And then there’s keeping them sharp.
true, that is what my grinder is for. Any set of chisels need to be kept sharp.
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Nice job! 
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Is that designed to open the door? Or slow down closing? (seems a stepper motor as a winch for that string and you’d have an awesome door opener (hadn’t thought of something like this)
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Came out great, and looks pretty artisan-istic to me!
Thanks but, I go the other route, I buy very good tools now.
After turning for many years, and knowing what I know now, if I were just starting out I would recommend something like these http://www.easywoodtools.com, cost more but are a lot better, these tools were not around when I started woodturning. HAH
I didn’t start out with these but now they are what I use, I have a couple of tools from
and http://thompsonlathetools.com
and http://www.cindydrozda.com/html/Tool_Info.html
There are many other good tool makers out there, may cost a little more but they make turning fun, and less time sharpening tools.
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It is a door opener. My new house has a nice screened-in patio, but letting the dogs out meant having to let them out the screen door. Now I can just open the slider and pull the cord.
Here’s a video of it in action (Not that Google Drive attack, I promise)
It’s been suggested that I add some kind of automation. I was thinking along the lines of a linear actuator, but a stepper winch would also work. That being said, I think it’s pretty cool as it is, and I’m probably going to keep it in the current configuration.
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It is very cool, and being totally nerdy, an RFID tag on the dog’s collar would allow the dog to open with an arduino with a reader, and a stepper (the linear actuators are super pricey) would be so cool (because then your dog could let himself back in.
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I disagree! Plus, you’re very innovative. Most of my stuff is only in one of those categories. Very nice!
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I’ve got this set but I’m quite certain I didn’t pay the $169 that theyre currently prices at
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Those look very good and they should last a long time, great thing is, when they get dull, just rotate the cutter.
Keep on turning, it is a great hobby.
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What is it?
At work we had a Mother’s Day basket raffle/competition where various teams and departments create a basket and then they are raffled off with proceeds going to a women’s shelter. Our theme was M’om Oney (like more money) filled with lottery scratchers, casio vouchers candy bars (Payday and $1000,000 bars) , bottle or 2 of liquor and I made this wine glass to go with it. (sandblasted)
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It’s made to open the screen door on my patio, to let the dogs out, by pulling a cord near my slider.
I posted a short video of it in action on an earlier post. It’s a google drive link.
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Wow, it looks so real it seems like I could touch it. Nice design!
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Very nice! We have tomato plants that need to get outside soon in ours.
Those are beautiful! How are you planning to manufacture them?
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I could either print 2D paper patterns to help me sculpt foam and industrial styling clay, or wait until the Glowforge arrives and use Slicer to cut stackable cardboard shapes that I can then use body filler to smooth the shape.
From there, the carbon fiber part would have to be made in two pieces, a top and bottom half. The lens and reflector could probably be acrylic vacuum formed over 3D printed or hand-sculpted models. I can actually hand-sculpt those faster than waiting on a printer. I could make silicone molds and cast them in water clear urethane although I’d rather not use the silicone for a onesie-twosie part.
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