https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog daily 0.75 2025-10-04 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/rebuilding-cnc-control-panel monthly 0.5 2026-01-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/f914ad0b-db08-4637-8fbf-a70621b96ba7/20210131_224941.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out My compact but impossible-to-maintain electrical cabinet / control panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/6925c705-0970-4e2c-bbb8-f14202f7fd4c/industrial-control-panel.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out What an industrial CNC electrical cabinet might look like. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/89396733-b480-4956-8d28-cacd315e39ee/diy-control-panel.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out What I might aspire to for a bespoke shop-built electrical layout if space were not an issue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/eddd1d07-7f8b-4f87-9341-216f505c5518/cnc-in-the-air.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out But space is an issue: the CNC nestles up against the ceiling, with a cutout in between my upstairs floor joists to fit the height of the spindle. I have only about 10” of height above the table to stay clear of the winch cables, which doesn’t give much allowance to mount components vertically or to stack in a serviceable manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/be7f644b-3ece-4610-9bbf-6bdb62d2a764/internal-power-supplies.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out A few easier-to-service components I mounted on the underside of the table: a large regulated 24V power supply, and the Teknic servo power monitoring & distribution block. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/c85948fb-35a3-4941-8b84-ce591f510a55/CNC+control+panel.png Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out Now, it’s a labeled and structured rats nest! If you’re interested in the nitty gritty: 1) Power distribution; 24V supply under table; 1A. 24V power distribution, not current limited (i.e.: relays, solenoids, electromagnets); 1B. 24V current-limited (fed by 1a) current-limited to reduce risk of fatal (to electronics) short circuits, for electrical control signals; 1C. 12V buck converter (for pneumatics relays & e-stop relays); 1D. 5V digital converter (for laser pointer); 1E. 12V power distribution; 2) Signal distribution block; 3A. 6-signal TTL relay for e-stop, laser, tool clamp, and dust boot; 3B. E-stop relays to sever power to spindle & servos when e-stop button pressed; 4) Pneumatics VFD-triggered relays; 4A. Mechatron tool changer positive pressure relay, on when VFD has power; 4B. Latching relay triggered by remote control to turn on / off dust-clearing air blast; 5) Signal distribution, to allow me to organize & group the long wire runs that route to the CNC from the shorter wires within the electrical panel.; 6) Remote control relay block, with an 18-button remote and 18 individual SPDT relays; 7) Touch probe wiring / in-line resistor; 8) Power monitoring; 8A. Power monitoring signal distribution; 8B. Shunt resistor for DC current monitoring https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/dec532ac-9822-4b4d-82db-10e381063a0f/PXL_20250422_182245365.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out Control panel in storage, nestled between CNC drag chain and dust collector filter canister, and the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/5dfabe50-1902-4d5c-860f-7da9c5fb5c36/dist-block.png Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out Green / White / Red (x6): are the step (green), direction (white), and error for each motion axis. The axes are, from left to right: X, Y1, Y2, Z, A, & B. The Y1 and Y2 step and direction signals are combined using a jumper, as they are slaved to each other, but that their error signals are independent. Yellow: Probe & tool setter. Blue: Homing switches; from left to right: X, Y, Z, A, & B. White: IoT relays (vacuum pump & dust collector). Black: on-gantry pneumatic solenoids. Red: +12v distribution block to relays https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/095c228b-0fc2-4274-8e0c-152a46cc250e/estop-relays.png Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out In theory, pressing the E-stop button should immediately halt servos and start spinning down VFD. But in practice (and as warned in Masso documentation), there is occasionally a delay that can cause the CNC to continue cutting, and / or only one of the two high power devices gets the signal. So we need to cut power to devices more directly using the TTL output from the controller to disconnect the spindle signal from the Masso controller (to allow a controlled spindle spin down) and Teknic DC servo bus (so all servos go into a free hold state instantly). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/09349cb9-6d16-4aca-9ffb-87ed77a73c74/PXL_20251007_222553581.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out This hexagonal crimping tool and ferrule kit ensures that there are no stray wire strands that can cause short circuits - especially important for stranded wire connected to terminal blocks in close quarters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/ae4ffb56-c7c1-4f85-b6bd-9f94e2eeeea6/PXL_20251007_222626370.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out This box of red terminal blocks from Dinkle - white green, yellow, black, blue, orange, and brown - make it easier to organize connections. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/4c0ecd20-07e0-4f95-bc16-9e9c59fd2af7/PXL_20251007_222722518.jpg Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out A label printer - even this inexpensive Dymo version - make labeling the connections fast and easy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b519d153-3ced-4dea-aa61-a4faea80fa22/ToC.png Blog - Rebuilding a CNC Control Panel - Make it stand out Not a “technology” per se, but I was intentional in documenting both what I did and why, and also pulling together in one place common reference sources (Teknic error codes; Masso homing switch wiring diagrams) to make it easier for my future self. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/multi-purpose-workbench monthly 0.5 2025-11-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/93a94e58-e0a7-4195-a75b-2f05bc32aec0/torsion-box-mdf.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out An earlier torsion box I fabricated that was far heavier than I’d want this one to be. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/f9cd4334-38d5-48be-a847-7cf60beba454/interior_ribs.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out Ribs were dadoed into the sides, and made with half-lap joints to the ribs that go in the opposite direction, both for strength, but also for each of assembly with so many pieces that need perfect alignment so as to not block the air holes (or interfere with the roller ball bodies on the to-be-attached other side). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/4f5ff658-0dc2-4327-a431-1f440d7006c5/rib_notching.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out The downdraft region was separated from regions where there were no downdraft holes both by virtue of the absence of holes in the ribs, and by additional caulking applied on the interior joints. All the holes in the ribbing had the additional benefit of making the table lighter without sacrificing strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/bca13009-5d57-48a4-ae61-6992f4067149/roller_wheels.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out The roller balls were purchased online; I used the CNC to cut the holes and recess the border just slightly to allow for a snug fit and a little Liquid Nails; once that dried, on the other side, I applied a liberal coat of silicone caulk here to minimize any air leaks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/6d10a81d-81ca-4194-9b06-a00ecdf7971c/clamping.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out I used lots of clamps with the final assembly to ensure there was no bowing in the outer skin, to keep it as flat as possible. You can also see the two large rectangular notches on this side (which are also cut on the opposite side) to ensure the surface is solid on the lift table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/63b1e0c7-b06e-42cd-b083-a89b1bdda8f6/custom_dust_chute.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out Custom-fabricated dust boot. Both ends have about 12.5” square inches of area, with no sharp edges, fits to a 4” hose. 3D printed by Brad of Fournier Woodcraft for a very reasonable price from a .stl file I provided. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/512913ad-dbdb-47c7-9f9e-419f5f47b675/vacuum_port.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out With the dust boot in my shop, I can now confidently cut the air opening for it; before screwing it in, I also gasket it with a thin layer of neoprene. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/16a6345d-5b1b-4436-a499-672381010ba4/downdraft_table.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out The table has been invaluable both as a downdraft table for sanding… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/df510bea-c512-4f99-8eb3-3e227267a018/outfeed_table.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out and as an outfeed support for the tablesaw… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/bdf7b374-75ed-469d-be23-2ba31c7f0393/PXL_20251007_203541082.jpg Blog - Multi-Purpose Workbench - Make it stand out … though one late change I made was to add density to two rows of roller balls so that ripping narrow stock is better supported. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/from-tech-to-tools monthly 0.5 2025-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/d8533f91-b522-4e4e-8563-ce42cbb9b71a/01-Nixie+Clock.jpg Blog - From Tech to Tools: by Mason Friedberg - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/6a9ac2e5-779e-466c-91b2-179df872eadd/02-Nixie+Clock+Close.jpg Blog - From Tech to Tools: by Mason Friedberg - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b8eaf3f2-8378-477c-a80e-955506d3cc53/03-ShakespeareInsult.jpg Blog - From Tech to Tools: by Mason Friedberg - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/3e4d2038-6f85-4e7d-97b2-993573e69dce/04-Fireplace+Mantle.jpg Blog - 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Workshop Air Quality - Make it stand out This sensor has an integral SCD40 (for CO2) and SEN55 (for everything else), a paper display, WiFi for cloud connectivity. Though I’m leaving it plugged in via USB-C, it also has a small internal battery for limited wireless use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b3e5b5c9-777d-4489-a5fd-ea342974e93c/M5StackVisualization.png Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745351986308-D70H32XBB3WSI9IGYQ54/iVac-Bandsaw.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Bandsaw Blast Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745351989247-KZ3QAQWEIPXJWWXYXY0T/iVac-TableSaw.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Table Saw Blast Gate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745351989624-10YBAASAZAM1TDOZFMJZ/iVac-Y.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Blast Gate Party This is where I reconfigured the hoses, also adding dedicated blast gates, for my oscillating spindle sander, my combo belt and disc sander, and my jointer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745351986405-1LS0A8A4950YS4I345RE/iVac-6inchPlaner.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Planer 6" Blast Gate This is the only blast gate and tool sensor I had to purchase new, since the planer required a 6” gate (rather than the 4” gates that came with the set I purchased). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745352016096-KFOSTP93EWHUAP3JTFS1/Bandsaw-hoses.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Bandsaw Hose Reconfiguration I cleaned up the hose configuration here so there was less air flow resistance, and also added some “straps” with scrap plywood to reduce the trip hazard and keep the hoses off the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745352293537-3CQNU27WVD07SA3XZ7JU/JDS+AirFilter.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - JDS Air Filter Great air filter; though the company is long out of business, you can get almost identical versions from a few other sources. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745352290363-TKDOL0V3PY7Y2X6PR4KD/AirFilter+Rewired.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Control Panel Upgrade The new switches on the left allow me to bypass the integrated control panel, so the fan can be wired to be always on at a specific speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745352290562-WQG625IRTD9EMOAV9834/AirFilter+Switch.jpg Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Timed Switch The fan can be manually switched off here with a standard switch, but I leave it always on and have configured it to turn on alongside my shop lights, and stay on until the shop lights have been off for two hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1745352293604-0ABBZYI1PVMKU135DUI8/Timer.png Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Timer Relay This relay allows the auto-shutoff after two hours; it also has a bunch of other configurable timer switch modes, and so is a great multi-purpose timer circuit for simple home automation tasks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/e6c92459-2514-4f6a-b170-2d8fd81e37a6/air-filtration.png Blog - Workshop Air Quality - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/buying-used-tools monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/e2580c4d-5782-4ce7-8da3-c0cb97c6daaf/air_hose.jpg Blog - How to Find Used Tools - Make it stand out Came free with an air compressor I bought probably 15 years ago; under $10 if bought new now so no point trying to sell it; never used and have no intention of ever using, but surely someone else can use it? 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Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/f139b898-4def-4002-98c2-efd6dcef8bfd/digital.jpeg Blog - Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/00d3aa0e-68c7-49e2-8885-443455b92525/Static_converter.jpeg Blog - Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/96e053fe-bbe7-4b46-bfa6-6b210647042e/vfd.jpeg Blog - Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/c62238ad-af5b-4703-8439-9f5a86b7a908/overall-setup.jpg Blog - Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out All the pieces together: dust collection port; phase converter (lower right) & electrical panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b6fed256-af80-4bde-aca1-c7c59a960783/panel-closeup.jpg Blog - Three Phase Power Upgrade - Make it stand out 25A three-phase breaker for my planer, and a three-phase surge protector from Siemens, still provides ample space for either two more three-phase devices (or just two more 240v single-phase tools). https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/welding-capability-added monthly 0.5 2024-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1640803290394-GTISBBG92LG61YS5JVE1/coffee_table_legs.jpg Blog - Custom Metal Legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1640803295530-X4AIBMS22TB2QZ74BZ5L/leg_pieces.jpg Blog - Custom Metal Legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1640803302997-A5TF1GQU9OB7UTEN3HGN/legs_assembled.jpg Blog - 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Dust Collection Upgrade - Single Stage Configuration This is the most affordable kind of dust collector you can purchase, but the filter bag gets clogged and the air flow is reduced by the fact that all the dust goes thru the impeller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1706633521829-97QM9RU7LO2UF7ZZNQ7R/separator.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Two Stage with Separator This removes a lot of the dust from the air flow before the impeller without introducing a lot of cost. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1706633535470-NANZ42ON8MDLHJIWQFZ6/two_stage.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Two Stage with Vortex A cyclone or vortex removes even more of the dust from the air flow, dropping all but the finest particulates into the first stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1706633595895-T7D3HU7OJXF6L2TL7BF3/without_separator.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Clogged Filter of a Shop Vac A simple shop vac without any separator gets a clogged filter pretty quickly; my shop vac (not used for dust collection) often looks like this before I clean it out roughly monthly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1706633603757-YQL2BLMXT63TWRS3JPTK/separator_added.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Low Cost Separator A simple separator can be built with fairly inexpensive parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1706633605917-L5SIYZCOM188E0ZVIP91/with_separator.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Separator Protects Filter The filter stays clean when the air flow is intercepted by a separator or vortex; if it doesn’t get clogged, then the air flow can continue running at the same fast speed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/f1689c5a-9dca-43e5-a758-959ed65d9124/duct_comparison.png Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Spiral duct on the right is much more expensive than the snap fit duct on the left (roughly $110 from Oneida for spiral, vs. $30 from Lowes, for 6” diameter 10’), but spiral is much better at standing up to the static pressure of a vacuum system, whereas the snap fit could collapse in on itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/8bc3ca09-9251-4016-ae3c-a866cb636a36/pvc-to-fitting.png Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Dust Right adaptor from Rockler that goes between PVC and flexible hose or metal ducting; available for 4”, but not 6”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/d94b073c-4597-4ff2-8643-7324ccd8608f/grizzly_system+copy.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Grizzly G0440HEP: 2HP, 35 gallon drum, 96sf HEPA filter surface area, with remote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/493797c8-5b05-4076-b997-ecc854b24873/oneida_system.jpeg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Oneida Air XXVM001500: 1.5HP, 35 gallon drum, 95sf HEPA filter surface area, with remote https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/f23517ef-eb4d-47df-acc0-b7f4f66d7edc/airflow_requirements.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Suggested minimum airflow requirements from Wood Magazine; additionally, For systems carrying woodshop dust and chips, engineers recommend minimum air velocity of 4,000 FPM in branch lines and 3,500 FPM in the main duct to ensure that dust and chips will remain in suspension as the air flows through the system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/5b6d5627-50c8-4169-a349-f4912b7e9f14/cnc_up.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out Best overview picture of the dust collection system with the CNC up and out of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/7ef0a008-4bc7-4ade-bd38-d3f9fc741fe4/tight_clearance-1.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out There’s about 26” between the side of the CNC table and the wall, and the drum uses pretty much all of that! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/caf6912f-3296-4d05-9685-3d7abdfa5054/tight_clearance-2.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out The filter canister leaves a couple extra inches of space - but that and the cyclone took up a lot of useable pegboard space, so I had to add pegboard elsewhere in the shop for all the handtools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/bb87fe78-d9b0-430b-82b5-04487ddd99ba/wye_fitting.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out The 6” wye fitting coming out of the cyclone connects to: 6” 45° street fittings for the planer on the left; a 4” bushing reducer to a 45° street fitting for the band saw in the middle; and a 4” bushing reducer to a 45° street fitting for everything else (table saw, sanders, old planer, CNC dust shoe) on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/fadd3947-82d6-46ee-8178-24b630555e1f/duct_drop_for_planer.jpg Blog - Dust Collection Upgrade - Make it stand out The rest of the new dust collection setup includes another 45° street fitting, a 90° long sweep, some clear PVC for troubleshooting, and a shop-built connection between the PVC clamp and the blast gate. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/woodworking-classes monthly 0.5 2024-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/cf70b0ee-cf8d-403c-87db-060eb496005e/logo.png Blog - Woodworking Classes - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/40ceaf1d-97d4-4a39-b8aa-7ae4d90a1d21/woodshop.jpg Blog - Woodworking Classes - Make it stand out MakerNexus woodshop in Sunnyvale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/7a9e7d4f-b6c5-4e0e-b6f5-36a078273a42/outlet.png Blog - Woodworking Classes - Make it stand out An image from my "basic home electrical repair” class https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/recent-projects-2023 monthly 0.5 2025-04-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/81b90574-d9a0-4037-9200-acd662b252ac/Finished.jpg Blog - 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The one-of-a-kind sculpture can be purchased for $9500. