which in this case was also a …read more
Continue reading Vertical Mill Completes Scrapyard Lathe Build