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Looks great but the idea of the bar with the screw doing the turning and 5/16 is only a small thread I would be more inclined to weld the handle on and put the locking and drive screw on the other side and use a larger size with the end turned down to make a good fit into the chuck and weld a nut on the other side so that your not pushing on the thread if you can follow what I mean

Love the seats now I've got make some the same but when you are mounting the bolts you should use a board that has identical holes the same spacing's and alignment as the seating boards hanging the bolts in to the cement that way you are sure that they will be vertical and the correct spacing's making for easier assemble

Is this on Thingiverse

After buying and throwing away many resin panels I have found that if you spray them with automotive clear coat they will last for years instead of the usual 1-2 years in full sun

If you want to keep the cutting edge sharp for longer build it up with stainless steel weld then resharpen it, mild steel doesn't keep a very good edge or any hard facing weld but that will be harder to sharpen.

Good idea but I don't understand why you have the tool cutting on the down stroke and also the job is turning so the it is also on the down stroke like they are both moving down but because the grinder is moving faster it will cut. On a normal wood lathe the wood is passing the tool going down and the tool is stationary you have a cut but on yours they are both moving down should the grinder be turned over so the cutter is rotating the opposite way to the tool. Maybe when you try a heavey cut that is why you are getting the wood riding up over the cutter

better air flow around the refridgeration units to the outside air other wise looks great

I made very similar to this using 2 peltiers one mounted at each end of an insulated box I had 2 fermenters in it one with the brew in and the other full of water with a heat belt controlled by a temp switch that worked on raising the temp by turning the heat belt on and by cooling by turning the peltiers on. They had large heat sinks on the out side and smaller inside but it struggled in hot weather ( it get up around the 40Degrees C ). I am now going to try with a closed loop water system with a 120mm radiator inside and a double sided water block and 2 peltiers and the pump outside no sure to do it that way or mount the peltiers in side and the radiator outside

Well made in the true country style would be proud to this or one like it in my home

Great instructable. I saw one recently on youtube using 4 small solar panels and 4 small dc motors I think it works on the same principal

You are a life saver thank you

Great idea. Where did you get the battery

just the thing for a new grandson, maybe you could make the leds colored and have them ripple like a flame great job

just insert an led from the top and you have glowing decorations

I would love one of these if only I could figure out what to use it for

Hi thanks for this instructabe I have been looking for a less expensive way of doing this

I have a large slab from an old tree and I have been looking for the insperation to do this for years and your idea is just what I needed thank you

The poly crylic you are talking about do you mean a water based varnish or acrylic or is it something different

Great instructable but the problem with these type of finishes if you are using them on the beach a slight scratch or crack in it will let the salt water in and you can't wash it of and it will create a hidden pocket of rust but they are great for everyday off roading

I'm always jealous of American wood it seems that all of them are good to work with were as our Australian hard woods are that hard you practically need to use metal working tools and you would need to be extremely lucky to find a piece of wood that you could split that easy and you would need a crane to lift and maneuver around

be careful using printed paper the chemicals used in printing can be toxic

I was wondering the steel sleeve you used is it a yellow coated sleeve if so it is coated with cadmium which is not good and could you replace it with a brass one

All I can say is "wow"

This makes it look easy thanks for a great instructable. I had planned on using a 10w 940nm IR because the led doesn't show a glow will there be any difference in the camera set-up

I'm on the slow track to build a wearable set of IR glasses using a 940nm 10w led because it give no visible light I have read that the lower bands the leds give a faint glow of red but it is an interesting idea of using an old phone thanks

Very well laid out plan for someone beginning and need to maintain their filament, I use medium plastic tubs sealed with foam tape that is used to seal around doors as a breeze stopper and Interior dehumidifier all of which I buy from a dollar store and you can see in the bottom the amount of water collected

Thanks for the great information about gluing the pages I have plan to make something similar for my grand daughters but with a silver keyed lock to hide their treasurers

Very well laid out structable I have built similar but much larger container to house my homebrew so that it has a controlled environment to maintain a consistent temp but it still struggles in our summers

the blunt end of a drill is made of softer material than the cutting end it is made this way so the the jaws of your chuck can bite in to it if it was hard all the way along the drill the jaws would not be able to grip and the drill would just spin in the chuck grips

it's about the hardness of mild steel and is welded a couple of millimetres above the groove you can find where it starts by using a hacksaw and trying to cut it

I have seen an easier one just by securing a thin piece of wood to the vertical back guide but it looks nowhere near as your's great job

If you push the narrow tapered end up in to the inside of the ratchet it pushes the ratchet out of the teeth and lets you loosen it no need for anything else the release tool is built in

thanks for a great idea

why not just put a thermistor on the fan other than that a great instructable

I have used them in solar control box to cool them in hot weather by simply putting them inline with the positive of 12v fans and they have successfully worked for years

once the shields are out a good spray with wd40 cleans all the grease and leaves a very fine lube the trouble with using anything waterbased it can lead to rust real quick

I have "salvaged" some batteries from a rechargeable drill and after destroying said battery to salvage said batteries I noticed that all that was wrong was a tab had lifted and broke the circuit so no go and no charge :(

another project on the way thanks

Why would you put support structures under a flat print seen like a waste of filament to me

half made one years ago but drew a blank half way through thanks for showing a complete one

Looks great but would you be able to do this with just a half sphere and a very slow dc motor driving it to give a smoother flow of moon phases

I'm green with envy. Have you thought about adding a tailstock giving you a safer method to do longer than the 15" you mentioned

I just have the Geeetech Pro3 B and I am very jealous this would open a world of possibilities

Never use your hand to hold anything you are drilling it is a quick way to loose fingers and if you do you won't be the first or last to loose some fingers always make sure it is firmly clamped or held in a vise

Have you thought about making the bottom have a v groove to be able to drill them into round dowel like on chair rungs. I going to have to print one of these thanks

is the software that you using freeware or do you have to pay

The problem with alternator is that when you reach 85% they drop back to a trickle charge and not the big rate at the start

I also meant to ask if you could fit a larger capacity battery just to run it longer

Great build how long does it run on a single charge

instead of soldering to the battery and ruining it why don't you use the wireless charging setup just connect the solar panel through a voltage controller so the wireless input is 5volts and tape the coil to the outside of the phone

could you make a thick solution with abs and acetone and paint it on pla like varnish to give a smooth finish

samsung, LG, Panasonic,motoma are 4 different brands that I recommend having tested both for capacity and load capability

I had the same problem so I bought a nokoser digital charger to test them and I did not find any batteries that had the rated capacity so I now only buy samsung panasonic or if you know a reputable battery agent try them. I have done a bit of research and it is not unknown for them to put a very tiny cheap battery so you will get a voltage reading when tested and then fill the cell up with some unknown white powder.