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/6d15945b-3f41-4159-8725-a09ffde74076/etch_clock.png Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out This super unique way to display the time - a vacuum pump with individually-controlled vacuum chambers for the segments of the digits to pull a flexible rubber face - can be purchased from the Swiss manufacturer Etch Clock, for 1750 CHF (or around $2000). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/82d04b7d-c048-4cc5-8a30-190460219292/wonderscape.jpeg Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out I’ve referenced the Sisyphus in an earlier post, but if the size or cost of that is a little out of reach - or for someone who prefers to be a little more hands-on with their sand art, this clever 18” diameter allows you to create nifty patterns with seven uniquely-formed concrete balls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/3e6a9ec7-eb66-454b-9f58-c82965d2f82d/flyte_clock.png Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out I’ve featured a vase and lamp by Flyte a few years ago; this clock from the same company takes magnetic levitation to a new level, using a single steel ball to represent the time (or configurable as a countdown timer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/21dff888-11de-4cf0-bf52-a2ac930c05b8/slow_dance.jpeg Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out This frame - by Jeff Lieberman, who I also feature below - makes real objects appear to move in slow motion. By taking advantage of the limits of human visual perception, this optical illusion leverages a carefully hidden strobe light and a very quiet motor to vibrate the item you’ve clipped into the frame, such as a flower or a feather. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1e4e4002-bbc2-4f8e-b676-d2be68d53396/skywave.jpeg Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out Jeff Lieberman has an impressive portfolio, including this “Skywave” kinetic sculpture on Royal Caribbean’s gigantic ship, Ovation of the Seas, and as the brains behind OK Go’s End Love music video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/d16c5172-34f0-452c-a7c6-92b8afc68f34/anthony_howe.png Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out Anthony Howe’s one-off pieces are fully wind-driven, and precisely balanced sculptures. You may have seen much smaller versions - perhaps with a little more color - as garden art in your neighborhood, you definitely need a lot of space to truly appreciate his work! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/49411b19-940b-47f0-88e5-8ddcbfa0e9ba/petal_clouds.png Blog - Kinetic Gifts & Inspiration - Make it stand out Art + Com, another Berlin-based studio, was founded in the 1988 by Joachim Sauter. They have a few dozen impressive kinetic art installations to their name, including this “Petal Cloud” sculpture, one of six related pieces installed in Changi Airport in Singapore. Interestingly, none of their portfolio videos are on YouTube - perhaps because of lingering animosity over the alleged theft of the technology that ultimately became Google Earth, which is featured in the Netflix series The Billion Dollar Code. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/ring-based-message-board monthly 0.5 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/95577522-1926-433b-828f-fce02dc9abd1/vintage-flip-clocks.jpeg Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out This split flap clock has the simplicity of being driven by a single motor, but is - of course - limited to displaying the sequential numbers of a clock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b0dd30f0-f6cb-4820-a7b2-b137967e2d21/ring_representation.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out One possible sequence of black (0) and white (1) around a ring that contains all 32 (2^5) combinations when starting in each of the 32 different positions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1639423324370-DPZ80CZU3PZ6M12VWDLD/3-pixel_font.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1639423631141-NEVHT80IHZ37LMQATY5S/4-pixel_font.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1639423634176-ZFTK26W07TK88VCG64ZV/5-pixel_font.gif Blog - Ring-Based Message Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1639423641223-ZLEV1V78FKEQIDUQ6HJI/6-pixel_font.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1639423687408-GU0ZAF0WPCO06U93DD71/7-pixel_font.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/e8c1b0b1-c4c7-426b-9c76-7604c1fee34c/ring_resolution.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out Size of mechanism (gray) in relation to display resolution (yellow & black) for 5, 6, 7, and 8-pixel displays. Somewhat counterintuitively, the highest resolution display on the right would require the line of text to be tiny in relation to the overall mechanism size. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/fb85d631-a3d4-480a-ace4-f648e8e500c3/s-basic.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out Each character can be drawn by lines five pixels high; this S is legible, but not beautiful and could potentially be confused with the number 5. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/b1f11d0c-543d-47f4-8c9d-32838e570a35/s-improved.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out However, a careful selection of the ring pattern can allow additional font detail as each ring can actually display 32 possible “mid-pixel” positions in addition to the 32 “standard” positions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/231dd171-ccda-4215-8f90-53db4dce7630/ring-composite.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out The flange in center allows for a standard ball bearing assembly to be press-fit into the wheel; the chamfered edges create a bare minimum of surface friction between adjacent wheels; the positional numbering visible on the right is for troubleshooting; and the small protruding offset tabs on either side allow for the free movement of each wheel in all but a few positions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/35124e1a-9cc4-47cf-b820-b0d416a441c6/assembly.png Blog - Ring-Based Message Board - Make it stand out A mock-up of what a clock-sized mechanism might look like, leaving the end caps off and with a translucent tube, albeit with randomly-positioned wheels. I was hoping to share a full model animation, but ran into limitations of Fusion360’s motion studies and joint capabilities. Fusion360 has a lot of flexibility to specify movement with different degrees of freedom between objects in a joint. Then, joint limits of motion can be defined either statically (i.e.: wheel #1 can move between 45-180 degrees in relation to a fixed point) or dynamically via a “contact set” (i.e.: wheel #1 can move freely until its tab hits wheel#2, at which point #2 moves in sync). Contact sets sound promising for what I needed, but the computational complexity of dynamic contact sets mean Fusion 360 often does not respect them for even the simplest of models (and with the newest of computers), making full simulation of the movement essentially impossible with this software. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/kinetic-art-ceiling-installation monthly 0.5 2021-12-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/9e57900e-ad71-46ae-9c4c-70cd81129e2d/5th_grade_string_art.jpg Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out 5th-grade art project that maybe sowed the seeds for my fascination with algorithmically- and mechanically-created art? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/c66558eb-dd31-49aa-aad1-53517d150ca2/sand_sculpture.png Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/00ed2e4d-57ac-4045-8629-a2397977ad76/seven_phase.png Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out The seven phase “S-curve” is defined by a maximum velocity, maximum acceleration, and a maximum change in acceleration, and a target distance. Depending on the values, Phase II, IV, and VI may not be included. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/990c5dc5-2ff7-4380-9114-b585fb48da02/fast.png Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out Each ball arriving at its target position as fast as possible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/0bba575a-ec8b-4b67-89e4-4e13008dffe7/sync.png Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out Each ball arriving at its target position at same time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/6147d03d-d23c-4601-8aff-f9d33c74e2b7/brownian.png Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out Each ball arriving at its target position at same time, but with some chaos introduced in the motion along the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/753db5a0-3092-43bc-b836-6194441432a3/servo_driver.jpeg Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out PCA9685 Servo Controller - each board controls 16 servos, and 62 of them can be daisy chained over a single I2C bus. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/0565ee1e-9531-466c-baf3-35ca17a7ba31/2348-01.jpeg Blog - Kinetic Art Ceiling Sculpture - Make it stand out Small NEMA17 stepper motor attached to the 2-stepper Raspberry Pi stepper hat. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/upgrading-from-steppers-to-servos monthly 0.5 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631146400831-6DJT3WNZE83YW9NJEHZ8/stepper_with_fan.jpg Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out Stepper with cooling fan mounted and heat sink (on back side) strapped and attached to casing with thermal paste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631146569518-ANYIW35T3HWBS3GQPB2O/KL-3815.jpeg Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out Unregulated power supply I was using after upgrading from a fully variable regulated version; depending on input voltage (120v or 240v) this can supply 24v or 48v DC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631144723442-XZZA9D9KCCKH12Y7D97Y/stepper_with_cooling_fins.jpg Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out The servo installed on left, next to the (removed) stepper with heat sink (and cooling fan partially hidden) on right. The highest power NEMA23 servo was only about a half inch taller than the stepper I removed, even with the integrated controller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631143537237-NSG969B1BIWZ9IFU7BZ9/motor_error.png Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out The software oscilloscope on the left - from the Teknic Motor Setup Program - shows the positional error (in red) and velocity error (in blue) for a 300IPS jog that I triggered thru the CNC controller. Over the 2.5 second jog, the position was never off by more than approximately 4 steps or 0.000625 revolutions, or 0.00027”, and the velocity had a maximum error of about 0.2RPM (at a speed of approximately 750RPM). Of course, this is with no load, but it gives a sense of the feedback loop in play that will identify and trigger an exception upon a larger positional error about 25x that, or 0.007”. The background window in the lower right allows me to view and edit the motor settings, as well as diagnose any potential errors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631144134268-U34GNFVFTPELM376VXW9/servo_wiring_block.jpg Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out I was able to reuse the stepper terminal block and signal cable. At the top of the terminal block are the servo wires: Servo Black: Step signal, wired to Masso step output of an axis Servo White: Direction signal, wired to Masso direction output of an axis Servo Blue & Green: +4-24V (blue to send an enable signal; green for one side of the opto-isolated switch that will close upon an error) Servo Red: Error signal from motor, wired to a Masso input Servo Yellow, Brown, & Orange (not seen) wired to a common ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631146981678-ASPPVUEQN1CN2O2OTA8D/13087631_master.jpg Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out Original medieval-era chest https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1631146904078-T9USVJ44B5U0GQGW2I8G/Chest+-+Front+Rendering.png Blog - Upgrading from Steppers to Servos - Make it stand out Rendering of one of the four pieces I hope to finally be able to carve with upgraded motors and to-be-upgraded laptop! https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/electronics-and-craftsmanship monthly 0.5 2021-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630631686116-SF2GCTRFHS2A9ECEY030/finished-clock.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625057247-SCIMYVB4AR6A1K6ISJ2N/surfacing.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625062236-IY8GVMX7YCXIRZAW5HLU/engraving_1.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625066932-DZQIA689JL4XG9K014YW/engraving_2.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625071410-MD9T0YH8SRI0XWQO3TUC/engraved.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625618993-PZVUS8GKS71MRAQ9QDJB/panel-front.jpeg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625619465-ZW1PACKTVK510CND6JE5/panel-back.jpeg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625618905-ECCV4T3074KDZMZUYKMF/rpi-bonnet.jpeg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630622908047-WHSSRS874DDWQTH6JNOX/wiring.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Make it stand out First success with the basic clock functionality https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630626071427-98TRKFJEQ6ZL9CYFA4CY/settings-page.png Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Web Controls Thru a php web page, I can select the color for the clock during daytime, how it should dim or display differently in the evening, and if and when it should display a custom message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625826600-CKCY11VCWX4DOYJF9VDC/icon.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Icon Art I can embed any of a few hundred pre-defined icons, each with their own colorations, into a static or scrolling message. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630625865454-WL859FV89LPYELJJVMVZ/clock-code-test.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Clock Mode And of course, it better work as a clock as well, since that was the initial goal! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630633842174-A12XCE0DHEEEN92IWFLB/clock-exploded.png Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Make it stand out Exploded view of internal components. Main components (from left to right) in black: clock face with engraved letters on front; white: RGB LED matrix, nestled into black; green: circuit board mount that nests the Raspberry Pi & matrix driver inside the panel; blue: spacer plastic to allow for cables and protrusion of electronics; clear: back panel with ventilation holes. Not shown are the maple and wenge wood pieces that finish the sides & lip of the frame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630626406907-B09P7LOLSIN1MMJ5KJ2C/front_interior.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Front Internals Though from the front, the wenge border only shows a small lip, it actually wraps about an inch around the frame to provide surface area for the brass inserts. You can also see the mounting plate that keeps the Raspberry and RGB bonnet close in to the panel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630626402597-7H30ZLROKNQTSN3RVNZX/back-interior.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Back Internals Though obviously less involved than the front, you can see the two power jacks (since I’m undecided as to whether this will be mounted on the wall, or sit on a shelf). It also took some time to make sure all the cables had enough clearance on the inside. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630626642472-EBVLYYU2MC0N6UQH293K/side.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Side View I think the contrast between all the woods - with the only visible plastic being the 1/8” acrylic backing - worked out well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630626646196-E76HZC5CT94JMV63EPSA/back.jpg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Back View Obviously the back does not get seen much, but I still wanted a clean finished look here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630632935800-TDS2ERVKTPZ3TR96LIIG/finished-front.jpeg Blog - Marriage of Electronics & Craftsmanship - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/design-for-manufacturing monthly 0.5 2021-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629334189725-WMDH82YLELZP6DVC6D2V/ikea_poang_chair.png Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Ikea Poäng Chair, make with bent laminations for the curved parts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629334234085-VP3FVKXFLKDYB2KWH81J/ikea_poang_chair.png Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Ikea birch countertop, with a thick veneered top and thinner veneers on the sides and ends, but an engineered wood core. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629335515033-KCQHCWI88HI58Z7505VK/hardwood_stack.jpeg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Hardwood stack at a lumber supplier; note the uniform thickness, but the variations in widths. The boards typically also have a variation in length. This lumber is sold by the “boardfoot” - one square foot of one inch thickness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629335629192-F2VN9AYF0HVTMSSSK4XI/plywood.jpeg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Stack of plywood at a lumber supplier. All the sheets are of a uniform thickenss and length and width, but most plywoods have unattractive edges that typically need to be hidden or covered in some way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629335808433-6D9GQQNLC48N3CTVUCDJ/veneered_plywood.jpeg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Hardwood-veneered particle board options; veneered panels also come with plywood layers or with an MDF core, depending on thickness required and finishing options or requirements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629335787586-A6N3SE4NZEO6BOGL7GUI/plyboo.jpeg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Plyboo plywood with different colorations and an attractive core https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629335828645-5I6601PQHTQCJRWEUKML/baltic_birch_plywood.jpeg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Baltic birch plywood with attractive and consistent core layers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630003562408-3U7IKIIFVC0KHXGAVBU4/short_grain_chair_leg.png Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Wood fibers follow the grain, and are themselves very strong. However, the wood is much weaker between the fibers. Where the cuts, for whatever reason, mean that force will be applied in such a way to split across the grain, breakage is much more a risk than if the grain flows across the direction of force. This chair leg broke because of the “short grain”. This is also why plywood is advantageous, where it can be used, in that each ply is rotated 90 degrees from the layers above and below, making for a much more stable product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630003540922-L45SJNLW6FTK7S8M1JEN/flex_along_grain.png Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out The board is strong in flexing along the grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630003526888-P2KTJCEYYSPH8F4ZKI1D/flex_across_grain.png Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out The board easily splits when flexed across the grain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630095675965-486O9NTE58EXVN6A3T1O/picking_out_lumber.jpg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Picking up & transporting four large specifically-sized walnut boards - rather than leveraging the free delivery service when purchasing by the board foot - adds time and cost to fabrication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1630097165207-GA2SWVDFHN4ZWVVWY222/picking_out_lumber.jpg Blog - Design for Manufacturing - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/analytics-amp-woodworking monthly 0.5 2021-10-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622394578709-1R8QH398TPW38DARRSAH/trig.png Blog - Analytics & Woodworking - Make it stand out Yes, I’ve used most of these in figuring out dimensions… but this is not the type of analytics that I’m referring to! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622392925777-V7VM04WSMRBOE5JE55IL/Polygon-2-opposite.png Blog - Analytics & Woodworking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622392878965-FV0XS93N0NWIS0G1WPVM/hard-circle-maze-solution.png Blog - Analytics & Woodworking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1620772126639-833G7XIZQLA16A27O5C3/16x16.png Blog - Analytics & Woodworking - Make it stand out Here’s the solution for one randomly-generated board for a 16x16 problem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622395089640-4TTXDRVFVREMEQ41ZYWN/name_blocks.png Blog - Analytics & Woodworking - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/veneering-curves monthly 0.5 2021-06-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622398013279-XVRL3ILGELKOFBRWBZIF/coffee_table_forms.