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A CNC machine without power is little more than a very expensive lump of inanimate metal but supplying power that is appropriate, clean and safe is not entirely trivial. It is certainly possible to just buy a power supply that…
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Planning Your First DIY CNC Build
What you should know before you start planning to build a CNC… I wrote this article because looking back I wish I’d read this article before setting out on my dream of building a CNC machine. That’s not to say…
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Installing LinuxCNC
I think its fair to say there are two big players in the DIY CNC market when it comes to control software Mach3 and LinuxCNC (formerly EMC2). Pretty much the whole time I was designing my machine I was completely…
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Building a Custom Sink Cabinet
Something I’ve always wanted for my workshop was a sink I could call my own. For years I’ve made do with a bottle of water and a bucket or, if more water was needed, going down to the kitchen to…
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Vegas Movie Studio 14 Suite – Disappoining
Please accept an apology up front as this is a bit of a rant about Vegas Movie Studio 14 Suite. I bought the application not long after it was release but I’m not a terribly happy customer and I’d like…
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Domestic Waste Pipes
I find that plumbing is, for the most part, reasonably logical and straight forward. Generally as long as you’ve only got water coming out where you want it you’re good to go. One area that is totally confusing though is…
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Workshop Lighting – LED Ribbon
This is the second article on fitting and LED lighting solution in my workshop. The first article covered the light levels that I’m hoping to achieve. This article discusses LED ribbon which is a both cheap and easy to work…
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Workshop Lighting – Light Levels
Over the last year I’ve been slowly building and outfitting my home workshop. The wiring is now done so it’s time to fit the lighting. My aim for the lighting is to bathe the whole shop in a cool white LED…
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French Polishing – Notes from a Short Course
I recently went on a French polishing course and I took a few notes while I was there. What follows below are the notes I took typed up neatly so that I don’t forget everything. Some of it might be…
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Quick and Simple Picture Mounting
A few months ago my parents bought a children’s map of the world for my daughter. They had the map laminated which is great as it means it won’t succumb to sticky fingers. Unfortunately though it means it’s developed quite a…
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Woodturning Journal January 2007
January was a busy month in the workshop. I did more turning than I have done in a long time and, for the first time, I really enjoyed it because I knew what I was doing. There is fun to…
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Woodturning Journal July 2006
Since I now had a chuck and therefore access to the end of the wood I wanted to create a hollow form. I looked at the piece of wood I had mounted in the chuck and felt that perhaps it…
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Woodturning Journal June 2006
I didn’t get much turning done in June for one reason or another. At the start of the month I thought the tools were getting a little dull. After turning a spindle I decided that there was no point in…