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richie
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gozaimaas wrote:I love edge bending!
yeah mate but as The Quass puts it, you have the Ninja skills! Metal is your friend right?
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We go way back Richie ;)
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Hittori Honzo of edges
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Sort of old news I guess as I bought this a few months ago now, but it still makes me smile every time I use it.
I was looking for a nice 14" bandsaw. I couldn't find what I really wanted for anything near what I wanted to spend.
I saw an add in Gumtree for this beast and it was listed as a possible burnt out motor and they wanted $150.
I went to check it out even though it was heaps bigger than I thought I wanted. It was at a cabinet making company and the boss reckoned the boys had reported it started to make a bit of a burning electrical smell and some smoke while he was away on holidays. So I tried to turn it on, and nothing, the motor didn't even try to turn. But the motor spun by hand quite smoothly.
I figured at worse I can buy a new motor for $400 or try to find something I can make fit. But the way it didn't even seem to try made me really interested as it just seemed like no power was getting to the motor.
I offered him $100 and after thinking for a bit he said "get the damn thing out of here, it's all yours" Sweet as 8)

So I got it home and straight away disconnected the wiring to the motor and switched it on. No power to the motor at all, YES!!
Pulled the switch out and it was melted. I could have fixed it but instead splashed out on a $20 dust and waterproof switch and bang, all sweet and running like a dream. I did then spend about another $20 replacing most of the blade guide bearings as they had used it to cut plastic and it was melted all over them. Then a new blade and for about $160 I had a like new beast of a bandsaw. HAHAHA what a score.

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In this photo I had just finished pulling out the burnt out switch. It now has a nice flush mount switch neatly back in the same hole. :D [/img]
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sweet!
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gozaimaas wrote:sweet!
DEAL!!!!!
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Love hearing about deals like that!
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I haven't added anything to this journal in ages. Been quite a few boards since the last post. Here are a few recent ones.

A women's powder board.

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A men's powder board with Walnut Veneer.

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Another men's powder board but with a Tasmanian Oak topsheet veneer.

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Those are beautiful boards.
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RIP

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Are there any good RIP softweare?? I saw prints from Epson 1400 using RIP. The end results are awsome.
nrgboards wrote:Are you looking for the hack for an Epson 1400 printer?
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brazgotine wrote:Are there any good RIP softweare?? I saw prints from Epson 1400 using RIP. The end results are awesome.
I'm lucky enough that my current printer software has banner printing options so I haven't needed to do much more with it.

You got any recommendations for a cheap RIP software?
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laser burnt veneer top sheet designs - a simple tool

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Hi guys, as part of my ongoing immersing myself into CNC related tech I have decided I will be building a small solid state laser. Pretty much all open source software driven using Inkscape and a laser plugin then outputting to a Gcode sender (Universal Gcode Sender) and GRBL based cnc laser controller, all on very cheap stepper motors and drivers and basic arduino board.

My idea is to make the laser x and y on a small light frame that you literally place over the veneer pre-pressing or possibly even after the pressing before final coats go on.

This will enable you to custom burn/etch your designs on to the top quickly and easily with minimal setup time.

All this can also be built on to most standard CNC controllers if you are confident to do it that way, you just need to understand how to modulate the laser with the gcode spindle PWM commands.

More to come I just thought I would put that out there.

My main CNC project is all but complete ready to build some boards next month or 2 in theory!!!!!

cheers
Rich
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Or you just buy a ready made laser cutter/engraver for 300 bucks on aliexpress ;)
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chrismp wrote:Or you just buy a ready made laser cutter/engraver for 300 bucks on aliexpress ;)
But all ot those that I have seen are in a box, where you can't get a sheet of veneer that is big enough for a board or skis inside it.

Sounds like a cool project Rich
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chrismp wrote:Or you just buy a ready made laser cutter/engraver for 300 bucks on aliexpress ;)
Too true, aliexpress has so many goodies !!! However apart from that taking half the fun out of it for me, I want a more powerful laser that will burn faster , a complex pattern would take a long time. Still one of these units could be a damn good starting point for one I agree, repowering with a bigger laser diode and driver would help. I see a 5.5W one there which might be worth a look though!!!

anyway its food for thought if it spins your wheels eh.
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