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Veneer Forms This is both the top & bottom forms, each made of three plywood ribs and a wiggle wood glued to the curve to apply even pressure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622397999887-WPU87MIN17FL6G6XRMEA/coffee_table_forms_under_pressure_side.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Clamping Pressure Too tall (and with too many sharp corners) to fit into my vacuum bag, I used bar clamps instead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622397990485-M98LE8NK05VPF7F2FDS6/coffee_table_forms_under_pressure_end.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622397988111-XIPSDZYI6AAX9LD6SB24/coffee_table_forms_after_release.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Veneer Glue Dried After I’ve veneered the two sides, but before edge trimming or applying the veneer to the bottom edge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622397999280-HF7BA6S8479A1WRQNV4W/finished_24_radius_panel.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Finished Panel All ready to add to the coffee table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622398011235-B0TJ6ZRBWS6G6CFAQ2NS/partial_assembled_coffee_table.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Partial Assembly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622400938608-CJHHJSM8EFAWXGKGY9E7/wiggle_wood_increased_radius.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Multiple Layers Because the lamp tube itself had a 6” radius, I needed plywood with a radius of 6 3/4” to form the base support - which does not exist. So I purchased 6” radius plywood, and then applied four layers of wiggle wood (and then the veneer), which you can see from the striations along the bottom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622400943687-6UL4HAP6WA8STDT4MDVA/veneered_curve_in_lamp_assembly.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Lamp Partially Assembled The lamp, with pre-finished walnut plywood and that veneered in-house quarter round, is beginning to take shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622401062631-F22HB3I1R2Y5PY5BOLVA/finished_lamp.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves - Finished Product Here, the finished lamp is featured prominently as part of this seven piece art deco ensemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622432660367-HG8U2894BDEEWQ1LGZAZ/flight_tracker.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622432659880-THC9F7JOUYRD07OSSOBT/veneered_back.jpg Blog - Veneering Curves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1622432826248-JL0DOWK6TBF93AD6QQ3E/strap_clamp.jpeg Blog - Veneering Curves https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/biennial-solar-commitment-update monthly 0.5 2021-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1620937116562-BYDHO6KMEEVYDBHHT2P4/round_rock_solar.png Blog - Biennial Solar Commitment Update - Make it stand out These 26 panels on a roof in Round Rock, Texas are the most recent project I’ve funded. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/working-with-your-heirlooms monthly 0.5 2021-07-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575155354-PGVPC5IUBQ30M3U5O1S9/oak_table.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms I made a pair of identical oak desks, transformed from the solid oak shelving, salvaged from the client’s law offices just prior to his retirement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575898083-BTNBNC35JFBF7L24CTWT/ipe_end_table.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms I fabricated this small end table for a client from ipe left over from his patio railing job, with a plank of maple thrown in for contrast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575434483-GATZ1TBVGR8T5F2SLK9D/pine_rocking_horse.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms Though refinishing is neither my forte nor passion, I’ve occasionally taken on a project for a friend or a repeat client; you can see the transformation in the pine legs as I’ve stripped down layers of finish and years of grime, compared to the rest of the body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575684130-DDV2HP149515GLMXZAV3/20200822_151410.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Original barn door https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575681527-MIHWSATBJXJXBGYTVX81/20200820_204056+%281%29.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Maple shadow box https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575682212-PD4B1N8FO5F740XHJCWH/20200820_204104+%281%29.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Maple legs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615575690535-1M5BH8Y959558BVYLLYV/20200825_151611.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Partially assembled https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615576277551-DIFP8ANTOR0WCQPNIPMT/walnut_singer_table.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms For this project, the client picked up these antique metal legs from an old Singer sewing machine, in great condition, but without a table top. I built the walnut planter box, table top and shelf for her outdoor patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615577022382-LN2CRZ0ASCO8CUXAWRVU/CoM-v3.png Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Center of mass analysis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615576983056-SRW21LTSRYLYZQ0KP9VZ/weighted_base.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - 1.5" steel plate in base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1615576984316-GRT397005Q2BZ9620CBV/template_and_rod.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Positioning templates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1616977653083-LBU9V1RP4OOUYDNPGWKA/purple_backlight_square.jpg Blog - Working with Your Heirlooms - Finished backlit version https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/integrating-a-frankencnc-upgrade-part-iii monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614541161189-1TIU8JEG40362ULJ3NKH/full_table.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Overall CNC Table The full table is nearly 7’ by 4’. In combination with some other workshop cleanup and additional storage space I’ve gotten, this larger machine still leaves me with more clear floor working space than my old machine. But I’d still love to get it out of the way when it’s not needed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540930485-C6L9LZHZR89O32U2AC8C/lift_frame.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Lift Frame With the heavier and taller machine, I needed to upgrade just about everything related to the lift system: this frame mounted to the ceiling ensures that the weight-rated pulleys are securely mounted to structural members. Additionally, you can see the “reverse” soffit I cut into the ceiling to allow for more headroom. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540928377-P6D3QKXS252C2090S52Z/half_ton_winch.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Winch Upgrade The winch motor was also upgraded, from a 220# capacity to a 1000# capacity! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540912272-3YG812F7TU1AVMG6R5KP/cnc_in_the_air.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - CNC in the Air With the CNC up and out of the way, I have a lot more space in the workshop. You can also see the legs, where I upgraded from a foldable plastic table that I’d have to get out to lower the CNC, to these attached Hafele folding legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540909503-EO4QG22XJ7VIV4DVLNEB/earthquake_safety.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Earthquake Protection Of course, working under a 500# machine, I want to make sure it doesn’t come crashing to the ground in an earthquake, or should the winch brake fail. So I have these eye-bolts with independent attachment to the ceiling structure for each of the four corners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540722803-ZII1AK3VE47V8WTDTAZ9/waste_board.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Multi-Axis Cavity About a third of the spoil board is reserved for multi-axis work. However, the 4-axis and 5-axis mechanisms are all removable, either to give more space for each other - perhaps for a longer rotary piece, or for a full-width sheet of plywood. I can also use that additional depth in the multi-axis cavity to do 3-axis - but much taller - pieces, as it gives me an extra 3” of clearance below the gantry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614537934889-J788A9WO5NV906X0EQBD/multi_axis_table.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Adjustable T-Track The t-track allows me to easily reposition the free end of the rotary axis, as well as providing the anchor points for the 4- and 5-axis mechanisms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614537935558-V4V09EHO8R7SHRA92PI2/4-axis_closeup.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Rotary Close-Up The 4-axis chuck has standard and inverted jaws to allow me to hold a wide variety of pieces. I can cut objects up to 7” in diameter - potentially 7.5” with some further adjustments. And the item can be up to 8.25” without impinging of the 5-axis trunion, or 17.25” if I remove that table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540726267-MY361GQ04QJT03DWB70Y/5-axis_closeup.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Trunion Table Close-Up The 5-axis trunion table can be used with either a chuck as installed, or with a flat table with embedded T-tracks. And initially the A-axis motor - seen at the bottom of this picture - jut out to the right instead of “folding back” into the existing width of the trunion table; flipping the orientation was conceptually easy but required a lot of custom parts to actually execute. Even so, due to the height here of the trunion in relation to the height of the gantry, the setup does not give me a very large working volume, but I can still mill five sides of a roughly 7” cube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614540699096-H2UBE0AB58DFECX2UQ2J/multi_axis_plugs.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III - Switching Axes Since my controller can control “only” five axes - as well to allow me to remove these mechanisms, I wired the motors and limit switches with detachable connectors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614554628886-EI0TEKB4FREUK10BRFMM/tool_rack_comparisons.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III The black plastic on the bottom is the 10-tool holder provided by Mechatron; next up, is the 16-tool one I made with the same geometry. However, since these hold the tools by the bottom of the collet, any differences in how far the nut screws in to hold the tool in place within the tool holder means that the top of the tool holder - which needs to be perfectly aligned with the tool changer / spindle - will mean the tool changer is at the wrong height to clamp onto the tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614555191600-LVVF15KS8HQ8ABJ083OZ/tool_fork_closeup.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III This is a close-up of the ISO10 tool forks I used, which grab onto the middle of the collet, bypassing the problem that the other tool racks had. Setting this up quickly allowed me to understand how tool changer systems can get so expensive so quickly - in addition to the tool changer itself, each tool holder position cost about $70, between the fork, collet, and tool holder. The next size up in tooling (ER20, instead of my smaller ER16) would cost upwards of $200/position. And that’s before the cost of the tool itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614556260009-ERWPBHBYPVL6GTK1N7AS/power_displays.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III These three power meters were invaluable in the initial setup and will also be helpful to identify any problems during use, or any points at which I might be overstressing the spindle or power supply. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614571891523-1HLQ0S1JUEQ72XUWR4K5/dust_collection.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III The two-part dust boot is connected via a 2.5” hose to the new 4” PVC pipe runs along the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614571852480-1ZNIIQK9021N42OUNV8J/dust_boot_electromagnet.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III The electromagnet - which can just barely be seen on the right embedded in the MDF - grabs onto the fender washer bolted into the removable dust shoe on the left. See it in action in the video below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614571930049-HRV6NO5WNQXSMPW25NJL/pvc_piping.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III The 4” Schedule 40 PVC piping I installed throughout the workshop reduced the trip hazards in the workshop, enabled easier connection to the CNC, and led to better air flow to the tools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1614546409360-D6XCVZTGWNC9C7U5LN83/chest_prototype.jpg Blog - Integrating a FrankenCNC: Upgrade Part III This MDF prototype of a 17th century hard-carved chest is only possible with the combination of my CAM upgrade to DeskProto and the speed of my new machine. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/virtual-world-cnc-shopping-trip-upgrade-part-ii monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585203649-29HAA9N91ZYFNWDS799O/frame_pieces.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II The frame came partially assembled, but it still took a few hours to get it all together with the motors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585182607-KZ97PH4T0QQU3Q3TQQ7S/frame_assembled.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II The frame is mostly assembled here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612588834826-5NSY77D6FIYRH45WR7U3/masso_screen.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II Though the controller itself is now buried under a mountain of wires and difficult to photograph, the screen - which shows tool path for an aluminum control panel that is to become part of the CNC wiring box itself - gives a tiny glimpse of the capabilities the controller enables. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585258810-MJX3Q43X5F8R43SHHRQX/stepper_drivers.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II Six stepper motor controllers: one for each of the five axes, and a sixth to pair up on the two-motor y-axis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585237562-49XLBL1LGOXYXSPZ4MVD/spindle_atc_pieces.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II The unassembled Mechatron STC80 automatic tool changer in green on the left, the 2.2kw / 3HP 80mm spindle in silver on the right, and a whole bunch of supporting hardware. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585273344-R0NDYRTCSP905P8FPVFK/vfd_control_box.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II The Huanyang variable frequency drive (VFD) spindle controller is in the lower right; you can also see the partially-built bespoke wiring case for all the electronic components of the CNC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1612585223328-7EKU9K7VRF2JXSF50QXZ/spindle_atc_assembled.jpg Blog - Worldwide CNC Shopping: Upgrade Part II A test fit of the spindle and ATC along with the Mechatron-supplied tool holder magazine (which goes thru a few iterations before I arrive at a system that works). https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/cnc-upgrade-requirements monthly 0.5 2022-02-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608779153558-FC6CYECKS81DLEIZRY8E/door_cutting.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I Without manually shimming these doors prior to running the job - which took as long to set up as the actual cutting job - my skimming off of 1/40th of an inch from the circles would have been too deep in some locations and too shallow in others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608778920452-NPTGUVC76W6AW7Y4YT0C/oval_frames.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I Each of 48 pieces took about 25 minutes to cut for nearly 24 hours of non-stop CNCing on my X-Carve. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608778963679-FZ1CL5GXCY996A6K29L6/stair_cutting.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I Similarly, the 50+ treads in this project took about one work day of carving time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608779239547-RLYUW93GD716DQXYFQQK/surfacing_bit.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I Some shapes and types of bits are only available with larger shanks that would not fit in the X-Carve’s DeWalt spindle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608779970418-52XC826WDXF0PMJ6B0K0/frame_corner.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I Not only would an ATC have created the final product more quickly - the rounded outer edge, for example, could have been cut in one pass with a cove cutter rather than over an hour with an 1/8” bull-nose end mill - but the design itself was a compromise reflecting the machine limitations. For instance, the client had desired “sharper” points for the recessed areas than I was able to deliver with one “average” bit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608779174483-UKYFO8FLG3TGFN2JA54Q/mach_3_controller.jpg Blog - Limits of the XCarve: Upgrade Part I The Mach3 controller I purchased from China. 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Most corners had the same radius, but a few had larger radiuses where the outside corner of the furniture was also on a radius. This is just prior to assembly of the pieces into platforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337202194-5AVIU2V4AG5QZM3YXFL2/20201007_093106.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Platform Assembly This shows one of the five platforms before the aluminum trim is shaped and fitted. All the platforms have internal redwood structure, most with cross pieces for rigidity and mounting points for mid-span adjustable feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337227124-KRJDXT7QTY01SM4BTDJD/20201008_082108.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Veneered Quarter Rounds Another early-stage preparation was veneering all the quarter rounds. While most of the pieces were designed in such a way as to use generally available pieces, one piece - that of the lamp - required me to add thickness to the radius to work with existing lamp tube sizes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337194604-VORDYVKFRPBVYO5ZNFNJ/20201007_093030.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Sides The lamp, the focal point of the entire piece, was particularly challenging to fabricate both with respect to exercising a large range of techniques, and also with respect to how to assemble in such a way as to ensure its maintainability but also hide all joints. Here you can see the channels for the backs at different depths, while my CNC routes out extra depth for the lamp tube and the aluminum trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337211550-YCQNN7OAW32TY1P3P668/20201008_090748.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Inner Lamp Tube The outer surface of the lamp is an architectural grade 12” diameter acrylic diffusion tube, but here we see the inner tube onto which 3 RGB and 3 tunable white LED strips are mounted, and how that in turn is attached to the middle of the lamp. The inner tube can slide completely out if needed for maintenance or repair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337219513-CM19RH6CKFK0206K4DGC/20201009_114921.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Assembly from Top The lamp is beginning to take shape here, with most of the outer pieces assembled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337225202-R77COFR6SY8IIENAFLVA/20201009_114926.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Assembly from Bottom We can now see the lamp assembly from the bottom, with a hole for the power cord, the box to hold the lamp tube, and the thicker quarter round that I had to build up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337227630-Q7R80NY32CKRL5O2IML1/20201009_190235.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Standing Up With the backs in place, this piece is beginning to really take shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337264223-VDQ75SK9AUYKK30R4LJH/20201014_085226.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Tube Test Fit Phew! The 12” diameter lamp tube - which is quite an expensive piece itself, about $100 per linear foot! - fits into the lamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337177876-DCSS88EP8U714M0TRRTW/20201005_111003.