RS Resurrection – Odometer repaired!
The odometer on the RS has been broken for quite a while. Pretty much it rolled over to 100,000 miles and then quit working. I took it apart a while ago, but co...
Author: Timothy Foreman
RS Resurrection – 10/09 Update
A little work to report and no photos. Last night I washed the RS and then after dinner I started taking parts off. I removed both front brake calipers and the ...
RS Resurrection – The Beginning
I have a 1981 BMW R100RS in the back of my garage. It’s been parked there for quite a while now. I bought it in 1989, and I used to ride the heck out of i...
ShapeOko Limit Switches Update
The limit switches seemed to be working great, and I was loving being able to home the machine and not have to re-zero my work all the time. I even got some wor...
Limit Switches for the ShapeOko
I don’t know why it took me so long, but I finally got around to installing the limit switches on my ShapeOko. I bought the switches when I bought the mac...
The (Almost) Final Chapter in the Saga of the LuvBus
When we last heard about the LuvBus Bil and I had gotten the head out and he was going to send it out to have it flattened so we could re-install it. Unfortunat...
Making Smith and Wesson Revolver Grips
I got a request from a friend to see if I could make some Smith and Wesson revolver grips for him. I told him “sure, send me a set and I’ll see what...
More ‘production’ work on the ShapeOko
I guess I neglected to post about putting the top profile on the 1911 grips. I came up with a good tool chain – I drew the part as a solid model in Autode...
Milled my first set of grips!
I fixed up my grip fixture and milled the perimeter profile on a pair of grips tonight!
ShapeOko Accuracy. Really.
Okay, yesterday’s installment found me annoyed at the accuracy of my ShapeOko. This evening I fixed it for real. Repeatable and within the limits I set fo...