Thanks! Not my design, though. It’s a German made Sorotec Compact Line 0805. I don’t think the brand is well known in the US, but has a good rep here in Germany. It came as a kit (just the mechanical part) and I had to plan the control cabinets for machine control (eding cnc 720 + JMC closed loop steppers with integrated drives) and spindle control/vfd (omron mx2) myself.

The cooling is being done by an aquarium pump and a 5L bottle of distilled water at the moment. For the winter I’ll have to make myself something with a heater, because the spindle doesn’t like temps too far below 20°C and heating up the coolant with the spindle would damage the bearings.

No one but complete morons are asking to specifically make a product by emitting carbon dioxide. No company is emitting co2 for “the global citizens”. They make products to earn money. Emissions are an avoidable by-product no one asked for.

You mean from the end here as circled?

Yes, exactly!

On of the thing I was actually also considering was making small tabs that I could use to keep it from sliding side to side and still replaceable. Think that would be wise or just glue the bastard down?

Just use a tiny drop of superglue to hold it in place. It can still be carefully broken out and be replaced this way. The rest is done by string tension.

I used a 3D printed nut for the rebec I posted in this community. PLA works best because of it’s high stiffness, even better if it’s PLA-CF. Make sure to add enough perimeters to not get hollow spaces in the nut.

If you manage to print it standing on its side (add a brim!), then the layer lines will follow string direction and the strings will glide better on the nut.

The machine as it stands there cost me 5k€; Control cabinets including vfd will probably amount to 2.5k€; Spindle with water cooling to another 2.5k€. So 10k€ without surprises.

My workshop is tiny, so I hope to get the most of the space this machine occupies.

3. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, “THREE-DIMENSIONAL PRINTER” MEANS A COMPUTER OR COMPUTER-DRIVEN MACHINE OR DEVICE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT FROM A DIGITAL MODEL.

Not an American, but it really reads like they redefined 3D printer as meaning “literally any kind of cnc machine”.

Most if not all commands from the DOS version still work in AutoCAD 2023. And using a mouse is also still optional.

Rabbit Junk - Neurodivergent would be a prime candidate for this thread.

I’ll post a sample after varnishing (which might take a while)

Yes, the router templates, glueing clamps and two dozen jigs and templates I used are all 3d printed. 100% worth it.

Thanks!

I can play violin a bit (first position, without vibrato- which covers a lot of folk and medieval songs). Had to quit lessons due to the pandemic and have been practicing with books since then.

I have hearing damage as well, albeit only one sided. The right ear still works well, and I still have bone conduction through the chin rest. Have you tried hearing aids?

Thanks. Hard to say how long it took, I started exactly one year ago. I first started with a wooden box, but binned it as soon as I got a 3d printer. Then there were alternating periods of CAD, printing and tinkering with the electronics; and this project sitting in a box because I did other things in life. 😅

Here are some cyanotypes I made with it:

Here I make a cyanotype of a video