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Trim Milling Milling the aluminum pieces for the lamp trim was particularly challenging. All the intersecting pieces are essentially joined by cross-laps. The vertical pieces were fairly straightforward to mill using an end mill with my 2HP drill press and an X/Y manual milling table; this puts a lot of lateral stress on a drill press, something the machine isn’t designed for. However, my over-engineered drill press managed to survive. The horizontal pieces, however, were much more challenging because they had to be bent to shape first. (Bending them after the milling would have been both very imprecise, and further, the bending process would essentially fold the pieces at the weakened locations of the lap joint). So I built a curved jig to hold the pieces tight and then mounted that jig to the X/Y milling table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337170484-989OS9747EF113TX7FWK/20201005_113108.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Form I had created this form for the trim, transferred from the drawing to a piece of 1/8” bendy plywood onto which I could test the fit before gluing the trim to the lamp. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337267283-TKOQOOKRY746LLDUWH0E/20201014_163150.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Glue Preparation Having tested a number of adhesives with the acrylic tube, I found a glue that worked well. Unfortunately, however, this specialized glue has a very short cure time, and - though not quite watery, is still too-easily spread to (and damaging to) areas that do not need glue. So, prior to gluing, I first create a negative on the lamp using painters tape that can be easily peeled off. This serves as both safety for the tube, and a guide for where to deposit the glue. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337259522-FLGEQOQZNV5XOBEG9EDN/20201014_091111.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Trim Attached After a stressful hour gluing, and then a couple hours removing the tape, we have success! The trim is securely fastened to the lamp tube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337306440-77U2Z0LYFO8GO3HHPNLR/20201019_094501.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Wiring It Up As one of the final steps with the lamp, I’m now able to wire all the LED strips together; I do this using terminal blocks and a standard outlet switch, again for maintainability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337321178-60NYDGIXGNVIBV0WNAJE/20201019_181212.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lamp Completed I really like the lamp, so much so that I contemplate cancelling the project and keeping it for myself! But, alas, I do not have enough space in my home for the next six pieces as well, and I guess I do have a contract with the client. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337273521-55YCR1YX8394SZXB6OXN/20201015_162712.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Partial Bench Here the bench is assembled with everything except the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337283427-WH5DTQUWC1KXY3CNPEPD/20201016_163017.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Completed Bench And the bench top - with all the openings and continuous hinges - is now in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337295945-JX85A3W5X3666JPODZMF/20201016_174801.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - End Table This small piece was needed for visual continuity between the bench, lamp, and wall buffet, to fill a small space due to curvature of the lamp, and a column jutting into the floor plan in the client’s condo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337316201-UCJ5VB7KAKKOAPCGUPR1/20201016_174810.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - End Table Cap The wenge “cap” and support wing of the end table is removable if needed to restore the piece to a more rectilinear shape in some future reconfiguration of the pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337345995-EELS16WJR4BQ4FVZZTPE/20201029_184005.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Small Staircase Assembly The two “staircases” of the design, sitting on each of the two buffets, were not particularly complicated, though they did require a lot of precision due to recessed backs in some openings and adjustable shelves in others. It took a couple days to draw out and cut all the partial dados, shelf pins, and hidden tenons for assembly, and I still wasn’t completely confident that I got them all correct until the final assembly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337351244-Y59VU3BO9KF1G7WF6RK3/20201030_124224.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Staircase Edge Trim I had pre-cut about 160’ of 1/4” thick wenge face trim; though this was used on almost every piece except the back buffet, the detail and all the joints on the staircases used by far the most of this trim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337350982-5NU18L9BGCU5UMW3G4AO/20201029_184010.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Large Staircase Partial Assembly I repeated the process for the larger staircase, which had even more levels and details than the small staircase. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337359754-VDU82KVAKCB1SI0FKIE4/20201030_124255_exported_1558158580444909779.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Large Staircase Progress Sometimes, I look at my collection of bar clamps and wonder why I have so many. This project reminded me that they are all useful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337380820-BQFA4M0DUKKVFEQGZBD7/20201112_112855.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Door Slats With the staircases done, I transitioned to building the last two pieces, the buffets. One of the key features of the back buffet is a pair of tambour doors - you can read a lot more about that process here. One of the first steps is here, where we see the roughly sixty cut & shaped slats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337376769-DYD084GUDXNTHUCVS5JD/20201109_102851.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Slats Side-by-Side Though I haven’t yet cut the dados in the tambours, you can see how the slats fit together to form a door here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337407748-U0YR41H33JZZOXCAJW8D/20201119_091458.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Door Test Fit The assembled tambour door - complete with canvas backing attached via hide-glue - is test fit in the track. You can see the mirror image of the track cut in the top piece, as well as the dado for the internal backing that hides the tambour doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337416981-H5WMMPWB7CHX6R05FOVQ/20201120_120833.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Shelving Assembly Though it was not the largest piece, the buffet with the tambour doors was by far the heaviest piece, due to all the internal structure and hidden backs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337437925-KGRUPGD06Q2A5OFNU4XK/20201120_160835.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Track Exit Before the doors would slide into the track easily, I needed to widen the entry tracks to make up for my too-small radius; you can read more about this error and recovery here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337437776-21IPMML9353DSIIQZ94Y/20201120_161822.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Unit Complete With the tambour portion done, I can now focus in on the rest of the buffet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337492067-DQ2BI5K24GY144AA2VOO/20201211_121952.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Buffet Frame Fully Assembled With all the sides and top now attached - mostly with hidden tenons, albeit also with some pocket screws for the hidden sections inside the tambour area - I can now move on to the next piece, leaving the veneer detail of the drawer boxes to the end. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337494798-0QK9CI6MWSXAZ9VDQQDO/20201215_111810.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Tambour Door Stops As a last minute addition, I decided to add two (removable for service) door “stops” to the tambour track so that an overeager child (or adult) can’t slide the door past the point where it cannot be easily retrieved! I also made an adjustment from the original design to split the back into two pieces. The top back is permanently affixed with glue and brads to give rigidity, as any service to the drawer region can be done from the front of the drawer boxes. However, the bottom back is affixed only with nails (sans glue) so that it can be removed more easily, if needed, for door service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337363550-7OGRQEW9XTANU3NJRGWT/20201111_191137.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Side Buffet Case Frame The frame here is fairly simple (though large); this is the piece where the assembly was thrown off due to some of the gotchas described elsewhere in this post, with respect to a flat assembly surface and a plywood quarter round that deviated from spec. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337450956-1WBABR9G6FOAANW4IWBA/20201202_152457.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Veneer Recess The final set of operations was the lacewood veneer circles in the door and drawer faces. Here, the CNC is cutting the recesses into the doors. I applied painters tape to the area around the cut primarily to minimize any “tear out” or damage to the existing walnut veneer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337460040-NH29IBWDOCCV1P91AF0K/20201202_165723.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Door Veneer Recesses Cut in Pairs Because the doors had several circles that spanned a pair of doors where the circle was interrupted only by a 1/16” gap between the door edges, it was best to cut each pair together rather than to rely on independent positioning / calibration operations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337454775-ZP4LHG3RFH01RPW5U4G1/20201203_114122.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Drawer Veneer Recesses The drawer faces require similar recesses, all completed here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337460014-O0TVMZX37MYSZY9V1C7W/20201208_140233.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Lacewood Veneer Circles Cutting the lacewood veneer was very challenging. A test cut with my CNC on some walnut veneer was successful, so I tried with the first sheet of lacewood, and both the cutting operation itself, and my removal of the taped-down veneer absolutely destroyed the sheet. That beautiful pattern in the lacewood is formed by much shorter grain than in a more typical wood like walnut, so the veneer is much more fragile and brittle. I made two adjustments: I used a downcut mill instead of a more typical upcut mill in my CNC, and I used a heat gun and putty knife to more gradually remove the taped-down veneer from the CNC. This is the result - you can still see some rough edges on the right, but most of that could be sanded out on the left. Nonetheless, I cut extra circles of each size, and picked the cleanest circles to use in the final product. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337465747-O0PYSF9FQOQ87Y720FHP/20201209_105505.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - First Veneer Piece Glued I was very excited to get the first piece in, here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337488459-C428FT8AME5B0P7MDF02/20201211_100108.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - All Veneers Glued I needed to make further adjustments: the circles needed about 1/32” of clearance given the imperfections and roughness of both the cavity and the veneer. So rather than recut new veneers, I cut circle templates of the 1/2” plywood in the smaller sizes, clamped each piece of veneer between a pair, and used a flush trim bit to resize them. Voila: they all now fit perfectly, and can be glued into place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1608337491523-IY8B7F01NSI1LTMZZM8N/20201211_103007.jpg Blog - Gershwin Day Bed Completed - Doors Finished And with the final coats of polyurethane applied, I have a half day left of assembly, cleaning, packing, and I’m ready to deliver! https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/creating-the-ultimate-indoor-workshop monthly 0.5 2020-12-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606968694693-QJ69SQPCBDC0NKAHBF8V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tips for Creating the Ultimate Indoor Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606968756362-M8K8W51XNGWJFVYJT0RJ/donald-guy-robinson-eyR2_6yVpiw-unsplash.jpg Blog - Tips for Creating the Ultimate Indoor Workshop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606968713152-TD467LLUPGMGKC8J7A1V/riley-farabaugh-ugntLzqDvEQ-unsplash.jpg Blog - Tips for Creating the Ultimate Indoor Workshop https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/understanding-feeds-speeds monthly 0.5 2020-12-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606081475853-2V4DLRMB5552O4T3PL1V/end_mill_set.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds Which size & type to use? How fast should your machine go for different sizes? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605906487219-Z37VXW3X2TGIXFGY6BLF/dwp611_speed_control.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds The speed dial on top of the router or spindle is not very conducive to changing mid-job… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605906511144-VJ81C66C5VAK0B8DOOBX/image-asset.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds … but also would require reference to this table to approximate speeds. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606082276893-EKXF5Q9YXKHIPLYF1O91/mis_cut_bridge.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds A missed step or two from a too-aggressive cut caused my CNC to take a chunk out of this sculpture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605906103940-AJGYUXYI5ZEE7YWWMGRW/chatter.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds This milling was done with too-aggressive of a speed, causing the mill to “chatter” or vibrate against the edge as it deflects from the excessive cutting force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605906124975-UJ6I94JX7WL0XYNXXG9L/smooth_finish.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds Limiting the tool deflection is key to getting a smooth finish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605905030440-1HRDBXJPBAKRUOZNQYCV/deflection.jpeg Blog - Feeds & Speeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606010358498-9Q3BLRCZB9YXTXVK7DUD/FSWizard_screenshots.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds FSWizard screenshots - choose the material; enter the tool attributes and physical setup; and see the results. It’s free, albeit with advertising. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605907046452-PVYBI9Z8D3A7A6KV4HGD/entryway_tray.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606011109665-F8F9XQBWXCD3YPWV23EJ/toolpath_0.5inch_endmill.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds The calculated toolpath for an end mill. Blue lines show cutting; yellow repositioning; and red are helical movements into the material so as to not overload the less-efficient-at-cutting end of the tool. All these “ancillary” movements also gives insight into why knowing max material removal rate and the amount of material to remove just provides a lower bound on the machining time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606013098195-H1TM4EL9FZ6KVSX812QM/end_mill_performance.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds The 1/2” & 9/16” mill will fit in my spindle, but not in the automatic tool changer I’ve added on top of the spindle. Thus, the two largest mills here show me the tradeoff in speed I’m giving up by adding the ATC. As for spindle power, every 10 cu. in. per min of MRR requires about 1 horsepower when working in wood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605926000380-LC78QX5BQMSF56FVVS8W/performance_by_stick_out.png Blog - Feeds & Speeds The 9/16” end mill with only 1” stick out has the highest material removal rate, but taking off this much material requires about 3.1HP, just beyond the power of my 2.95HP spindle, even if I could fit the bit into my automatic tool changer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606080722187-75SVJY9CZCUQ4IZACKA2/bridge_lamp.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds This one-of-a-kind lamp - which I kept for myself - took about 30 hours of machine time; between a faster machine and automatic tool changing, I can potentially get an even-more detailed carving in perhaps as little as a few hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1606080740405-UL58YE97PV0G32FYB2KE/frame_corner.jpg Blog - Feeds & Speeds This frame took hours to carve, and yet was still in want of more detail, and also required a lot of hand sanding. An automatic tool changer, in combination with flexible speed control, could get a higher quality result much more quickly. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/tambour-track-sizing monthly 0.5 2022-02-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605823329342-NLZURU2CANUM83MFHLHJ/rendering.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing The buffet of the seven piece art deco storage unit / room divider I’m building has two tambour doors. Beyond adding to the overall aesthetic, it actually is a necessary design element given how the layout works together because part of the storage opening would otherwise be blocked by the bench. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605823350931-3YO6BBRZE6YWEVW79RU5/tambour_stack.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Stack of 65 or so identical walnut tambours, with the two sides shaped. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605823375925-ISTJMGQ01Q24VTE12KZ7/tambour_closeup.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Closeup of tambour prior to gluing the canvas backing or cutting the tenons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605824239888-ON2FKTE2HFJV3H72L64X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605824497663-AK3IKI00UUBBSAJOERMV/prefab_slats.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Pre-fab door of oak slats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605824510326-GFPSJJFMGOUP1M84LOX5/prefab_channel_corner.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Pre-fab channel that is compatible with the pictured pre-fab slats; of course, a straight channel is also available. Note the relatively tight radius - this is due to the very narrow slats (3/4”) in combination with the thin tenons (1/4”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605825031883-QEP6QCFVTG4IH5B7XESE/tambour_sun_lounge.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Tambour “sun lounge” featured by Stu’s Shed, made of around 130 interlocking slats using Amana’s three-piece tambour bit set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605823401062-K4AGHJMOMNU7O4HHK16V/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Two mirror image tambour tracks routed into the panels, prior to applying the color-matching stain. You can also see the thinner 1/4” channel in the back where the false back of the storage area will be. Note that I wanted to use walnut plywood in the center of each piece to match the rest of the pieces, but I wanted to use more durable solid walnut for the channels; these pieces are joined via hidden tenons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605825540708-U4TW3MRHDF4JRO4XA19K/idealized_tambour.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Idealized tambours with thinner tenon to hide the track going around a circle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605825558201-PXAEBT61KEO9DO54HKNJ/idealized_tambour_tenon.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Focusing in on just the thickness of the tenon removes some unnecessary detail masking the problem area https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605825575151-DG5DZZBXLVXZ9C5L8QBG/idealized_tambour_tenon_drawing.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing A line drawing is more than enough to visualize and calculate the problem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605825897431-RBBHXLRAPA40Z7SJS1HC/idealized_tambour_closeup.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing In fact, we do not even need multiple tenons in the drawing. The problem is that the gap between the corner of the tenon in the lower right (or lower left) is very close to the outer edge of the channel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605826114760-A1M6M3Q7RC9NYF1UL7FA/fit_test_successful.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing Successful fit test, though I’ll save finished photos for a future blog post! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605921025219-S9K5IYOSHWDR5UU4JHKT/tight_leadin_track.