I am truly a novice turner and with the advice and patience of multiple experienced Xerocraft turners (namely Bob, Terry, John and Doc) turned this me...
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6" Mesquite Natural Edge Bowl
Progress: 100%
Swerve Drive [Bit Buckets]
Progress: 60%
Bit Buckets Robotics is working on prototyping a drivetrain seldom seen outside the world of competitive robotics. This is known as a swerve drive. It...
Turning for Proficiency
Progress: 100%
Mesquite root to something useable.........eventually I see it as a pen/pencil cup (holder).
Phone Tripod for shooting videos
Progress: 100%
3d printed phone holder for shooting video.
Parallax Phone Wallpaper using CSP
Progress: 100%
Intro With the new CAD station opening soon, I wanted to have some materials for a 2-3 hour workshop that would introduce beginners to digital art ...
Saguaro Lamp
Progress: 100%
One of kind Saguaro Lamp--All the beauty of a Saguaro inside your house. All little sharp spikes still on.
3d printer flower balls
Progress: 100%
Printed with XC 3d printers. flower balls light up and change colors.
Wood beads of courage lathe box
Progress: 100%
Beads of Courage box for children with caner. Children get beads for procedures and need to store them. Turned on the lathe and then cut in half
Beads of Courage box
Progress: 100%
Beads of Courage box for children who have cancer and receive bead. 3d printed arch style
Cab Crat
Progress: 15%
Honestly i don't know how to explain this project to anyone else before its finished. Have you seen the first toy story? You know that kid next door w...
Electric Wheelchair Steampunk Glider
Progress: 100%
Here is a finished project by me and Steve Bowtie I want to share :) My sister-in-law was going to go to Comicon with us. I was making her a really c...
Burning Man Project for 2022
Welding 8 different types of bicycles to be incorporated into an art piece that will be placed at Burning Man in 2022. Progress slow but sure.
Wacom Intuos Pro Stand
Progress: 100%
This is a stand to hold my Wacom Intuos Pro pen tablet. I wanted the tablet to be safely stored on an edge instead of face up on my desk. Since I al...
Welsh Dragon Art & Swords Easel
Progress: 100%
The Welsh Dragon (Welsh: Y Ddraig Goch, meaning the red dragon) is a heraldic symbol that appears on the national flag of Wales. The oldest recorded u...
Toyota Corolla Door Handle (1999)
Progress: 40%
My handle broke on my old car. It's a 1999 Toyota Corolla.This is the second handle now that I've gone through, so I figured I'd rather design one mys...
Oliver Lathe Restoration
Progress: 83%
Oliver Lathe Restoration Xerocraft has a Oliver pattern makers lathe model 25A. Oliver Machinery Company was based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was ...
The Fletcher Capstan Table
Progress: 10%
The Fletcher Capstan table is a $50,000 table manufactured by theFletcher Burwell-Taylor Company. The table's main function is to expand from a small ...
City High Retro Arcade
Progress: 100%
Picture for City High Retro ArcadeHello! I'm nearly done with this build. It's a retro gaming arcade running MAME on an old XP machine. The controls...
Xerocraft Display Case
Progress: 100%
I've restarted work on a display case that will replace the table next to the laser cutter. It will act as a display of things people make at Xerocraf...
Refurbishing a rusted hub motor from an electric bicycle kit
Progress: 100%
At some point my bicycle's hub motor got rusty, probably while I was in a wetter, colder climate in which the roads were salted. Rust had expanded th...
Paper circuits class
On Saturday, May 9, 2015, from noon to 2pm, I offered a "Fun with Paper Circuits!" workshop at Xerocraft. Three people, besides me, made paper circuit...
CNC routed custom cases
Lately I've been working toward better methods of designing custom cases to fit arbitrary objects, including circuit boards. My original intended use ...
Toward home-scale aquaponics
(Cover image "Tech Loops" reproduced under Creative Commons BY-NC 2.5 license from http://xkcd.com/1579/.)Home-scale aquaponics providing food worth t...
CNC router classes
I prototyped a CNC Shark class on 10/3 and then offered it again on 10/24. The students have been great and have seemed to catch on well. The class ha...
Turbofan Jet Engine Model
So all of you who are into 3D printing are probably VERY familiar with the websiteThingiverse. It's a great library and one of the most commonly used ...
Laser-cut 'jigsaw' puzzle
It cost only $0.59to print a photo at Office Depot, by color laser,on regular lettersized office paper.I sprayed 3M "contact adhesive" from a spraycan...
Treadmill desk and ergonomic observations
Progress: 100%
I set up a workstation on the arms of a used treadmill I bought via Craigslist.The treadmill had arms. I put a shelf board across the arms. I put my c...
PID controller for oven
Originally I was planning to build a PID-controlled toaster oven for solder reflow. I bought all the parts.Then others at Xerocraft pointed out that t...
primitive sewing demystifies
Progress: 100%
Probably to my wife's chagrin, I have just repaired my Keen Newport sandals, which a family member dubbed my "monkey slippers." I bought the narrow bu...
Quick improvised cabinet or crate
Progress: 100%
I was asked to build a wooden enclosure, about 2'x2' and 4' high. It was needed quickly and I received materials before I had time to design it. I imp...