Bad bearing in my trim router
I was all set to do some more work with my ShapeOko tonight, but when I turned on the Rigid trim router it made a terrible noise… Sounded like a bad beari...
Tag: DIY
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...
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...
Something, ShapeOko, something, something, accuracy.
Bah. Yesterday I thought I had made some improvement in the accuracy department with my ShapeOko. This evening I ran a job that demonstrated that I was all wet.
Even more accuracy for the ShapeOko
I’ve been boring holes through some 3/4″ thick MDF recently and having a little trouble with it. The blanks are about 3″ x 6″ and I̵...
Shoes for the ShapeOko
Dust shoes that is. I finally got a dust shoe finished up last night and I couldn’t be happier. I managed to run several unattended jobs over the past two...
Precision Leads to Accuracy
Lack of precision, not so much. This is actually not a ShapeOko post for a change. Well, it’s related… One of the things I sell in my Etsy store is ...