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing This is the track I cut - note the relatively small-radius lead-in channel at the top center. It has a radius about 50% larger than the inside corners, but that was still not nearly large enough for the door to flex in the opposite direction. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1605921186270-K3CBIJRGGLLEYCK7NVH8/loose_leadin_track.png Blog - Tambour Track Sizing The much-straighter lead-in track in this diagram would have been a better channel design to use. However, I was able to notch the tighter radius to approximate a looser radius for much easier future service. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1620243984018-MQR9VWPN7WK649WQYIYB/slip_it.jpg Blog - Tambour Track Sizing https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/art-deco-commission monthly 0.5 2020-10-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600135014249-XM5D4NVH9SVPIPCOKCDW/gershwin-day-bed.jpg Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage The “Gershwin Daybed,” made in 1928 in the USA, provided the original inspiration for this piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600133794739-MEH4L20M674FKCHKTITT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage The acrylic tube is designed specifically for lighting applications, and is relatively easy to cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600133735310-E5IJMFQX4DPXKYQ2VSJP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage These LEDs have a number of interchangeable driver options to provide some design and control flexibility for a complex project; original post. . https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600133848511-NJGFO45XWYXBGGIVQEVG/stained-glass-project.jpg Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage The zinc and steel frame border common in stained glass was one of a few design options presented for some of the metal trim work; original post. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600134827418-Y2FWIUUYMPXM3DP26F9F/art-deco-front.png Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage Front of the piece; note the angled grain on the walnut door faces, the geometric lacewood veneer pattern, and the metal trim around the platform and the lamp. The shelves with darker wenge trim are fixed, whereas those with walnut trim are adjustable. The buffet up against the wall has a pair of tambour doors, like a roll-top desk, and the bench has two lids that lift up for extra storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600134847538-I4AX6QPJY7C5JE3GC7WT/art-deco-back.png Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage The back continues the themes from the front, with the geometric veneer pattern and metal trim around the bases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600134868186-UJMLERHT3Y0TJH2QWCSY/art-deco-drawing.jpg Blog - Art Deco Room Divider & Storage An excerpt from the detailed drawings made to support the overall project which may give a better overview of how the seven pieces fit together as a bench, wall divider, and storage system. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/end-table-of-scrap monthly 0.5 2020-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600128759956-HAP0ZQK234ASOLUQ5TC6/magazine_photo.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600128861791-XJ6D7PDFB3P0VLWEZVGS/image-asset.png Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture Though I think the open top is a cleaner design that steers your focus towards the joints and the wood grain… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129052867-H2NY5MMGW11G0U041NGU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture … adding a glass top makes it a little more practical as well as providing some protection for a piece of furniture that I hope is used, not just admired. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600128941138-4N5AH6NV6IS74O6TTOP1/line_drawing.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129228817-3W3FD91PHCQLKEYHICBL/maple_doors.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129324067-LC3U1N27SVQRNX1OM4NA/cnc_circle.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600131875821-K9MZVSKS4BG0G0KEE8XP/ipe_wedges.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture Fourteen of these wedges became the legs and cross pieces for three end tables. And the scraps left over from the legs are being transformed by my housemate and occasional collaborator into wood rings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129497477-TXX58JFQERVIS9PWY09T/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture Fit test of a mitered bridle joint for the leg (on left) to the cross piece (on right). Though this is not the first time I’ve made this joint - I used it on this mirror frame a few years ago - getting it just right when neither the leg nor the joint angle is square was a bit more challenging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129523700-G746CT26LAAJ836S5JUH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture The door rails (or right) separated from the plywood backing (on left). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129663287-G94W5S73DTC7R8CN6LYL/cross_pieces_with_half_lap_joints.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture From each rail, I was able to get a 20” strip for the cross pieces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600131758878-ICB7ASKDIYM3NF7HZ8XR/sanding_tabletop.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129710258-3AZNL44YOVO25WPJ0O4A/leg_assembly_jig.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture There’s a brad nail in the plywood template at the outer edge of each of the four legs so that as long as the base is coplanar to the plywood, the legs will be at identical angles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600129764442-5T855J3ILIHN3BC3QLIC/leg_table_assembly.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture Finally, I can attach the legs to the table top, making what was a squirrelly and fragile piece super rigid and strong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1601140722976-Z2XEZZ7EJ307X38KHYO6/finished_table_sans_glass.jpg Blog - Scrap Wood to Beautiful Furniture https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/vote-like-planet-at-risk monthly 0.5 2020-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600189848185-MGE1KT9EO3JFFOH0YC7Q/20200909_132235.jpg Blog - Our Planet at Risk This Election I was volunteering for Habitat for Humanity on “the day the sky turned red”, Wednesday Sept 9, 2020. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600189863988-XYFMEY9RC3TNMFH96UY0/20200909_120852.jpg Blog - Our Planet at Risk This Election Though the air at ground level was the cleanest it had been for nearly two weeks due to the denser and cooler “marine layer” of air near the ground, the smoke from the many massive wildfires was blotting out the sun in the entire bay region, for the entire day. Even the birds were confused! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600191737538-MTNE8KWHU8L3569M5F0Q/impeach-trump-or-aliens-will-land-in-my-hair.jpeg Blog - Our Planet at Risk This Election Originally photographed in the Bush years, repurposed for today’s egoist-in-chief; I briefly made notecards featuring this photo as gifts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1600192037586-YL1QHH5EVL58W2ABJTNW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Our Planet at Risk This Election A 2017 photo of some earlier walnut and maple coasters. 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A switch. In the right place, it can change your world! (Yes, like many of us, I have recalibrated what I get excited about). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058961726-FKVCEW6PG2XLRMDJFQ5M/Simple-Relay.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things I still use two of these, to control the DeWalt 611 Router cutting head and the vacuum pump clamp, but this can no longer control my 240v dust collection system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058509630-JU3GMMXPP8QGDL9COXOS/Rebuilt-Vacuum-Pieces.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - New and adjusted pieces I cut out the diagonal cross brace from the metal bracket, and I made a half-dozen of these easily-damaged dust collector inserts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058479898-29H8KCLZM6DJ9Q2Y2X9S/Dust-Collector-Single-Plug.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Original Dust Collector Electrical Previously, my dust collector was simply controlled by a remote control in the yellow box, which in turn, plugged into the single outlet here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058541606-68MXSE9ZXNJPBYDIRIFC/Contactor.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Contactor The SPST contactor - which is just a fancy name for a relay with a higher voltage or amperage rating - I used to control the dust collector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058510658-NXH1PIWYBRC8CHH9ON8Q/Vacuum-Relays.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Upgraded Dust Collector Electrical Now I can plug the dust collector either into the remote control, or the relay control. Now I can leave the CNC running for a few hours, knowing that it will automatically shut off the power-hungry (and noisy) dust collector when its done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594059662490-5FJS7I736WO7JKHGT8Z6/CNC-Dust-Collection-Pivot.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Vacuum Hose Pivot This plywood pivot point, anchored with some steel spacer tubes and specialty bolts, allow for the vacuum hose arm to pivot from 45 degrees to vertical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058455475-WVNJFJJL9FJ6BV5OO0W3/CNC-Dust-Collection.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Dust Collector Setup The overall setup allows the hose to travel freely, with the dust collector shoe attached to the bottom of the router head by way of magnets. When the CNC is down and in use, the hose pivot is pulled into the upright vertical position by a steel cable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594058475989-SAXU0K9DVKBWVD7X3ANB/Auto-Collapsing-Dust-Collection.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things - Spring Loaded Steel Cable That auto-retracting steel cable forces the hose support to collapse to a more-compact angle when the CNC is lifted into the ceiling. You can see the device in yellow mounted on the ceiling. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594060151581-2AKXAJFMM9ZDO848WC4I/DPDT-CNC-Switch.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things This nifty three-position DPDT center-off switch, combined with a few relays, allows me to control all the systems in a much more integrated way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594060994027-YM4X18SSKC6I8537I9VI/CNC-Cabling.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things Though I don’t have a before-picture, you can trust that this more compact cabling is a lot safer, and provides more space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1594060429291-SI2OF1215J0UMSZ8R04P/Stud-Bay-Shelves.jpg Blog - It's the Little Things Stud-bay narrow shelves. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/circular-staircase-treads monthly 0.5 2020-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590193631686-L3JVLQHSVVMFTP7XGLIS/Rendering+-+From+Front.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590193635020-BZYYY37G0PFYJO429P2G/Rendering+-+Looking+Out.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590193638309-K1LXAFMF6TZQIRTX0IIH/Rendering+-+Looking+Up.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590193339944-4X3BFE4MTA6OKOR9P4AD/Jig%231+-+Design.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590193326266-H53XWC39WYK6XL24XVT5/Jig%231+-+Cut.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593651803683-9GK8HFE1EGW1ZVT9CHM2/1+-+All+Treads+Same+Width.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593651803687-XRH48KR9G1FT6FR1QKD3/2+-+Outer+Treads+Same+Width+as+Decking.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593651801943-ZUDRQB6ZB8K9ETO6X385/3+-+Radial+from+Column+Center.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593651802032-S7XFWGD00KYLCN5B3XJ9/4+-+Radial+from+Imaginary+Tread+Column+Center.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194043362-ZYTJRX3LRAVOJ9AGEB43/Jig%232+-+Design.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194039679-I1ETH9H92AIYHBS4IANQ/Jig%232+-+Fab%231.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194041756-FRBDCG3ZCR7II5QX725K/Jig%232+-+Cut.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194045809-21RA5HYRM4W05AWZBNFG/Jig%232+-+Fab%232.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194508775-AQQO8AGVXEBC7XDYUZ5T/Jig%233+-+Design.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase Jig#3; the CNC was able to mill out everything up to the chevron shape in the upper right; the last foot or so I cut with the track saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194479372-R9LEHTF131WR3STASEEO/Jig%233+-+Cut.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase You can see the jig in the middle of this image right next to the table saw blade; the wedges at the bottom of the image are my tests using it with some extra lauan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194601574-ZURUAZ01G11CI1ZKUHZ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1590194695668-WEKBIC499CKHVV4OV5RT/Final+-+Assembled.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593652272077-T5UCOWF78I4ZRC3W1BC2/Oh-No-Meme.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593654434445-6HK4CFXYVN37U9EW0YO4/1-cutting-the-treads.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Cutting the Treads 1/16th inch of depth is cut per pass, so each pair of treads takes about 15 minutes, for a total time of 6.5 hours machine time to cut all 52 treads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593654421299-PVEQRLQE32ZFPURAID5K/2-treads-stacked-and-labeled.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Importance of Labeling 52 pieces - but not every stair had the same 4 treads. Every other stair needed notches in the middle set of treads; one stair had a different shape; and I wanted to keep the grain direction radiating out from the center column. So labeling each was key. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593654416084-YCD3GUZAVSGISNUGIX75/3-treads-finished.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Oiling the Treads Ipe is an incredibly dense and rot (and fire) resistant wood, and it barely absorbs oil. However, the color became much more rich and beautiful with the application of Penofin Marine Oil; let’s see how long the color lasts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593659160514-HYHX4ST6KIYL3U79L3VW/20200701_200057.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Clamping Jig This jig has the cavity the exact depth of the tread overhang, and the angle of the two protrusions set at 13.75 degrees so bar clamps can hold the treads tight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593658501206-ALKPVT4D8YZZY3GFL3K7/4-treads-clamped.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Clamping Jigs in Action Together with 3/16” spacers to match the deck treads, this stair is ready to be fastened from below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593658504909-6MQL8TTJ6PFU28RMIFMZ/5-installing-treads.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Down and Dirty While most steps I could reach while standing on a ladder, or even sitting in a chair, for the last three, I had to get down on my back in the dirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593661581545-6CL4IEPMFHK691QOEW8Y/8-screw-pattern.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Screw Pattern Jig#1 helped me get the same repeatable screw pattern on each step. This was nice both for speed to ensure I don’t try to drill thru a structural rib or a gap between treads, but also - since the screw heads are visible - for appearances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593656630130-GDGJZ8UASYCAM02YO617/6-stairs-bottom.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - From the Bottom The oiled Ipe has a beautiful rich color, and it blends well with the backyard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593659743614-1LYL8KNX1Y4FTLUMHQ1V/Rendering+-+From+Top.png Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Initial Rendering Looking Down https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1593656622635-5KBF27A9EBGD9VP47LZD/7-stairs-top.jpg Blog - Fabricating Custom Treads for a Circular Staircase - Platform and Stairs from Top This matches exactly the initial vision. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/shakespeare-insult-generator monthly 0.5 2020-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1586823596847-BA1KB6I750MIDFY7QAYD/single-plane-display.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator A numeric single plane display in operation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1586819734483-3B42248BQY2WNUCIAR6G/shakespeare-insult-generator-book-cover.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator The book that - together with the displays - provided the inspiration for the project. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584672662210-JQ2KXU5Y05BFUFTBAU9P/shakespeare-insult-generator-book-pages.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1586820116049-CNWS4DD1SWNBG2BNZQJU/one-plane-readoupt-original.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator Original - and sharply printed - display mask. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1586820538218-18BMQNZTI01NAMMGCITC/one-plane-readout-replacement-paper.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator The almost-final masks, printed on paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1586819960510-3YFJV6R4NU810KJYMW5D/arduino-mega.jpg Blog - Shakespeare Insult Generator This is an Arduino Mega which forms the “brains” of the Insult Generator. 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Also, the (removable) cover for the electrical components is now in place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584482126845-88ZQEPSKEOAFHA4VN6NF/9-LionPartialAssembly.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Alignment Pins Since there are so many layers that we want to position consistently between the painting - which will be done in layers - as well for the final assembly, you can see all the holes for the alignment pins (basically, 1/4” dowels) from this layer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584482128546-LQ040PJ5Z9RRS9MKY3HE/10-LionFullAssembly.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Test Assembly Here, all the pieces are in place with only a few of them glued together, so that Jun can disassembly and carefully paint each layer one at a time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584482128668-V5AUHVW46828IALOAPVC/11-OneLayerPainted.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - First Layer Paint With all the woodworking done, except of course, final assembly, Jun has started in on the painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584482423699-LIPPPY59TSOBCSZR12CE/K98+Designs+Pennies Blog - Two Artist Collaborations This photo captures a few of Lucas’ penny jewelry, though he doesn’t limit himself to just the one cent piece! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483159364-5CQK41CQNNV9XSZUVOD5/1-LogSide.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Rough Cutoff You can see how this cutoff sits unevenly on the table, and varies in thickness https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483205873-1R6D1FE5RKJK0AA586AQ/2-LogCNCSide1.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Flattening the First Side After doing some rough flattening by taking off a wedge with the bandsaw, I used a 1/4” flat bit to take a layer off each side in turn. Since this is the first side I’m doing here, you can see all the shims needed to keep the piece level as the backside is still uneven. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483184437-F3YAMEDIJJM8F3V0Y1ZM/3-LogCNCSide2.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Flattening the Second Side It was much easier to flatten the second side since I didn’t need to carefully place a dozen shims, and I could simply use the contour of the sides to secure the piece to the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483205485-QY4EJKC0DIGJ3TI6DB51/4-LogFlattened.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Laying Flat With the initial flattening done - see how evenly it sits on the tray? - it just needs a light sanding to remove the mill marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483231949-DR203I1SS889KVLRJGAC/5-LogEngraving.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Engraving Time to put in the client’s message, again with CNC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483245666-LKOB2GFYYKH789R9CCII/6-LogEngraved.