Not An Engineer

Merch discount!

Hey everyone,

Still figuring out the best way to set this up permanently, but for now here's links to the current offering of slightly witty "work" wear, with $5 off for all you lovely people.

Hoping there's a better way to do this and I just haven't found it yet.

I can see som...

I made a mechanical counter, but it's a little bit different.

What a rush. Building the most ridiculous video title generator you've ever seen (and I know you've seen a lot!) for the biggest blacksmith on YouTube,  @AlecSteele , as my contribution t...

Everything everywhere all at once

Surprise! I just hit export - new video inbound.

The last two months have been a rollercoaster of rotary axes and clockwork machines - the latter of which being the focus of my upcoming feature.

It's also a collaboration with almost a dozen household names of the YouTube machining w...

From DIY CNC to "Industrial" Grade Machining Centre

Well, I'm never doing that again!

My machine config files are attached for those interested, though I'll warn you, they're rough and incomplete!

There's nothing simple about building precision machines.

Who likes good news? [everyone raises their hands] Everyone? Then good news, everyone!

After just over a month of round-the-clock crimping, soldering, bending, folding, terminating, debugging, desoldering, resoldering, debugging, rebugging, trimming, fastening, and debuggin...

You've tried entropy, now try DRAWERS!

A bit of filler, with big things to follow.

A Rough Timeline

Heya!

There's a lot going on around here at the moment, and things just keep getting added to the pile, but I think I'm started to form something of a plan for the next couple of months at least, as well as some hopes and dreams for the year in it's entirety.

First of all, the script...

Progress Photo Dump

Hey everyone, thought I'd share the photos I've snapped of all the stuff that's been happening so far this year. Sorry for the quality, they're all just phone pictures.

If you're curious about any of the details, make sure to ask!

Captions that didn't fit:

Machine base:<...

*Another* PSA for the Tinkering Aussies in the crowd: bandsaw bargain.

Managed to get Bunnings to honour their beat it by 10% schtick on this Makita bandsaw skin today, if anyone's had their eye on it like I have for a while, now is your time. Normally around the $530 mark, they let me walk out with it for $380.

Normally they try to get out of it because reta...

PSA: Apple Takes 30% of New Subscriptions

tl;dr: Apple is taking a 30% cut of NEW patron subcriptions/purchases made via in app purchases. Use a web browser on desktop to avoid this.

G'day everyone, just wanted to pop this here for any new members considering becoming a Patron. One of the reasons I chose to use Patreon as a way to ...

State of the Workshop - February 2025

Noo rest for the wicked!

Gridfinity Links:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/704997#profileId-634873 - GRIPS

2025-02-11 23:45:23 +0000 UTC View Post

Technical Hurdles

Hey everyone, sorry about the mishap with the video upload - it's been a crazy day of technical issues. I'll be reuploading it tonight, but there's a good chance it'll go live on Youtube before you see it here.

Sincere apologies for that, the support I get from you all is immense, and I'll...

Join us!

Standby for stream!

Won't be long...

Building precision machines is simple, until it isn't

A long overdue upgrade to the homemade CNC milling machine, among other things.

Am I stupid? Maybe.

Just realised that 9-11pm (AEDT, UTC+10) is possibly the worst time slot imaginable, as far as international viewers are concerned, and perhaps even for the local audience.

I chose the time based on the recent poll, but I'm wondering if maybe some people didn't realise the time zone implic...

Alright, we're doing it: Workshop update & Q&A livestream this weekend.

Saturday the 21st, 9pm-11pm AEDST, guest starring the cricket in the roof of the shed. Leave your questions in the doobly doo, or feel free to send me a message if you'd rather keep it a surprise. Stay tuned for more details, and be gentle; you're my first.

Oh and - fingers crossed - there'...

Redemption

Hey everyone, I know it's been a while again. More has happened over the past 6 weeks than I've been able to put to words; so I thought a little trailer of the outcome might do the trick.

Of course it only shows the culmination of my efforts, and doesn't come close to touching on all the si...

Gauging interest

Hey everyone!

As I mentioned in the latest state of the workshop, I've been thinking about hosting a Livestream to (maybe) replace the pre-recorded updates.

I've still got to find out if my network is good enough in the shed, and figure out the logistics of running a stream, ...

State of the Workshop - September 2024

Bandsaws and control cabinets - plus! Should I start doing livestreams?

Big ups to Jack for all his hard work over at https://github.com/NoEngineerHere/TeensyELS

Make sure to subscribe for his side of ...

I added a NUT button to my lathe

Nothing goes through undies quite like threading to a shoulder, but with my new NUT button, I'll never be taking that trip to brown town again. At least, not because of any mechanical moments.

Thanks to YouTube.com/@jackfromscratch for his massive contribution to the project, make sure you...

Solving the biggest problem with budget lathes.

Here it is, at long last, the first of two instalments of the electronic leadscrew saga. All I can say is: I can't wait to get back to machining. Without ever need to switch change gears again, of course.

It's hard to know how deep I should go on these topics, and which areas peole want to ...

State of the Workshop - August 2024

Something something servo motors

State of the Workshop - July 2024

Many roads.

Hey everyone,

I had planned to shoot a state of the workshop this weekend, but a trip to the dentist earlier in the week has condemned me to having two wisdom teeth cut out of my skull later this afternoon, so I won't be doing much of anything for the next few days I'd say. A bit of a bles...

Tripteron Files

Hey guys, this post is the home for all things tripteron related. If you've got questions, ask away. If you end up building one yourself I'd love to hear about it, and if I ever get around to updating the code/models, I'll upload here.

Cheers! 

I made a PARALLEL AXIS TRIPTERON, whatever that means.

It's shiny, and it moves on it's own, but what is it even good for?

Thanks for your patience in waiting on this one, it was a slog the whole way through.

Correction, Zaber Industries should be Zaber Technologies (no affiliation)

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Almost there.

Hey everyone,

I'm alive!

This tripteron project has taken a lot more f**ing around than I could've ever imagined, and it required a skillset I haven't got too much practice with, so that's made the conveyance of the struggles to all you fine patrons a struggle of it's own. I'm halfwa...

Lots to share.

Hey everyone! Wanted to give an update, as I've got some more time off work, and there's been a lot happening this week.

First of all, machining parts for the tripteron has been going pretty well. Very glad to have the mini-mill in the workshop, it's making second operations way more manag...

It was going so well...

...until I got to the last part. Typical. Was getting a little late in the evening, so I thought I'd slow down the feeds and speeds to spare my neighbours a little; I think the roughing toolpath might have pushed the stock out of alignment a little, so the finishing passes were way out in the y d...