I turned a few lamps out of oak and got some finish on them. I experimented with stain (I rarely use stain, but when I do it is usually on oak) and tung oil on one and the other two got some Danish oil. I like how the Danish oil brought out the contrast between light sap wood and the darker inner oak.
I’ve been working on a analog clock that can easily change the hour during daylight savings time. The clock face can rotate one hour ahead or one hour back. I’m using a flexure mechanism based on a design by AmyMakesStuff. The click is very satisfying.
Unfortunately, it falls back 55 minutes and springs forward 65 minutes. I guess this is why I haven’t seen this design before. I recently talked about the project (among other things) with Zach Dunham on the Bantam Tools Livestream.
Almost done. I’ve been working on a game controller for the 9 year old daughter of a friend of mine. She programmed a donut video game in Scratch. You press the “B” key and the background changes. The “D” the donut flavor changes. “S” for sprinkles. “F” for frosting.
The game is awesome and so is she. Hope she likes it.
It’s been awhile since I’ve turned a lamp at the lake, feels good. This hunk of oak was rough turned about two years ago and left to dry. This week I put the final shape on it and now it’s time for the finish.
Laser cut acrylic parts assembled around a geared DC motor.
Pulled together a quick clock project with Tom Igoe. Tom works on the insides, I work on the outsides. We made so many bad choices along the way, we decided to call it the “What Not To Do” Clock.
I CNC’d some acrylic on the 4 axis into lens like shapes. After a polish on the buffing wheel, they actually worked.
Made a fun little walnut Caster Car. Everything was CNC’d on the Bantam mill then sandwiched together.
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CNC’d another cheese board. This time in walnut.