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Woodworking Complete It’s now all ready for the resin pour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1584483339583-9VS079O9DDG40UN1LXLU/7-LogResin.jpg Blog - Two Artist Collaborations - Finished Product While I don’t any photos of Lucas’ progress along the way, the finished product speaks for itself: those cracks have been filled, and both sides are perfectly smooth and polished. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/lasers-vs-cnc monthly 0.5 2022-01-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580751821418-X32BRAFPI8CJVCGQ5D2C/laser-engraved-cutting-board.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? Note the uneven texture and darker color of the engraving, typical for engraving via laser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580752006939-YP6JDCMGT1SZJ82BAESJ/laser-cut-street-map.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? Incredible detail in thin wood, but note the discoloration around the edges, especially at the corners where the laser lingered slightly longer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580751832081-FPIP9B7IQKPTHKCXQXML/laser-cut-and-engraved-multilayer-map.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? This multi-layer map shows both laser engraving (to make the streets) and laser cutting (to make the topography). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580753144251-H0W7JPZU7ACL23D2WNEK/laser-cut-coaster-together.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? This clever pair of coasters was cut from a single thin piece of wood; no CNC bit could produce such a narrow kerf. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580753133863-7MI4CBPLSIUTGEDPR5JA/laser-cut-coaster-split.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? The coasters split apart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580753696643-F0GRJCM8LEYB8TT89IJS/cnc-cut-bunnies.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? These bunny “canvases” - which have not yet been painted by artist Jun Yang - are of 1/2” thick baltic birch plywood, far too thick to cut by laser. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580755039080-O3PDNX8P176LUF2U5Y16/cnc-cut-and-engraved-clock-bottom.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? The base of this single-digit Nixie clock was made via CNC, with engraving done by a very small engraving bit, and the cavities for the buttons - that had to be of a precise depth into this 3/4” thick walnut - made with a larger cutting tool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580754979993-CE6Z0N8U9BGIE5ZQ5T19/cnc-cut-key-tray.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? The tray part of this 2.5” deep key tray was cut out via a CNC; a laser could not remove the interior material to a precise depth, nor cleanly shape the vertical interior or exterior sides. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1580755004705-LGBRJWXYSL1PHXM6PH0W/cnc-cut-coaster.jpg Blog - Lasers vs. CNC? Though laser engraving might also have been an option to engrave the messages on these coasters, I liked the more natural appearance and depth provided by CNC engraving. The cutting tool was basically shaped like a cone; the deeper that bit goes into the wood, the wider the line. 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Unexpected Complexities of Swearing in Braille The refined spacing still largely maintains the overall character height to allow for reading, while also addressing both issues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1562710262545-F4HQU34OZDB9JE2Y5UHD/pocket-clearing-machine-path Blog - Unexpected Complexities of Swearing in Braille First machining step: “Pocket Clearing” milling routine cuts very close to the dots, but leaves a noisy background in the channels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1562710271101-MIO6HO3FI6R1IQXMARYW/parallel-milling-machine-path Blog - Unexpected Complexities of Swearing in Braille Second machining step: “Parallel Cutting” milling routine flattens out the channels better, but requires many close passes which takes a long time with the small bit https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1562711584522-AE4EIRB4KBT9FHFO6Y8K/Braille-Engraving.jpg Blog - Unexpected Complexities of Swearing in Braille https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/polyurethane-finish monthly 0.5 2019-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1555534957428-HTZV6DFKK5AGVGNT23N0/image-asset.png Blog - 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All of the photos in this blog post are photos of what NOT to do. But I had a fun time staging them! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551907111418-FJ4W4B0Y6DOPYKPR21T4/unsafe-biscuit-cutter-against-hand.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Most Dangerous: This was how I was using the biscuit cutter when I got injured. The blade is spinning in such a way to pull the board to the right (up, in this photo), which would pull my fingers in toward the blade if the board shoots out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551907131896-68SBYCK3D6G1574D1ADL/unsafe-biscuit-cutter-hand-to-side.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! A little better: Though still dangerous, at least if the board shoots off to the right my hand will likely move away from the blade at the same time. But… this is still a pretty bad setup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551907152375-GRPX8UNSYD8NE4MJV25C/biscuit-cutter-against-fence.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Even better, but still not great: No hands are at risk. But the board isn’t clamped to the fence, so it could still shoot out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551908952715-HESRE30852J8N8E3IF54/unsafe-bandsawing-unsupported-wood.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! There are three bad things in this photo, but the most obvious one is the beer! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909110141-LWKTRHZYKCYGRVPZSCGF/unsafe-belt-sanding-unsupported-wood.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Splintered material or hand if the belt grabs onto the material and pulls it flat against the table. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909128853-ST832T1Q5CODK02NL6C4/unsafe-bandsaw-wood-above-table.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Even more egregious, as there’s no “if” in this picture: the blade will definitely snap the board against the table when the blade makes contact, pinching your hand or perhaps pulling it into the blade depending on how you are standing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909521609-QBMHYKVFW48498ZF9OE0/unsafe-disk-sander-back-edge.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! That label with the arrow on top is there for a reason: to remind users which side of the disk to make contact with. Hint: it’s not the one I’m touching. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909773305-GJRF7TOHKJSYW32S24XO/unsafe-planer-pushback.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! In the (admittedly, fairly unlikely) possibility that this board kicks back, it will snap hard against my two thumbs, perhaps breaking one or both. A better position would be to 1) stand out of the way, 2) pushing with just a single hand, so that 3) using fingers or palm in such a way that any kickback would simple just push my hand out of the way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551910023327-WC7AVLP0ML6O9VDMBHY6/unsafe-tablesaw-position.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! My hands are in a correct position here - and I’m wearing goggles. Good! But I’m standing in the wrong spot - that small offcut could be send back into me at high speed. Admittedly, this has become a real risk here because the over-blade guard has been removed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551910322821-Y5PWUZPR6D95MJQE0E90/unsafe-mitersaw-fingers.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! I’m cutting a short (~2”) piece a tiny bit shorter and at an angle in this photo - this is bad on multiple dimensions. (1) I have to hold the piece too close to the blade - generally, keep your fingers away from that yellow zone! (2) Because the piece is so short, the end closest to the camera isn’t supported by the fence; the blade, in pulling the piece into the fence, will rotate it into the back of the blade as well. So my too-close hand will be rotated into the blade with the piece. And (2) in cutting the piece at an angle, I’m attempting to just hold the piece at the desired angle, rather than holding it flush against the blade and rotating the miter saw. Great way to lose a finger - but almost certainly, a cut attempted like this will lose the piece! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909669179-7WZ451BGO54JQ5V9DYRC/unsafe-drillpress-rotation.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Should the bit grab the workpiece - as big forstner bits like this tend to do - it will rotate the long end clockwise into me. So I shouldn’t be standing in between that long end at right, and the drill press column in the back of the photo. Ideally, the piece should hit (and be stopped by) the column before me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909708088-2V1ID3TROJAD9AINR9X8/unsafe-unclamped-drillpress-vise.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! Good that I’m using a drill press vice… but bad that it’s not bolted down. In fact, this vice is a recent addition because I neglected to do exactly that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909689881-BC9VAXD1S0O4Z37ZJHK3/bent-drill-press-vice.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! The bent threaded rod on this vice shows the force with which the vice hit the drill press column. Into the scrap heap! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551909725539-LXU6OM3LA9CWBE8N42Z4/unsafe-drillpress-wrapped-fingers.jpg Blog - Use (or Avoid) the Force! When this piece starts spinning - as its almost certain to do with this large Forstner bit - if I don’t release it quickly enough, it will wrap my hand around the shaft. And avoid any temptation to increase your holding power by anchoring your finger through those holes in the drill press table: that will be even harder to quickly pull out of when the piece turns, shearing your finger off in the process. 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Illustrative breakdown of the stages of a product or material life that should be considered when understanding the carbon footprint. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1543107517969-O6HALLMX3LTHFHEQVJB7/california-camp-fire-2018.jpg Blog - Is Using Wood Bad for the Environment? Battling the Camp Fire, Nov 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1534548917533-FM7WJSH499BD14FG19MM/coffee-table-bonfire.jpg Blog - Is Using Wood Bad for the Environment? Goodbye, failed early attempt at a round coffee table, c. 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Though I’m happy how it turned out… I think I’ll stick to my current area of expertise! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542999331690-K7VEDRF1UHQCW0TCH5MB/small-newari-embedded-window.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542998495221-D85I5PCDPD16714PEJHK/peaceful-dog-below-massive-newari-carved-window.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master This bay window set on the upper floor might cost $20,000! Extra for the “peaceful” dog. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1543000052587-O39PMQD6694ZFF7CZZDH/Ranjan+Peering+Out.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master - Peering out from above These windows let in light and a breeze, and allow those inside to look out while keeping prying eyes from seeing in. And featuring my local guide, Ranjan! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1543000027022-G2OQT6HWJFUZ9BDJGUY1/Interior.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master - Comfortable couches A collection of bay windows - from the interior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1543000057862-18XX48BUUDTFEI7E7DM6/With+Sagar.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master - Packed classroom Heera, myself, and our translator, Sagar, all tightly squeezed in (together with the photographer). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1543000061547-W9J8L1YRU22Y9RMKT1S6/God.jpg Blog - Woodcarving with a Nepalese Master - Just another small piece... One of the many hand carved pieces featured in Heera’s workshop. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/transition-to-entrepreneur monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1537554575910-FCFHUC3JDTE9DDTZBUMQ/epitome-of-laziensss.jpg Blog - "Do you miss the office job?" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1537554189701-AAMS5RVAYECADCKQA6VI/transition-from-social-workplace-to-quiet-workshop.png Blog - "Do you miss the office job?" Important disclaimer: do not refer to this drawing for proper or safe table saw technique. And you see why I do woodworking and not, say, painting! https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/auto-leveler-cnc monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526428667520-4ID2W5DBQM23L6F9I6O7/Unbalanced-Truck.png Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! I didn't want the CNC platform to list like this as I raised it into the ceiling... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526428923787-49Q0LQRBX663D0YE7RDN/ceiling-lift.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! ... given the single point suspension of the lift at the ceiling! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526513178522-DAHSESM41L2QXTF8M70U/automatically-balancing-gantry.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! The gantry is that bar outlined in white, that slides back and forth with the router (the yellow thing - it does the actual carving) attached. Circled in red is one motor that moves the gantry; there's an identical one on the opposite end. The "X Controller" is outlined in turquoise - not much of a picture - but we'll return to the electrical insides of this later. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526429279904-PWQKETAT3OYX158AXDFX/auto-balancing-gantry-circuity-rats-nest.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Can you figure out what's going on in here? Yeah. Neither can I. But I'll try to explain... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526429295849-BG0AOVAIYYTPOKRDND37/auto-balancing-gantry-circuity-rats-nest-annotated.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Red: two power supplies, one for the 24v of the laser, and one for the 5v & 12v of the steppers, LEDs, and digital circuitry. Blue: the Arduino and stepper motor controller. Green: mercury tilt switches. Yellow: three relays, two to separate the two stepper motors from the X Controller, and one for the laser module. Orange: Dwyer current switch to detect when the X Controller is on. Turquoise: the power input / output, for two independent circuits so that the high power router of the CNC can be separated from the more delicate circuitry, and allowing for future router speed control. Purple: Wow there's a lot going on in here, we should probably have some fans to keep it all cool! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526429694419-EKEG972X6PRG9S8VLKDP/auto-balancing-gantry-circuity-front.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Looks so much cleaner and actually organized from the outside! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526429793587-HK5W0DXBCJ1LAYTD03A6/auto-balancing-gantry-circuity-side.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! The inputs & outputs for the steppers, the main power, and various low voltage supplies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526430074326-L7A0NO1KQ0UA1HYO9SRC/burned-up-stepper-motor-driver-xcarve.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Those four big chips at the back are the stepper motor drivers for the X Controller, much heftier than those used with my Arduino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526430173907-KFOY0GF3TOIXG6C4XU93/burned-up-stepper-motor-driver-xcarve-closeup.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Check out the vertical black chip, second from right. See that brownish-black stain on it? That's a burn mark, presumably somehow caused by my separate controller sending power back to this board at the wrong time. Exactly what was the root cause, I never figured out. But I did figure out that this board is now fried. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1526513527966-J2C7WFHDEBDSKIGSL1TK/simple-solution-hand-movement.jpg Blog - Keep It Simple Stupid! Final solution: If the table tips forward, push the gantry to the back (in the direction of the red arrow). 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The measured dimensions and angles on the client-provided template vary every so slightly from those written on the template by the client! 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How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps Attaching the uprights to the bottom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311860862-YFRH2CFMWQ4VF9HROYTQ/e+Drawer+Slides.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The drawer slides screwed and glued into place - much easier to do before putting the top on the drawer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311866638-FRLR3QFTJJFRFRE7KDAE/f+Top+Assembled.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps Fully assembled, but without the beautiful top or bottom veneers yet attached https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311872843-KJZ1FWRXDH1NFHTT2770/g1+Assembled+with+One+Drawer.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps Building the first drawer... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311873501-CB53XUKUZLI6LPPQHI69/g2+Assembled+with+Two+Drawers.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps ... and now the second drawer (both with veneered lauan drawer bottoms) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311878595-RZ7SBE55DI32MDJYK04R/h+Drawer+Faces.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The raw material for the drawer faces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311878098-G7Y62SQPGWL1TVYY4LVG/i+Finished+Cabinet.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The finished assembly, with the drawer faces attached and three coats of polyurethane https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311885033-K4TAB20GFY0BDPXETD5Z/j1+Mirror+Frame.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The mirror frame was much simpler to build, with four pieces with traditional mortise-and-tenon joinery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311883865-8CXFY3UIWOP0CEA9OU1P/j2+Finished+Mirror+Frame.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The finished mirror frame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311887748-FCCA1LY4DFFYP2UX7KKR/k1+Shipping+Crate.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps The crate, just big enough for the shelf and mirror, but just small enough to get through FedEx size (and weight) limitations https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311891089-PC0O6PKBYKSNOC4A1W5P/k2+Packed+Cabinet.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps Packed with care, love, and an old blanket just to make sure it gets there in one piece https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523311866441-OP0VW3XNTJ7WQKS9GWWG/Final+Packing.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps With the mirror on top https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523312377983-I8LJHIO9973NMA2G0F9Y/dado-for-easier-onsite-install.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523313347532-Q31RBXX6DQN93FRM95KZ/vacuum-bag-pop.jpg Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523314473671-PG0VMHGHHBFP3OCWBJ8V/IMG_0868.JPG Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1523314473367-S0MGPXW2ICNWTMXFXG82/IMG_0877.JPG Blog - How to Build a Cabinet in Ten Easy Steps https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/tools-iv-cnc-mitersaw-miterfold monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517686069739-X8V7ZBK5TINDAZY1LU7Y/cnc-unable-to-undercut.png Blog - Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving 3-axis CNC mill can do the design on left, but cannot reach the "undercuts" in the geometry on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517686604415-A24LDMKVUVI625L1J2YN/fourth-axis-cnc.png Blog - Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving A CNC lathe, converted from a traditional 3-axis XYZ CNC. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517686303991-IY6DZWQCXQ128T6J0CU4/cnc-5th-axis.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving This wood Transformer can only be done with a true 5-axis CNC; note the angle of the carving tool, which is a 4th axis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517686675796-7CXMCWQ8Z24HLDSNVUM5/cnc-axes.