Steve Rasmussen

This blog adds the construction details for a project posting.  The fun thing about this project is that it requires very little materials. This w...

 With the system running correctly, the next step is to reinstall the floor. [image.png] The floor is a set of extrusions. A narrow one goes at th...

  A trip to the hardware store got me the bolts I needed. Reinstalling them was pretty straightforward.    The rails & bearings took a little over ...

The first thing I checked was the motor mount and the anti-backlash nut. To do this I removed the spoil board and the floor. I found a large amount...

  After a few years of research and a bit of shopping I managed to find a used ShopBot Desktop CNC on Ebay. The seller told me it was 4 or 5 years ...

  This last step is pretty straightforward – especially compared to the previous steps. I just need to get a cylinder that looks good.    First I d...

 I had put steps on each side of the outer ring blanks. These steps were to be used to have a reference surface parallel to the trough axis. But af...

 The outer ring is made up of 4 blanks. The first one is shown below. [image.png]   The blank is a rectangle in cross section with a trough cut do...

This is the desired result. [image.png]   After the centers are carefully located the blank is mounted on the lathe. [image.png]   Next I mounted ...

 Now I can glue the two assemblies together. The thin strip in the saw kerfs provides the required alignment. This step was a bit stressful. The th...

 The upper half is another set of glue ups. The first one is with a layer of maple and walnut. [image.png]   Once the layers are sanded to final t...

The first glue up is a layer of maple and walnut. These pieces have extra thickness and will be set to the correct thickness later. [image.png]   I...