/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>706164

That's cool.

>tfw no qt cnc

I posted this in the electronics thread, it's just a simple dual power supply with two LM317.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zudFl4c_SyY

>>706170
>>tfw no qt cnc
I'm trying to use the shit out of the CNCs here at uni before I graduate because God knows when I'll have the money and space for one afterwards

>>706164
my body

>>706189
/fit/ pls

>>706164
Just finished up the last coat of paint on my second rocket today. I went smaller with this one. It can launch on motors as small as F, which will be a lot cheaper than my other rocket, which takes at least an H.

The paint job on this one turned out much better too, although I screwed up and didn't fill the spirals in the tube before painting. Live and learn though.

>>706248
Here it's taken apart so you can see the chute.

>>706250
streamers>chutes

>>706268
Haven't tried streamer recovery yet. Maybe I'll get one and give it a shot. It's easy enough to switch the chute for a streamer.

I think my winter project is going to be a level 2 rocket with dual deploy, so I'm considering what to build for that.

>>706248
Did you build it from scratch? I've only fired a rocket like that once in summer camp, and it was much smaller. Did get to build from a kit and paint it though.

Well, I built this years ago, but just repainted it last week. It was supposed to be silver/grey camo, but by the third coat i noticed it had a stoney appearance. I kinda like it. But it's Just temporary until my buddy gets his parkerizing set up.

Working on my interpretation of the WAFATE 3d printer. Because I'm #PoorPeople.

Found a 500w power supply at the PC recycle for dirt cheap, still looking for a few identical printer rails, carriages, linear bearings, cables, stepper motors, etc.

>2d 1 layer graphic.
wow, why didnt you even try?

>>706401
Needs more shovel.

>>706170
>dat voltage resolution
>voltmeter only goes up to 15V on a chip that can handle 37V
>not basing it on an equivalent to a XL4005 which is buck-boost and current limiting capable.

>>706426
We were limited to 15 minutes on the mill, sue me. Original 3 layer design i wanted would have taken 3 hours.

>>706431

I agree the xl4005 is a good DC-DC converter but I just want to power small electronic circuits, I rarely exceed 100mA.

It's powered by a laptop charger, the maximum amperage it can output is 2.1, I don't need beefy chips.

If I wanted current limiting I would just added another LM317 in the current limiting way.

The resolution is good enough, if I wanted resolution I would had installed a digital voltmeter instead of an analog one.

>>706393
Not really. It was a bare-bones kit. It came with the nosecone, body tubes, fins, bulkheads, and centering rings.

I'd like to start doing them from scratch, but I don't have the tools I need to do the precise cuts for bulkheads, centering rings, and fins yet. I only got back into building rockets a couple months ago.

>>706401
> NO WEAPONS ALLOWED

>>706189

>Freaky, egg-shaped delts.
>Half a malformed pinky on left hand.
>Autistic /fa/ pants to hide LMAO_no_legday.png
>Dat stoned version of ReviewBrah's face.

2/10. Would not bang. No homo.

>>706164
>not doing a finishing pass
>finished my assignment

>>706762
See >>706434
Yeah, I know. They kicked me off the mill and didn't have time. Jeez, didn't think I'd get so much shit for this.

>>706164
>things you've built recently/are working on

Nothing much lately. I just put together a fan box for a weak food dehydrator. It needed better air flow and circulation. so, I cobbled together a shoe box, PC fan, ac/dc adapter, and switch with some tape, heat shrink tubing, hot glue, and old twist ties.

It works really well now and the dehydrator is easily detachable from the box unit. Right now I'm drying Cherokee Tomato slices, Bhut Jolokia peppers, and Trinidad Moruga Scorpion peppers. My place smells like a pizzeria.

>>706945
That sounds fucking delicious

>>706544

>The workmanship and techniques involved in creating objects which could be used as weapons or the portion of a weapons project that involves them (e.g., forging steel for a blade, machining for gunsmithing, what epoxy can I use to fix my bow) may be discussed in /diy/.

I made a new table the day before yesterday to match my new floors. My old one was almost black with solid white block legs. The tapered legs look nicer to me.

Shoutout to This Old House showing on the local public broadcasting channel for helping me make those tapered legs easier. Also the tables made with busted up fence wood. So it was pretty much a free table.

>>706164
OP what happens is your bit pulls up on the material and either it flexes up. Take more passes or find a better way to secure your work piece and you can get a more uniform finish.

Also how are you zeroing your tools.

>>707041
See >>706772
>>706434
Would have gladly taken more passes if time permitted.
Funny you mentioned zeroing. Apparently they've been running parts through the mill for that class for 5 weeks and didn't have zeroing problems until mine (tools moved up the collets 10 though somehow.)

>>707041
To give a less bitchy, more thorough answer. This was a machine at uni dedicated for this class, so it had its own set of end mills/tools that had all the offsets/tool lengths zeroed in. In the interest of time, we didn't mess with zeroing (except to the part face), unless the tools were obviously off.

>>706544
Rong
Pls go

>>707046
>>707042
Three passes should not have taken hours... Also only two passes would have been needed, a rough pass and a finish pass. How was your code generated, did you use a cam program (if so which one) or did you hand code it?

>>707059
Mastercam. Backplot said 14m50s. Probably could have taken off a minute or two if I got remachining dialed in right but had neither the proper time nor knowledge

>>706544
fuck off faggot, pull out your tampon and go back to your sunday kiddy craft shit

>>706401
now when you say 'Built" do you mean you manufactured the parts yourself or you assembles it or?

>>706172
use it to build parts for a /diy/ one...

>>706164
glassblower here

>>707246
Nice! I dont smoke or anything myself but i can appreciate the work, this shit seems like it would take a lot of work. Looks like you layered a white glass over a clear base, am i right? either way looks cool, do you have anymore work?

>>707246
Hey, say if you had an 18mm intake on something like that, and something fell on it and took it out, creating a larger hole than the intake itself.. what would you do?

Just want to know whether to throw it in the bin or not.

>>708075
Not that guy, but also a glassblower. If you don't have the equipment already to blow glass, and don't know anyone who blows glass, the best you can do is try to use glue.

>>708075

DIY fixes of glass can be entertaining, but the dissatisfaction of a piece that will never be what it was, well - Sometimes dead is better.

>>706164
>those those glaring entry points for the roughing stage
but good job looks sweet

>>708078
>>708108
Thanks guys. I've only done basic stuff like putting bends in glass tubing and it's a big ol' jigsaw puzzle of a break so I'll probably cut my losses. Luckily I still have the front assembly which is pretty sweet. Quite sad because it was a sentimental base and the break was shameful - the handle of my hot tap fell off onto it while I was cleaning it. Oh well. Probably going to get a new two-piece base though for about 100 bucks

>>708061
actually I used white tubing for this but I do layer color over clear sometimes

Concrete form for a new wall that will hold some ventilation fans and a wide door. Almost done with it, some small details left, should be done by tomorrow. Pouring on Friday.

>>708204
B-b-b-bunkerfag? Is that you?

>>708205
Yes. Done for today.

>>708263
Shit you've been awol for so long I was wondering how your bunker was coming along.

>>708263
M-me gusta...

>>708263
........is that a cattle door for zombies?

Ive seen this movie.

>>708263
You...literally live in a cave?

>>708263
BUNKERFAG. We though you might have had a cave in.

>>708278
Not a cave. A former government nuclear bunker in Scandinavia. Get with the program!

>>708298
What?
Scandinavia-fag reporting in.
Where in Scandinavia is this bunker located?

>>708264
Been delayed by everything that can delay you, but my stuff has finally starting to arrive (pic) so I got lots to do now.

>>708275
This tunnel later connects to one of the outer tunnels which has a loading dock. Need a big door if I want to move large hardware in.

>>708278
Top side for the moment in the guard barracks, but will finish the sleeping quarter mid of next year - just have to cross a certain bridge first.

>>708297
Designed to survive a direct nuclear hit, I don't think it will cave in any time soon.

>>708324
tell me what country! :C

>>708639
It's in Norway or Sweden. Forget which, he doesn't reveal it's location because he doesn't want 4chan showing up. It's his, he has stated that he doesn't want anyone to come or offer to help, not even if they're an expert.

>>708263
Completed. This better hold or I'll cry.

>>708639
Sweden.

>>708653
Due to the laws here I'm responsible if anyone would get hurt (even trespassers) so I try not to have too many people over at this stage unless I really need help. Gladly listen to anyone's advice tho.

>>708673
will you do a video tour at some point pls

>>708653
I think hes full of shit on that location, I think its in middle america somewhere

>>708687
You'll have to settle with this for now.

http://vimeo.com/103144960

>>708689
There was one picture he posted once that had norweigin words on something in the background.

>>708692
Swedish words, somewhere in Sweden.

>>708689
Norway was understandable, but where did that come from?

>>708653
>>708639
>>708673
Nejmen, häftigt värre! Har du köpt bunkern eller kör du där olagligt? Norra, mellersta eller södra Sverige?

>>708758
Mycket björkar och tallar. Jag gissar mellan till norra?

Wooden table stand for my microphone.

>>708673

Where do you buy something like that? And for how much?

Hand plane.
Will do some more shaping tomorrow and replace the cap thing with a better looking ash one. (This one was fished out of a bin and has screw holes in it that are showing. Was more of a test piece really)
Besides that, the plane is more or less done and cuts like a dream, better than anything I've bought so far despite being the first I've made. All that's left is to make it pretty and feel better in the hand.
After this I can get to work on a convex plane that I need and get to making my own blades.
I might make a separate thread about that if I got some questions.

Posted about this project months ago. Got the bulk of it done yesterday.

It's a dual 50"+ natural gas fire pit. Not starting on the center piece yet, but just the pits themselves.

Drew the pieces up in solidworks, exported them to a CNC plasma table, cut all the pieces out, and had a coworker weld it up. The bases needed a bit of improvising from the original plan, but turned out good. Don't have a pic of the latest cad model with me, but pic related is the end result.

