Hackaday Links: May 1, 2022
We start this week with news from Mars, because, let’s face it, the news from this planet isn’t all that much fun lately. But a couple of milestones were reached …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: May 1, 2022
Category Archives: lathe
VR Display Shows CNC Lathe Operations In Real Time
[Kent VanderVelden] has come up with an interesting VR system to assist operators who are monitoring CNC lathes. (video, embedded, below) The idea is to first produce a ‘frozen’ video …read more Continue reading VR Display Shows CNC Lathe Operations In Real Time
Machining Waveguides For 122 GHz Operation Is Delicate Work
Millimeter-wave Radars used in modern cars for cruise control and collision avoidance are usually designed to work at ranges on the order of 100 meters or so. With some engineering …read more Continue reading Machining Waveguides For 122 GHz Operation Is Delicate Work
Electronic Lead Screws – Not Just for Threading Anymore
An electronic leadscrew is an increasingly popular project for small and mid-sized lathes. They do away with the need to swap gears in and out to achieve the proper ratio …read more Continue reading Electronic Lead Screws – Not Just for Threading Anymore
A Nested Gear Clock
One of the most common projects we see here at Hackaday is a clock. It could just be that we as humans are fascinated by the concept of time or …read more Continue reading A Nested Gear Clock
Improving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks
Like many budget machinists, the delightfully optimistically named [We Can Do That Better] had trouble with some of the finer controls on his import mini-lathe. But rather than suffer through …read more Continue reading Improving a Mini-Lathe with a Few Clever Hacks
Heavy Metal Lathe Build Doesn’t Spare the Steel
It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe …read more Continue reading Heavy Metal Lathe Build Doesn’t Spare the Steel
Better Mousetraps (or Screw Drives) Don’t Always Win
I’ve noticed, lately, that slotted screw heads are all but gone on new equipment. The only thing that I find remarkable about that is that it took so long. While …read more Continue reading Better Mousetraps (or Screw Drives) Don’t Always Win
Adjustable, Piston-Damped Hammer
When all you have is a hammer, every problem is a constant quest for an even better hammer, as the popular saying goes. At least, that seems to be [Ebenisterie …read more Continue reading Adjustable, Piston-Damped Hammer
Vertical Mill Completes Scrapyard Lathe Build
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
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