Shapeoko 3 Assembly – Part 2
I ended up helping a friend with his computer for a while yesterday so I didn’t get as much done on my Shapeoko 3 as I wanted. But I did get some stuff do...
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Shapeoko 3 Assembly – Part 1
I got to work on my Shapeoko 3 for about 2-1/2 hours this evening and I got the plates mostly assembled. I had one bolt and nut that would not go together at al...
Shapeoko 3 Has Arrived
I worked from home this afternoon so that I could be here to take delivery of my Shapeoko 3. It arrived about 1:00. I immediately opened the box and took some p...
My Shapeoko 3 Is On The Way!
In other “I have too many hobbies” news, my Shapeoko 3 has shipped and will arrive on Wednesday! Exciting!
528i Angel Eyes Achieved!
Yesterday afternoon I decided to buckle down and make the angel eyes work. I redid all the wiring, making it cleaner. The internet told me that there would be a...
The 3D Printer Assembly Photos
This will mainly be a photo dump with some comments. The 3D printer arrived last Thursday and I assembled it on Thursday and Friday evening. All told it probabl...
3D Printer Ordered
I’m not sure why, but I just bought a 3D printer kit. One of the bloggers that I follow just bought a Prusa i3 clone from China for a pretty good price an...
Assembling a Dust Deputy
The Oneida Dust Deputy is a small molded plastic cyclone-style dust separator for use with a shop vac. They claim it removes 99% of the dust from the vacuum flo...
Possible New Z Axis Design for the ShapeOko
I’ve been thinking about how to upgrade the Z Axis on my ShapeOko for a while now and I finally started drawing up some stuff in Inventor. As a side note,...
528i – CCV system and Idle Control Valve
I’m chasing a stumble that happens at idle when the car is cold. Once the car is warmed up it runs fine, but while it’s warming up it sometimes stum...