Yeah…I’d probably go for 1×1.5m If I was going to do it. Would be the biggest I could accommodate, I reckon.

Have you seen the buildyourcnc.com stuff from the US? It’s all effectively wooden CNC machines – apart from the rails/drives etc.
I can’t work out if it’s a good idea or the wrong material for the job; I suspect it’s the latter.

They do an 8×4′ vertical mounted router to save space, so perhaps that could be your next bit of capital investment!!

Here:
https://buildyourcnc.com/item/cnc-machine-greenLean-v1

World of CNC (aka Marchant Dice) are overpriced for what you get, and that’s putting it in a way that won’t get this site threatened with legal action.

Routers aren’t really my thing (machines built out of big lumps of cast iron made to much metal are!), but routers built from wood are usually pretty poor. They’re usually dimensionally unstable, resonate, and generally not that strong. If you do put the time/effort into building a wooden structure that is strong and stable (aka fully sealed torsion box construction), you would normally be cheaper/quicker making it from metal, and the metal one would still be more stable/stronger (unless you use some really stupid design!).
A well built CNC router will even handle aluminium with minimal effort.

If you are serious about building a CNC router, head over to mycncuk.com and have a read through some of the build threads.

I made a art?

House warming present for a Norn Iron futbol nut

That’s brilliant 😀

just made a bluetooth boom box from old speakers and stuff
and one of those cheap bluetooth amplifier boards

Inspired by the lamp a few pages back, I made my own out of the remains of my old engine.

My first android app!

Made a little toddler picnic table:

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TGBXCi]IMG_2142[/url] by kiteless, on Flickr

The top lifts off, and there’s space under there for two plastic trays for sand or water.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/TGBXAp]IMG_2143[/url] by kiteless, on Flickr

Used up most of the wood from an old pine bed frame, with one extra 2×4 for the legs.

Recently finished a couple pieces for the house.

Drinks cabinet

And coffee table

Hnefatafl Viking Board 🙂

Love this game.

Board drawn by me 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/THY7qH]Hnefatafl the Ancient Viking Board Game[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/THY7xB]Hnefatafl the Ancient Viking Board Game[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/THY7w4]Hnefatafl the Ancient Viking Board Game[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

As always, some strong work! Favourite thread on here!

And OMG, my eyes, obvs

Favourite thread on here!

Yup yup! Jam packed with inspiring stuff.

Not making but i’ve spent the last two Saturdays in work tarting up an old printing press (Colombian Eagle Press, early 1800’s – for the STW print buffs 😆 ) for the reception. The budget (eff all!) didn’t stretch to getting the old paint removed and a lot of detail has been lost, but it turned out alright.

That’s a work of art.

Turned an 80s TV cabinet into a sideboard. Built an hidden steel backbone inside to stop it folding in half now it’s on legs.

Love the sideboard 🙂

Bust the drop out on my Stanton Sherpa and am bit worried the replacement won’t be here before this weekends SSEC so milled up a new one at the weekend.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UsBd8L]Sherpa Drop out #1[/url] by Gavin Belton, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UR3ejT]New and old drop outs[/url] by Gavin Belton, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UsBd3A]New drop out fitted[/url] by Gavin Belton, on Flickr

It’s not perfect but close enough 🙂

Another game board… only hand drawn sketch at the moment.

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UbBN9G]Achilles v Hector Game[/url] by SGMTB, on Flickr

Soft top for my kit car! Only had a hard top for it which was a little inconvenient as had to commit to a full day without the roof as no room to carry it!
[img]http://i1331.photobucket.com/albums/w593/oliverracing/softtop3_zpsrgfnwmtw.jpg[/img]

Built-in bed over a stair.
Following on from this thread (which is closed because I started it so long ago lol)
http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/diy-built-in-storage

It’s now complete. Went well, although a bit more exacting than my usual projects.

(handles were my son’s choice – I would have done something in the plywood itself)

That bed storage unit is perfect for my house…we have the same stair issue…you’re not my neighbour are you?

If I’m not your neighbour, I’m guessing you also have a 1980s house?

It’s actually mid 60s – but room is identical, with the same stair erm feature.
Can I be cheeky and ask if you’ve got any photos of how you put it together?

I have lots on my phone. I’ll dig them out – maybe tomorrow.
Basically it’s 2 drawer units screwed together and screwed to a top rim around the bed (fixed to wall). Then ply facing to everything. But the pics wil be self-explanatory.

Edit: We made the drawers from scratch to max out the available space (and get full extension runners), but we did seriously consider just using 2 sets of 60x60x60 ikea units.
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/products/kitchen-products/kitchen-cabinets/metod-f%C3%B6rvara-base-cab-4-frnts-4-drawers-black-h%C3%A4ggeby-white-spr-09025138/

Mine are no where near as good as most stuff on here, so many talented people.

Had some left over scaffold boards and decided to be a little creative. Found some old pub sign cigarette cards online and some cast iron bottle openers.

To be mounted on the wall, but you can turn them over to see the information about the pub or sign etc. Some great ones about Royal Naval ships and found a pub sign called ‘the Escape’. I paired that up with a cast iron RAF opener. The two below are the most recent ones I have completed.

Thanks for the info Alex, no rush on photos of course…may be sometime before I get round to doing it.
Cheers

I made a bike for my daughter 🙂
Lugs and stays are CNC machined from billet, single-sided swingarm, Hope mono mini rear brake with stealth routing..

As if we weren’t following the thread already stevied 🙂
Looks amazing

(better raw, but then I’m not the target market :))

Table and speakers all my own work but I take no credit for the horse and wraith.
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Making your own speakers must be immensely satisfying 66deg. Nice work!

I did all the cabinet construction following a design by Joe D’apolito and all the components were in a kit bought from Intertechnik who also offer a crossover build service so I can’t really take credit for that bit either.
Never the less my next speaker project has no option on the crossover so ill be having a go at it myself.

I built a couple of percent of this:
[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwddqZsXGzM[/video]

Stevie, as impressive as that bike is I hate to say it – it won’t hold. Rear fails basic test for structural stability.

m?2j-3

where m is members (you have four – the frame, seatstay, chainstay and dropout tab) and j is joints (you have four where each member is pinned together). If m is greater or equal then it’s stable otherwise it’s just a flappy box. Unless those are solid joints (as in, literally something solid preventing rotation) then the dropout bracket is going to pivot the first time that goes down a kerb.

If you want to stabilise it you either need to introduce another member or decrease the number of joints.

I sort of get the impression he knows what he’s doing…

I get the impression he knows his way around a cad machine, beyond that I don’t know. That’s why I only assume the joints aren’t restrained as that’s how it appears. What I do know is stability as it was a massive part the structural integrity course I’m now basing my final uni project on.

But if my word isn’t enough, batter in…

http://www.engineeringwiki.org/wiki/Truss_Stability

Ah, an Engineering student, it makes sense now. 💡

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squirrelking – this is not Stevied’s first time making a bike.

Do you think the Lotus 108 suffers the same problem then?

Do you think the Lotus 108 suffers the same problem then?

You maybe haven’t grasped the problem SQ’s describing. He’s describing the axel being able to move if the four bolted connections are able to swivel, not the instance of having a single sided rear triangle. But if non of those connections can rotate then theres not a problem.

Thank you, yes that is exactly the nature of the problem I’m describing.

Ah, so you’ve assumed that each end of the chainstays and seatstays is a pivot? Why?

I made a minus 8mm head for a Reverb as the GF has a 125mm drop post that is slightly too tall. Think I might still need to take a wee bit off the seattube but it should do the job.

Also made some coat hooks for the hallway out of MX5 parts: