CNC Joinery Machine

May 26, 2006 5 Replies

For anyone who's been following this project, I've just posted the last of the construction photos to the page at the link below. Future photos will appear in a more commercial context...



While building this monster, I worked up software to do dovetail, M&T, and box joints - so now I'll be able to get on to some more interesting joints (and perhaps I'll have time to build a more attractive stand!)



It has been an interesting project, to say the least. Each of the chassis parts was made at least three times - and each time I learned something new (sometimes /several/ somethings).


-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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Looks totally functional. Wow!

r

*turning green here*

Just had a brilliant thought:

You *need* somebody to put that machine through its paces. ...lemme see...and test it in an international climate......like CANADA!! YES!.. I've got it...

ME! I know you'll most likely won't want to bother me with this..but.. for you.. I'll do it.

*G* r

| Just had a brilliant thought: | | You *need* somebody to put that machine through its paces. ...lemme | see...and test it in an international climate......like CANADA!! | YES!.. I've got it... | | ME! | I know you'll most likely won't want to bother me with this..but.. | for you.. I'll do it. | | *G*

Yeah sure...

Talk to me again later when you don't have quite so much on your plate. This CNC woodworking stuff has an addictive quality - and I will not have any part of distracting you from the far more important stuff going on right now in your life.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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Sis is back in Kansas City KS and in great care. My nephew and nieces are all over the scene and her doctor is a no-nonsense kinda guy... just what she needs/likes.

Which brings me to:

I need to get myself caught up with back-orders and some rest.... so I'll have to be patient. On my way to see my sister, I could make a slight detour via DeSoto and maybe get a real live demo. That would be September-ish. My trip to the Carolinas has been cancelled.

Stuff can happen very quickly around here...so who knows.

I see a lot of potential for somebody who wants to make drawers and other parts for the area cabinet makers...your device can make somebody a living. I think about it often.

r

| In article , | "Morris Dovey" wrote: | | [schnipfered for brevity...] || || Yeah sure... || || Talk to me again later when you don't have quite so much on your || plate. This CNC woodworking stuff has an addictive quality - and I || will not have any part of distracting you from the far more || important stuff going on right now in your life. | | Sis is back in Kansas City KS and in great care. My nephew and | nieces are all over the scene and her doctor is a no-nonsense kinda | guy... just what she needs/likes.

That sounds good - and sounds like the best things you ccould do would be to stay in close touch with her and take good care of yourself.

| Which brings me to: | | I need to get myself caught up with back-orders and some rest.... so | I'll have to be patient. On my way to see my sister, I could make a | slight detour via DeSoto and maybe get a real live demo. That would | be September-ish. My trip to the Carolinas has been cancelled.

Good plan. Rest and a bit of patience will help to keep _you_ whole and healthy (and better able to cope with whatever comes your way.)

Not much of a detour, I think. The shop is only a good kick-back away from I-80 (E-W) and just 15 miles from I-35 (N-S). BTW, if you have an idea a-cookin' about then, bring a DXF and we'll feed it to one 'bot or the other just for fun. I'll have some demos ready; but don't be bashful about letting me know of anything you'd particularly like to see.

| Stuff can happen very quickly around here...so who knows.

Visitors have aways been welcome at the shop; and there's always fresh coffee either in the pot or brewing. My earlier invitation still stands for whenever you can stop in.

| I see a lot of potential for somebody who wants to make drawers and | other parts for the area cabinet makers...your device can make | somebody a living. | I think about it often.

There /is/ a lot of potential - especially as transportation costs rise and petroleum-based products become more costly. If we don't have a _major_ breakthrough in energy production, I think we'll see a resurgence in small local production facilities and an increasing demand for products that can be fabricated from renewable local resources. In the context of the wreck, I see that as shops like ours - and CNC and wood. Already I'm seeing movement toward downloadable "open source" woodworking CNC part programs and DXF files on the Internet...

...and not just for drawers and cabinet parts.

-- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA

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