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving A three axis machine typically has X, Y & Z movement, but one of X, Y, or Z can often - with extra hardware - be converted to A, B, or C, giving you a - say - A, X & Z machine to do CNC lathe-like carvings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517811345012-6BPGQCQG8Z2KZPXJTOJ2/xcarve-cnc-1000x1000.jpg Blog - 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Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving The other shelf that will benefit, ... but I also will be trying a few variations on this shelf which now become much easier with this blade https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1517811219363-N4ZV46TDWTHFOX6535AV/dewalt-compound-cordless-miter-saw.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part IV - Cutting & Carving https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/tools-iii-veneer-tools-intro-dovetails monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1516526349630-XW2MWXXKGWJ8JST2SCLG/cracked-solid-coffee-table.jpeg Blog - Shop Tour: Part III - Furniture A prototype coffee table base made of multiple pieces of hardware, joined only with glue, cracked by moisture and temperature variation - see more details here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1516562482531-5TQ868DE3RDT7MXODPZM/oak-desk-commission.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part III - Furniture If there's no waste and the boards are perfectly sized, this table would cost about $70 of solid wood in oak (as pictured here), $200 if walnut, $400 if zebrawood or wenge, or $800 if teak. Keep in mind 1) there is waste from board sizes not being perfect matches to the furniture you're building, 2) there's hardware costs, and - most importantly - 3) there's labor and shop costs. Veneers make those more expensive wood finishes possible more affordably, as well as opening up all sorts of unique designs, as well as making the finished piece more stable to environmental changes, which is critical if the joints and construction doesn't allow for wood movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1516561667420-LGWKVJ2ND836LSW5IWEP/scott-grove-veneered-cabinet.png Blog - Shop Tour: Part III - Furniture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1516737820052-RYDYCSIMUKZH4JOA5MMW/new-vacuum-pump.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part III - Furniture The Excel 5 vacuum pump I picked up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1516738180377-QPBWEVWWEKWLZHJ25Q8R/wendell-castle-press.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part III - Furniture Wendell Castle's massive mechanical clamping press. 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My Mom, on the right, running the Chanukah bazaar in the late 80s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499316255922-Z3RNSWE2BBLBHVRATTWW/tradition-storefront-brighton-rochester-twelve-corners.jpg Blog - It's a Tradition! Tradition's 2nd storefront, at the Twelve Corners Plaza. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499313977884-EQY6QDERCRTCUXB4JH81/demolition-day-at-tradition-brighton-rochester.jpg Blog - It's a Tradition! That's me in the front in red, and my Dad on the right, in 1987, pitching in on some demolition at Tradition's original location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499313686660-M4GFJ4731Y0TG5ORRRUC/chanukah-rush-at-tradition-brighton-rochester.jpg Blog - It's a Tradition! A busy Chanukah in the early 90s at Tradition, with me just vaguely in the back left, in the dark green shirt, manning the cash register. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/creating-outlets-without-a-generator monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499189279085-EJCAJ908K3AYL80SGXX1/suaoki-poweroak-lithium-ion-inverter.jpg Blog - Keeping the Lights On https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499189319694-9HCK9M83BBXB01URS9UL/flexible-100-watt-solar-panel.jpg Blog - Keeping the Lights On https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499189680493-QVZ9WJP2OVYZQS6UD8YL/deanza-flea-market-setup-with-solar-panel.jpg Blog - Keeping the Lights On The panel dominates the front of earlier iterations of the booth; now its rarely noticed, hiding on the canopy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1499189256747-R28D55K5QQQBDJC6PB8U/magnetic-hooks-used-to-anchor-panel-to-popup-tent.jpg Blog - Keeping the Lights On https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/tools-ii-outfitting-a-shop-beyond-big-tools monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575319688-VL9Z4QJPQEXBT9KYXOFO/built-in-breakfast-nook-bench.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II The bench top in this bench has lots of biscuit joints, both edge joining the routed piece of pine and the flat piece of maple, and then joining the two sides to the back piece. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575334557-W1HJ2GKURZUN87LJEADN/freestanding-walnut-wine-rack.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II There are also lots of biscuit joints here, both to create larger planks, but also to create clean corner joints. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495576040787-W78Z5LCN4YXR95OZB1EN/dewalt-biscuit-cutter.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II The tool itself has a retractable 4" blade that pushes just partially into a board, creating half of an oval slot; you use it on both edges to be joined to create https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575917167-LSRHP458YMQP1ESXVFRK/biscuit-sizes.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II That oval slot on two opposing pieces of wood is then filled with a biscuit; they come in a number of standardized sizes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575690948-HK51ZQFJBN2S9HZWX3VX/biscuit-joinery.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II Putting it all together, you can use this technique to do both edge and end joints https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575899763-NI4FCDGG1G33VQTLXSR4/aspirational-table-saw-outfeed-table.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II Oh it would be nice to have the space for something like this! The wood table allows much larger and heavier boards to be more easily maneuvered on the table saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575713886-J7V56JOEEWMAO48J49PO/foldable-outfeed-table-on-table-saw.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II This may be something I can build in the coming months and would fit on my equipment and in my shop: a retractable or folding table extension for the table saw. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575644504-U1VIX0INZQ6HDBO7CY84/dewalt-circular-saw.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II This is the one picture in this section of something I actually do have! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575627787-XTS84QG1HGVIX9EQXNNP/bar-clamp-collection.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575869281-SLPOC5KK2TBZYHX5S66G/magnetic-featherboard.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II Those knobs raise and lower rare earth magnets near to the polished steel table tops, locking the featherboard in place without leaving a scratch on the surface or requiring awkward clamping https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495576402513-SUJK1FZ184KIY40WJB00/hexagon-assembly-jig.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495576417980-APXUV3D6CY1MP1DYMK3G/hexagon-finished-lamp.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575739548-PTEYMMRN1Y6H2BLRQHB9/Calipers.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II - Calipers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575744344-STSB92YUQN1BUB2II73A/Height+Gauge.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II - Saw Blade Height https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575750989-M0LVB1PMS2H40DSU5G8E/Saw+Angle.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II - Saw Blade Angle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575776776-FS4M4WJRBDOFEGR43G6K/Digital+Protractor.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II - Digital Protractor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1496692620230-ESF1JOBCA61770XHNA54/suspended-ceiling-wood-storage.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495575664208-RVZ88OQABRS0OFD6ECSQ/grizzly-2hp-dust-collector.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495576295355-TE9M4H6MYD76ONWQ6UGT/david-in-dust-respirator.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part II https://www.branchingoutwood.com/blog/tools-i-freestanding-machines monthly 0.5 2019-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495387962894-GZZYYT2DLKOLCNC0XWMN/before-after-wood-surfacing.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part I Raw dimenionsed lumber before (on the left) and after (on the right) going through a surface planer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495387998213-TMBK7IK26NBM0L3IS4AV/dewalt-dw735-planer.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part I The DeWalt DW735 13" wide surface planer I use. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495388653410-1N61QZ0F8JVXHL2D7QJ1/rip-cut-vs-cross-cut.jpg Blog - Shop Tour: Part I Rip cut is cutting along the grain, like on the left; cross cut is cutting across the grain, like on the right. 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They have much better prices than MacBeath, and free delivery, and are incredibly helpful and friendly (thanks, Jack!), though I still find MacBeath nice to dig through to find a specially figured board, and for some of the less popular (but just as beautiful) exotics like Cocobolo and Makore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562659614-F8WT44IA2T06S3EY42XR/2+car.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Getting it home Though they deliver for large orders which I can easily make on a monthly basis, my first order was in person and with me picking up as I wanted to both see a new supplier in person and starting working right away. For those with astute eyes, yup, those are 20" wide 2" thick clear walnut planks waiting for the right project - anyone need a bench? This is about 1000# of lumber altogether. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660174-3GU60G88OMBS8VQM27GH/3+garage.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Ready for Work The padauk and purpleheart were surfaced on three sides (S3S), as is the maple, meaning that it is has a nice smooth surface. Nonetheless much of the maple still had enough defects needing further surfacing, and the walnut is raw unsurfaced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660224-867NER2VDFUZME97T85N/4+pre-plane.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Before Surfacing The yellow machine is a planer (or surfacer or thicknesser). Inside that yellow housing are three blades on a spinning drum, and rubber rollers that slowly push the wood into those blades. The blades are held at a precise (and level) height above the table, so that any imperfections - whether rough uneven wood, glue, or otherwise - are planed off the wood leaving a mirror-smooth finish coming out the other side. It can take off up to an 1/8" of wood at a time, but more typically I remove less than 1/16" in a pass, both to work the machine less and because if I need to take off that much it might be better to "resaw" the wood so that that layer that's being removed might be usable for another project instead of ending up as shavings in the compost heap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660608-FYQA86PU7FEFU0K0NQIZ/5+post-plane.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - After Surfacing Though the picture doesn't do it justice, coming out the other end is a smooth board that is ready to be glued to another board, or as the nearly finish-ready surface you'll see in the final product. I should add this machine is both the least expensive freestanding tool and has the most runtime in my shop, which is a testament to DeWalt, but also indicative of me outgrowing it - anyone have a nice 20" (single phase) planer they need to unload?! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660653-RHJLDKVPALX2OH6HJVXN/6+glue-up.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Glue-Up Part I Here, we're making a three-layer glue-up of walnut-maple-walnut. These are actually 2" slabs for a different project I hope to have finished by late April, but the process is the same for the thinner Edison lamps as well: put a healthy layer of glue on all the wood... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660932-MEGJ4NYFDRV43S24UDVA/7+spread+glue.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Glue-Up Part II ... and then spread it out evenly so that all the wood has some glue on it. I use some scrap wood to spread it out, but for smaller projects you could also use your fingers. This step is important because as you cut up this large block to smaller lamps (or to even smaller pieces, like coasters or even buttons - coming soon!), you want to make sure every joint is firmly attached, no matter where you cut. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562660982-FLGBRWV6VHLRHC0YJ7EU/8+clamping.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Glue-Up Part III And finally, clamp and wait. You want to apply even pressure over the entire surface, which usually means multiple clamps, as well as wooden blocks to both spread the clamping force and minimize any cosmetic damage to that glassy-smooth outer layer we just recently ran through the planer! However, be careful not to apply too much pressure in clamping - these style of clamps can provide about double the clamping force necessary, so just make them snug without overdoing it. You can read up more about this here. Though the joint reaches 80% of its strength after an hour, I usually leave this at least 12 and usually 24 hours before I remove the clamps and continue on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562661211-TNLY2HRYB2P6YIUJD8A0/9+loaf.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Making a Loaf If you did a good job in the glue-up, the edges are aligned relatively well, but for bigger pieces, they're rarely perfect. And that clamping pressure are oodles of glue meant that some almost certainly dripped down the sides. So while two faces are still probably in finish-ready state, the other two need to be cleaned up, with a few more runs through the planer. After this, we have a "loaf" - there's probably a better term! - with which we will be able to cut up many individual lamps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562661333-WJGQ2JW81PH9LGNDUT4S/10+cut+and+drill.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Drilling the Holes Now we can drill the holes for the lamp sockets. I use Forstner bits for the larger holes in hardwoods, which leave much smoother edges than the spade bits most folks are probably familiar with. And each of these three holes in the two pieces is itself three stepped diameters: the outer and deepest for the ceramic socket, then something narrower for the metal nipple that comes out of the bottom of the socket, and then finally the smallest hole that goes all the way through for the wiring. You can see the pile of shavings on the floor from making many lamps - this and the power planing make the biggest mess, all of which gets composted. If there were a way I could remove just a "core" of wood, allowing me to reuse the piece in the middle, I would! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562661427-GKUJ8CMCEN0DKN3BL6JN/11+routing.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Wiring Channels Of course, the wires coming from the bottom need somewhere to go, and so I similarly have to work the bottom of the lamp, routing a channel and drilling holes where the wires will be joined. The second hole in the corner is both so that the power cord can enter from the corner, and also to provide space for an underwriters knot, which provides both strain relief and prevents the wire from being pulled out. These channels and holes are later filled in with thinly-sliced wood dowels fastened with glue, and by wood filler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1490562661599-VY2BJ2G5W6CC12EFOYJJ/12+finishing.jpg Blog - Collect All Forty - Sanding & Finishing Not shown but just as important for the final appearance (and for safety!), I sand all the edges to remove any splinters and make them less sharp, as well as sand out any imperfections that came about from earlier tools and steps. With the fully-formed wood block, we can now apply our layers of finishing, to both bring out the grain and coloring, and to provide a protective coat from a little water or minor scratches. Though some of my pieces are finished with multiple layers of pure tung oil, these here used one coat of rub-on tung finish, and two coats of rub-on polyurethane. 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daily 0.75 2019-04-05 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/technology-and-steampunk daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/custom-small-home-decor daily 0.75 2021-03-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617136574061-84SPOIO7RX75IQV4P020/20201214_111220.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Hanging Jewelry Box Solid wenge sides with a veneered zebra wood face, this hanging jewelry box also features a hidden lock and magnetic catches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617136597552-RQIQOL6UMKPL7EYCP3MB/20210302_104220.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Walnut Table for Antique Singer Legs This walnut table top with a stereo rack for the client’s equipment is protected with spar polyurethane for use on their back patio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617136609960-P3MPH4BB2HBIJDXKXTD1/20210326_141513.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Lighted Yahoo Sign The client won the original exclamation point from Yahoo’s Sunnyvale campus and wanted a way to feature it in their home, complete with a customizable backlight and the correct playful angle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565885816579-LHSXAPQL3Z6XRYZUNHN8/SwordBox+FiberOptics+Composite.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Sword Case Wenge box & diamond with black velvet. Diamond has 51 precisely drilled holes for custom fiber optics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525060943938-8R9QC3JGGYK8XWVOWX14/IMG_0923-small.JPG Custom Small Home Decor - Entryway Tray Custom-designed purpleheart / maple / walnut entryway tray https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928547102-V7T9REPFF0XP6AC42HKY/Dreidel+Base.JPG Custom Small Home Decor - Dreidel Stand This simple-but-elegant felt-bottomed walnut stand was built to complement the client’s dreidel collection. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1551809974668-4UVLYMKRE0WX7LY0BUWR/C80_4574.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Surferman Lamp This unique artistic lamp was inspired by a client who had picked up the wooden surfboard. The arms & legs, head, and overall position can be adjusted, and the lamps are controlled by two independent circuits for the head & the limbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525061108109-1FF6F927QU0M3460UGQL/20180408_141747.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Replacement Drawers Pair of drawers designed to replace the missing drawers - with a unique flair - on an older cabinet with emotional significance for a client. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525062100039-VDULLPGXEJRQBI2ERYHX/20171008_140115.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Navy Shadowbox Shadowbox for a naval officers retirement ceremony, with the flag holder front-and-center, and velvet-backed areas for pins, medals, and other mementos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525062889128-949BK5KI5ODBIADKV5UU/20180227_224909.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Oak Mirror Frames Two dozen oak oval mirror frames, prior to painting, for the Spring Irvine Spectrum Center Carousel refurbishment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525063750671-LGC6MMDR4ZCRN1GPXKRL/Combined.jpeg Custom Small Home Decor - Foot Pedal Lamp Transformation of a blown out guitar foot pedal into a lamp for a musician, reusing the existing controls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542367460341-QZKWTMN7UJ6B6XWQ5604/Combined.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Lightboxes I’ve built many custom lightboxes, to show off client glass from antique video games as well as to highlight heirloom stained glass. Styles include recessed wall mounted, tabletop, and wall hanging. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525061024894-A0CWS0CORIIDWCWMVA80/20180412_201820.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Houseboat Shelf Walnut piece custom configured to precisely fit a compact kitchen on a houseboat, with lips on all the shelves to blend with the existing teak work and keep everything in its place while the boat is in motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1484531682210-8OMVIZ58GDRRVLAD7ZRR/TakingFlight.jpeg Custom Small Home Decor - Taking Flight Lamp This lamp was inspired by the work of StickBulb, doubling up their 6' Floor Torch into a lamp that almost looks like it's taking off! The arms are adjustable via a small chain that gives a range of slack. The lighting itself is provided by color-changing LED strips that are controlled by a remote control. On commission for $800; shorter lengths or different configurations possible to fit your home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928133499-4NZTMAMPAHECTTI9ZHHE/SmallTeakShelf.