>>710033
Had to build the legs a bit differently. I was going to just CNC press break a 12" wide piece of 1/4 mild steel into a 60 degree triangle shape with 2.5" flanges on the end to weld, but at this point I only have an 85 degree punch so that didn't work out. Instead, I just cut out two actual triangle shapes, and used a piece of angle iron to connect them. All material is 1/4 A36 plate. The small tabs are for the side plates, and these things are seriously overbuilt. I wanted to make sure they would take a ton of weight, and also accommodated drain holes.

>>710034
One fit right in perfectly, the other is just a cunt hair off(laid brick isn't going to be perfectly concentric). Am going to grab a metal grinder and get it to fit. Once they are test fit, and we hook the gas lines to ensure everything is running properly, going to blast and paint(or powder coat) them up.

I should have taken more pictures of the process, as I am sure most of you would be interested in it, but I was a bit busy when doing it.

Be kind, /diy/; I did it with a limited amount of tools.

>>710225

I'd rather see it on a deck or in front of a fuckoff huge window but it looks nice.

would use for activities/10

>>706945

Well shit. Now I'm hungry.

>>710236
If I could afford a house, it would be in a basement rec room.

As it stands, this is going to be my dining/D&D table.

>>710035
Initial Test light.

Had a hell of a time grinding away one of the centers today. I initially thought it only needed an eighth inch shaved off, but winded up taking over .750.

Then had a couple of trips back and forth between the hardware store(and one of the nipples was labeled wrong, so I could only get one hooked up). Puts out some serious heat.

Built this for a former subordinate of mine. Can you guess its purpose?

>>710374
Looks like a book/magazine/whatever shelf/stand of some sort.

>>710377
Spice rack

>>708673
I remember the first threads you posted, but I completely forgot about this. Got a blog set up?

>>709269
ebay 100k

>>708278
I dont think he actually lives in it actually.


the biggest problem bunkeranon had was sealing the fucker up tight to stop homeless/urban explorers invading and shitting everywhere

>>708263
You are a god.

been too long bunkerfag

My wife and I just finished building our bar, for the most part, last night. I did the woodwork and she did the stone.

>>710331
Looks really nice. Is that just in your back yard? Do yo cook over it?

>>708673
jävlar va fint, jag är bergsarbetare, är hela tunneln injekterad och täckt med sprutbetong, bultad? hur lång? hursom, vilken jävla cool ide, lycka till fan

>>706164

I've been thinking about making a cnc lathe recently. Care to share more about your design? I'm interested.

>>710965
Kick ass, sounds like a lot of fun.

>>710990
>sounds like a lot of fun.

It was, especially considering we did the whole thing (aside from the cooktop) with scrap wood and leftover travertine we had laying around that would have otherwise been thrown out.

>>706164
Prosthetic finger. It isn't much at the moment, and it is version 5 or so. It is based off of the Open Hand Project. I want to make a hand for under $500. I use Blender to do the CAD, which is like using a paint set for drafting.

Of all the things a 3D printer can do, this is one of the things it is actually useful for.

>>710975
I didn't make the lathe, I made the paperweight as babby's first CNC project for a class. Though there is a class where you build a desktop lathe at my uni. To get an A it has to survive being dropped from chest height and hit a few different ways with a sledgehammer and still run true.

>>711002
Check your printer settings and those layer will improve.

hey, maybe you folks can help me with this project.

i'm currently working on a replica of bilbo's sword. I want to make it light up, so my current thought process is sculpt the blade, mold it, then brush the mold with Aluminum powder to give the blade that metal look, and cast it with clear resin. Then i was thinking of either sticking bright blue LEDs in it, or during the casting phase, insert blue EL Tape.

does this sound like a good plan? I'm open to suggestions and critiques.

here's a crappy photo of where i'm at. it's still in the very early stage of sculpting. Thanks!

>>711002
oh gawd that is gross. Tell me what printer you have so I can avoid it.

>>710968
Nope. No cooking. Just heat and aesthetic values. Once bases are taken care of, they will be topped with fire glass, pic related.

>>710975
>building a CNC lathe

Why?

>>706164
Just made an extra lightbar for my break lights (on the car) using LEDs. NEAT.

>>711017

Consider electroluminescent paint. Assuming you have the resources to apply it properly, it will give a very even, peculiar glow to it. If you go REALLY all-out with it, you could even create individual segments of paint that fade in and out and give it a shimmering look.

New concrete floor in a side tunnel, pipes to the left and right of it, which will be covered by white gravel.

>>711931
why not a grate?
imagine the BS involved in removing gravel if anythign ever needs fixing.

Just art, I guess, but still counts as craft in my book, heh.

>>711944
Cutting and fitting grates to the rock walls involves just about the same amount of bs.

>>707032
>>707034

I like it. Where did you reclaim the wood from?

>>711947
look at that shizzle! That's pretty damn cool!

>>711947

10/10

>>711931
Do you have any website or gallery of your work? Found other archived threads of bunkeranon but they never have pictures.

>>709142

I like it. What mic?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJZlWK0LtBs

mahogany serving fork and spoon