STUDENTS MAKE A CNC ROUTER TABLE
Makermasters helped Students make a CNC Router table. I (Bill Griggs) was invited to advise the S.U.N.Y. Morrisville Mechanical Engineering Technology programs Capstone Project. The Capstone projects assignment was to design and build a CNC Router table for manufacture. The M.E.T. program focuses on Engineering with an eye towards manufacturing. Students (more…)
Minibloq Graphical Programming Environment for Arduino is Rapidly gaining support
It been a while since I wrote about Minibloq Graphical programming Environment for Arduino but a lot has changed since my last post. Minibloq has been rapidly gaining support from many channels. New hardware and software alliances have cropped up to make the program more robust.
Sparkfun, a major supplier of electronic projects for the maker community has introduced a starter package designed specifically for use with Minibloq Graphical Programming Environment. (more…)
I have been using CNC to make stage Props for my children’s school plays. I often design props using Alibre Design. I Then take the designs and export them to Vectric Aspire. After I created the tool paths I loaded the G-Code into Mach3. I often use 1/8″ Luan plywood or MDF and cut the parts out on my CNC Router table. Instant prop with little expense. 
This is not the first time I have made props for the local school plays. Earlier in the month I made a few props for my Daughter’s Production of “How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”. I didn’t make as many things this year with the CNC router however we did get to make a few things. I assembled the pieces and mounted them to a base.
One project was a Coffee machine out of 4′x8′x1/8″ Luan ply. I used a 1/8″ up spiral bit to make the cutouts. If I did it again, I would use a down spiral bit because the luan splinters so bad. The coffee machine flat was mounted (more…)
My latest DIY CNC project is a Dust Deputy Cyclone Separator Cart for my Shop Vacuum. With the help of a friend we took a project from a magazine and converted the plans to be cut on a CNC router Table. Converting plans from a woodworking magazine into a CNC project is not difficult to do and it can be fun.
CNC PRoject - Dust Deputy Cyclone Shop Vacuum Cart
The plans we used came from (more…)
