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Sorry for vanishing to anyone interested... Losing my dad and the fallout it has caused has made this the most difficult time of my life. I can't even begin to tell the story right now...
I've been trying so hard to find positive, constructive things to work towards. It feels like at every turn someone or something is beating me down, it's so exhausting. I'll never understand how people can do what they've done.
Decided to start college - work towards something positive; maybe something good.
Hey everyone. I'm trying to keep focused right now. I finally managed to release a video. It's nothing crazy, just a build video of my coffee table.
If you're interested I'd greatly appreciate you checking it out or sharing. Thank you very much.
I want to say something more... But I don't know. Tell the people you love what they mean to you. Make sure they're okay.
It actually works!!!
With the spindle wired and secured I finally got to actually try it for the first time. Steppers still aren't controlled so I moved it by hand. This was really cool!
Feeding by hand and having a really loose clamp setup I didn't want to push it too far. Still, 1/8" and 1/4" bits in wood worked well. 1/8" in aluminum seemed promising if better clamped. I even tried out a badly unbalanced cheap Dremel saw with nice results.
The junction is wired! It's about as chaotic as I imagined it would be.
That leaves only a small junction and clamp on the side of the gantry before the mechanical side is completely done!
This has been almost 5 years in the making by now... This project has gone through so much.
I can't believe how long it's been since I last worked on this... things happened.
I finally put the junction box together. The paint job wasn't great and I wanted to redo it - months ago. By now I just don't care anymore.
Those of you interested in consumer rights/game preservation or the concept of "games as a service":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w70Xc9CStoE
Also here:
Idea I've had for awhile - adapting my drill press to use a ring light.
The light it came with was an absolute joke which I had to swap for a vaguely better LED which sort of helped. A tiny dim LED that sits directly behind the spindle casting a shadow exactly where you don't want one.
This housing I made from plastic and I'm realizing I should redo it in aluminum because it gets hot. I want to remake the entire control box because it was not well thought-out.
Working on ideas.
Making little drill index blocks is very satisfying.