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Teak Shelf Small shelf for boat house made of teak plywood and solid teak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1555529354095-ZMI40POBUN7LU7R79SBB/20190416_092706.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Frame Corner Detail This is the corner of a 14x14” frame I’ve been milling for a framing shop - both out of MDF, shown here, and solid hardwood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629321395817-3ASQPJ66K4G7SQNNG0B1/backlit_acrylic_engraving.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Sidelit Acrylic Engraving The drawing of the Golden Gate Bridge was provided by the client, which I then engraved in acrylic and embedded in a lacewood frame with remote-controlled RGB side lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629321399499-WALKDOWMUCMR39GDL6C2/backlit_box.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Trekkie Walnut Backlight Anyone who has watched TNG (Star Trek: The Next Generation) would recognize this control panel, which I then embedded between a pair of 1/8” thick glass sheets, inserted into a backlit display of walnut with remote-controlled RGB lighting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629321916346-92SK6TPVWDDF35KMFE56/jewelry_box_front.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Jewelry Box Front This jewelry box - of maple, oak, walnut, and wenge - was a labor of love, with a hidden magnetic catch for the drawer, an embedded mirror on the top, and a carefully cut wave pattern on the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629321916291-IODALCZHQ7B1W1YQ9DWT/jewelry_box_back.jpg Custom Small Home Decor - Jewelry Box Back The wave pattern on the back of the jewelry box was similarly cut to match the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928238054-GC7HA52BKHZCN7S2TR4G/SmallTeakShelf+Rendered.png Custom Small Home Decor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368088051-OWBWWMDISUK2GNV2T5N6/Light+Tower+Rendering.png Custom Small Home Decor - Light Tower I’m not immune to using this to explore some of my own ideas prior to building them! This “light tower” idea became a product that I sell only at my in-person festivals, with unique combinations of stained glass. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368094663-Z7O6T54JUL33OMDHG14L/Cable+Box.png Custom Small Home Decor - Cable Box The client was interested in a unique and artistic box to hide all his video electronics, that allowed for air flow, and that had a removable shelf for some of the hardware. Though I never ended up building it, it posed a unique design challenge! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368773768-YOA1JLQ9PMV3N8EE9XZJ/Finger+Lakes+Commemorative+Plaque.png Custom Small Home Decor - Commemorative Plaque The client completed an impressive hike around all of New York State’s Finger Lakes, and wanted a commemorative plaque to remember this by. Note that personal details have been removed from this rendering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928312815-UTVOAU7Z3MEZYKMXTJFI/Jewelry+Box%231+v2.png Custom Small Home Decor - Jewelry Box This rendering of a design proposal formed the foundation for the jewelry box that I ultimately built for the client. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928437049-3Q6SMPW5Z6AZ1IQUEYKT/Flynn+Solid.png Custom Small Home Decor - Name Sculpture This name “tower” was carved out of solid walnut as an heirloom keepsake for a young boy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554928313081-SN9PTP1C2WTF0YQ8AJZV/Jewelry+Box%232.png Custom Small Home Decor - Jewelry Box I originally proposed two different designs for the client on potential jewelry boxes; this design was ultimately rejected. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554942308061-CSAZMYX1YY73CDX22OVS/Wall+Hanging.png Custom Small Home Decor - Wall Art Artistic piece featuring randomly oriented walnut & maple blocks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554942308416-ESOUS2JI3FJXI2XWUWH3/Shelves.png Custom Small Home Decor - Knick Knack Shelf Walnut shelf with gold accents to display small collectibles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565885897912-9NF8E1C7B315K0E01YWD/Cross+Section.png Custom Small Home Decor - Sword Case Cross Section Detail Used to validate internal construction would allow sufficient space for electronics and aligned with client expectations. https://www.branchingoutwood.com/home daily 1.0 2020-11-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554770307606-91KBMPQJOQXGP8YOZ7GE/shop.jpg Home - Shop https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554770378398-Y66380G4JX8YPINGO3HS/commissioned-custom-work.jpg Home - Custom Work Custom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1554770319318-5LOZVUZJ3TWPJSWBPOBI/blog.jpg Home - Blog https://www.branchingoutwood.com/past-events daily 0.75 2019-08-14 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/products-and-shows daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/how-to-and-calculators daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/personal-journey daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/workshop-and-safety daily 0.75 2019-04-08 https://www.branchingoutwood.com/custom-furniture-and-builtins daily 0.75 2022-11-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617133273655-S91PLU5Z9S7OEQ4J4ZL1/016_B.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Art Deco Storage System The front side of a seven-piece art deco walnut, wenge, and lacewood storage system, inspired by the “Gershwin Day Bed” originally owned by George Gershwin in the 1920s, but updated for modern needs, and with a modern remote-controlled color-changing LED system in the center light column. Read more here. The front features aluminum trim on the lamp and base, a hardwood tambour door, flip-up storage in the bench, and four drawers on the console. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617133271541-PZD3FRE5KTA7K0A353KS/002.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Art Deco Storage System The front side of a seven-piece art deco walnut, wenge, and lacewood storage system, inspired by the “Gershwin Day Bed” originally owned by George Gershwin in the 1920s, but updated for modern needs, and with a modern remote-controlled color-changing LED system in the center light column. Read more here. The back features adjustable shelves in the backside of the lamp and staircases, as well as within the veneered doors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1548321760778-USQB1K5CR503NB9KHOLK/20181226_124125.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Victorian Built-in Bookshelves This pair of built-ins on either side of the existing fireplace almost quadrupled the storage space of the free standing units it replaced, and provides a visual anchor for the .room. The collaborative design process with the homeowner yielded solutions that both blended into the existing decor and maximized utility, such as the picture rail continuing through the top shelf, the floor molding running alongside the drawers, and the period-appropriate brass grill to partially obscure the lower cabinet while still allowing for remote control signals for the audio & video equipment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1672362972701-KI6PWOVDLF0UVQJI7WFJ/20221123_092252.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Walnut Media Console Large walnut media console to fit client’s custom stereo gear, 2’ deep and 6-1/2’ wide, with adjustable shelf pins at a tighter-than-normal pitch for greater flexibility; rails for cable ties in the rear for the client's six-amp setup; and 36 tight-tolerance miter joints at the corners for a clean finish. Both for strength and to aid in keeping the slats perfectly parallel, each of the 96 slats has 4 dowel joints, which means nearly 800 precisely drilled holes (and 400 dowel pieces); this was accomplished with several laser-cut acrylic jigs and a lot of patience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617136181595-7CSLA96SD8EK9Y83GGS4/20200805_122616.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Bay Window Storage Seven pairs of brass-grille classic Victorian-era doors provide loads of storage, as well as great viewing seats for the client’s two cats! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1617136174398-M46AMHNKDETOJS397M23/20200124_144123.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Window Bench The classic maple / walnut combination is accented with vertical uprights to match the client’s existing trim, to make it look as though the bench has always been there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1548321524710-MLSY4N5ZD2M6IDLZJG1Q/20190123_125852.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Houseboat Storage Bench This stained oak bench blends into the existing decor and continues the lines and trim of the existing bench (i.e.: the turquoise cushioned area), creating practical storage and a perfect reading nook from which to look out over the Sausalito harbor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525060720049-8K7AQN0U6Q45TRVSR47U/IMG_0868.JPG Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Entryway Shelf Walnut and birds eye maple veneered cabinet with solid maple matching grain drawer fronts, with angled drawers to fit and fully take advantage of the space afforded by the configuration of a recently-remodeled condominium. Read more about the project here. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1495593390180-PKA3OTDKOBIOR2Q79VZW/bench.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Breakfast Nook Bench Over 8 feet wide and 3 feet deep, this custom-built kitchen bench has full-extension drawers on either end, and faux door panel trim across the back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1483591839370-JQG94DZRY4DQ03UTL587/Credenza-1.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Credenza Lightbox Inspired by a free-standing table with a few built-in shadow boxes, but no backlighting, I saw years ago at the New York International Gift Show, I built this piece for my loft out solid oak with a painted black finish that still allows the natural grain to emerge. In close up, the natural grain of the wood is more visible. Though the items are placed inside the box, many items work just as well on top of the glass. Dimensions are roughly 77" x 25" x 11", with eight 6" x 6" backlit shadowboxes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1483591894257-WRMLWDMQBBLZ5759KDHJ/Rack-1.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Wine Rack Combining a few pieces I had seen in fine furniture stores in the San Francisco Mission neighborhood, I came up with this design. Made of solid walnut, with two drawers and two cabinets - one of which holds wine (or martini) glasses, it artfully displays up to 16 bottles of wine, with the labels of the top eight visible through the glass panel on top. Dimensions of the main cabinet are 24" x 18" x 48", with an additional 6" of height from the legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1483591947951-NO57FYFVD9F6SNZDSQU1/Rack-3.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Wine Rack Closeup Highlighting the drawers (with soft close sliders) and cabinets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525060812214-TON8A6ORGYJZRRWNQQZL/oak_table_commission.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Oak Tables of Reclaimed Wood One of a pair of identical tables built using reclaimed client-provided oak boards from his legal office. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1483592744381-LQUUTE9UZCOR7KH5DAZ2/IMG_1669.JPG Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Installed Cabinet Though I don't have the shop to build cabinets for full kitchen remodel, I certainly can whip up a cabinet or two on demand for a one-off need or to meet specialized requirements. This flush-mounted box-framed cabinet with a rail-and-stile door, mostly made of solid poplar, was installed on a remodel done by Mike Miranda (General Contractor) in Daly City, California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1525062915963-0TZQZ0Z7T70C5YYMBBWW/IMG_9061.JPG Custom Furniture & Built-ins “Emergency” wood working project in Sausalito to complete the half-finished storage benches below the focal point bay-view windows of a beautiful home days before a housewarming, that had been left undone for several months by the prior contractor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542366189384-H8TBRRT43ESL135AAZN8/ProjectorScreen+Combined.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Copy of Mantle with Retractable Screen The layout of the living room does not allow for a wall-mounted flat panel TV, so I built and installed this solid walnut mantle piece with a custom-sized motorized screen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565886462949-LAR2APY3FXICXM05ENG7/Base+Cabinet.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Base Cabinet with Redwood Drawers Perfectly wedged in to fully utilize all available space in a tiny San Francisco kitchen, with redwood drawers and a flip down sponge drawer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565886462666-WCI1ID3ROGS7FN5L7TQ7/Hanging+Cabinet.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Hanging Microwave Cabinet Matches period detail - including pair of medallions - of existing cabinetry in a tiny San Francisco kitchen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565888157132-IZM0Y0A0D5ICGVZHCS25/20190321_103349.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Entertainment Console With single central flip down face for center speaker, and shiplap siding in back, behind TV https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565888469613-W4ZKOUZAMYTBUH2XUBVE/20190421_112822.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Walnut Printer Stand Solid wood & veneered walnut printer stand and file cabinet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318451325-2CXWW96CKMT0D6ZWXDFJ/media_console.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Media Console This two-level media console with exposed cold rolled steel legs was the first of three pieces, all of varying hardwoods, but all featuring a quarter round element both to unify the set and to provide more open pathways with fewer edges to snag clothing in the client’s cozy San Francisco living room. The top is of wenge and zebrawood; the bottom is of wenge and padauk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318443734-C4STE2KJ2TDGW2IHM2AG/coffee_table.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Walnut & Maple Coffee Table This coffee table - the second piece in the set - is made of a solid walnut and maple top, with a veneered curved edge - and custom walnut drawer boxes to fit in the unique shape, with cold rolled steel legs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318566175-WYD652JNJMTWLM4F2FMO/entry_way_storage.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Zebrawood Entryway Storage This is the third and final piece in the set, an entryway storage unit, with rounded edges, adjustable shelves, and embedded magnets to hold onto keys. The horizontal pieces are of solid zebrawood and the uprights are of solid walnut, with self-leveling feet on a solid walnut base. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318441415-6N1TJPQB12DVUMB8DSJY/earring_box_closed.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Earring Box (Closed) I built and installed this zebrawood and wenge clamshell earring box for a client along the peninsula, with piano-style hingle, magnetic catches to keep it closed, and a mortised keyed lock for a degree of security. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318442258-9NUIHHA47NIWX671FDDH/earring_box_open.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Earring Box (Closed) Though the front was zebrawood for visual interest, at the client’s request, I made the interior a simpler maple so that the earrings would be easier to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318446169-IFG5W8TOELIK4NOPKS89/end_table.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - End Table This ipe and maple end table was a personal project made entirely of “scrap” wood - with the exception of the glass top. The maple was from some cabinet doors a neighbor gave to me to repurpose; the legs were cutoffs from a deck I had built. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318447659-MC9PWOWNZOIIFIJM8P6Z/floating_shelves.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Floating Shelves with Acrylic These beautiful slabs were leftovers from a retiring woodworker in the east bay; his best guess for the wood species is bay laurel. Regardless, they cleaned up well and with a little resin to fill in some gaps, made excellent shelves in this Berkeley home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629318450953-H04MQ869DW4E9RJ81797/shoe_rack.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Shoe Rack & Bench This 12-level shoe rack provided some much needed storage space for a two unit condo in San Francisco. Made of paint-grade maple plywood, but with ipe feet to resist water damage from an occasional rain or soggy boot, it is matched with a bench at right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629319676390-3BQ0S6L7TIGWT2FEZ4ES/oak_shelves.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Oak Floating Shelves These two levels of oak floating shelves wrapping around the entire kitchen were built in collaboration with a San Francisco general contractor who did the final installation as part of a condo remodel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1629321155056-QNM1DUEUOVAHVSCFJU50/dining_room_table.jpeg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Maple Dining Room Table This dining room table is made of a solid maple apron with gently tapered legs, and weighs in at over 100# when loaded with the client’s heirloom barn door and 1/4” glass top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1672362897701-TKNT1AMDCQL5U73DQOQJ/20210821_110523.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Curved Floating Shelf & Mirror The floating shelf has a combination of walnut veneer and birds eye maple veneer, with solid walnut drawer fronts that have a very gentle curve to be flush with the front plane of the finished wall surface. I used bridled miter joints and a French cleat for the solid walnut mirror. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1672363987931-A875FSTQ3OU20H4P9J1C/imagejpeg+%281%29.jpg Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Ipe Patio Benches I fabricated three benches for a concrete backyard fire pit, from ipe decking thru-bolted with galvanized rod and spacers. I built these in my workshop, but was happy to not be involved with the delivery or installation, as the longest one - at 11' - weighed in at a tad over 250#. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1565888860892-UQCQS7SNTVY2WTQ1ZBTT/Composite.png Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Kitchen Island Design exploration for a kitchen console to be built for a Sausolito houseboat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368769460-4PQMP52QZ8XGERR8L670/Desk+%26+Cabinet+Rendering.png Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Wall Cabinets with Desk The client shared some rough ideas for a new home office, wanted to hide the computer while providing plenty of storage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368768977-ZTDTOD2VI78FXPTI5LJ9/Entryway+Shelf.png Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Entryway Shelf & Mirror Having just completed a remodel that left a trapezoidal space in their entryway, the client wanted a shelf / drawers, with a matching mirror frame. After exploring wood options together at MacBeath, they identified the combination of birdseye maple and walnut as the best match for their decor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368823555-S5Z3MDKOV00Z6INCWMBV/Victorian+Built-in+Evolution.png Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Victorian Bookcases This pair of diagrams shows the design evolution from first version to final version, highlighting the change of material from hardwood & veneer to paint grade; change in depth of the cabinets to allow for stereo equipment; addition of drawers at the bottom; and interaction of the arches and the shelves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/58619a3ee3df282ca4ed7e91/1542368755330-CLWI9SW6HTVKNVLWHRAW/Bathroom+Vanity+Combined.png Custom Furniture & Built-ins - Bathroom Countertop This was one design option being explored for a remodel of a bathroom in San Francisco, featuring a double-wide concrete sink with open storage underneath. This image shows another advantage of these renderings. 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