Category: DIY

A new CNC

Another CNC router

I am building a new CNC router based on an aluminium profile structure, This one is supposed to be sturdy enough to mill in aluminium and other soft…

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Ultra Low-Cost 3d Printer

This printer is designed to cost less than 120$ without giving up on quality. The build volume is 235*205*195 mm^3. UPDATE: Initially, I planned on using 28byj-48 steppers for…

3D Rendering

From Computer to reality!

Thanks to the new CNC router I built, I can start making some  great things!    

Coming soon: PID Controller for CNC Spindles

I am quite happy with the new CNC I have made. But the main issue with the dremel is that it works great around 30’000RPM but has no torque at low…

CAD Model.

A 3D Printed Ultra Low Cost CNC Router

I decided to build an ultra low cost CNC router. Most of the parts are 3D printed, linear slides are ball bearings fixed in a “cage”  and rolling…

A lab power supply built from an ATX power supply.

Transforming an old ATX PC power supply into a lab power supply

It’s always useful to have a lab power supply to power up DIY projects. The advantage of using a pc power supply is that you can draw a lot…

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A 4 axis Hot Wire CNC

I thought about building a low cost and simple hot wire cnc for a long time especially to produce foam wings for RC models. As I had everything…

Printing a charmander

Another 3D printer, the AluMaker!

At this point my CheapMaker is working perfectly, but I hate how this cubic design makes everything complicated when it comes to access some parts in order to do some tunings…

Sans titre

Windows sleep mode software

I like to fall asleep while listening music, but, I don’t like when it runs all night long. Since now, I used the command line “shutdown -s -t…

The set ready to play

Laser cut Ping Pong set

I thought it could be great to have a kind of “emergency” PING-PONG set, in order to get ready to play in a few seconds. So I design…

Finger Print car door lock.

My roommate has an old 1991 Suzuki Swift which he likes to “pimp” a bit ! For example he adds a 3D printed cup holder, and homemade aluminum…

Cura running.

A new RepRap 3D printer called The Cheap-Maker

Only six months after my first homemade RepRap, I am already thinking about a new one. The first one was in fact a kind of prototype, I have…