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    Full name: Tomi
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    Age: 32
    Location: Finland, Helsinki
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    Title: DIY CNC 2
    Created: 22.10.2010 18:46
    Medium sized, MDF based router. Cutting area about 60 x 115 x 12 cm
    100cm wide new york skyline line halftone. Line spacing is 3mm. Machining took about 1h 35min. Pattern generated from an image by DXF Halftone 2.1
    100cm wide new york ...    		 .
    .    		 Testing the assembly and mechanism. High speed running video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBMvXUm2giU
    Testing the assembly...    		 Great progress! I now have nearly all gears cut & fitted. Mechanism test run video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckfgRYUBG8w&hd=1
    Great progress! I no...
    Progress is slow because I have to sand and fit every gear by hand.
    Progress is slow bec...    		 Something bigger in the making. I've been working on this for 2 days now. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY7N3Ne3Iuw&hd=1
    Something bigger in ...    		 Prototype / test piece for a more complex kinetic sculpture. Cut from 12 mm MDF sheet. Basic Swedish Mora as a size reference. Making of and movement video: http://youtu.be/-rMvqCzkr4Y?hd=1
    Prototype / test pie...    		 I milled this holder for a led ringlight and 3 W power supply. Both parts are from dealextreme.com. With very shallow passes it took about 25 minutes to cut. I'll probably use this as some kind of worklight.
    I milled this holder...
    Here you can see the surface finish my machine makes on soft aluminium with shallow ( 0.2 mm ) passes and high feed speed. Far from perfect but gets the job done.
    Here you can see the...    		 I made this small version of my stand design from 4mm plywood. The fasteners are M4. I plan to use it as a camera stand. Nokia e51 as a size reference. Full Size: http://i.servut.us/i/IMG_0338_crop.jpg New video: http://youtu.be/-FomfO9Cb30
    I made this small ve...    		 Next to it's BIG brother. I had to simplify the design somewhat to keep the legs rigid. Full size: http://i.servut.us/i/IMG_0358.jpg New video: http://youtu.be/-FomfO9Cb30
    Next to it's BIG bro...    		 I made this cardboard head by cutting 61 layers, each 4mm thick. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6MQSTKOQJw
    I made this cardboar...
    I made this cardboard head by cutting 61 layers, each 4mm thick. Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6MQSTKOQJw
    I made this cardboar...    		 Testing the line width modulation and Gcode export features of my software. These were added in version 2.0 available here: http://www.students.tut.fi/~syvajar3/ Full size image: http://i.servut.us/i/STP81341.jpg Video & more info: http://youtu.be/jqksgmyWI3k This piece is 800 mm wide and took about 50 minutes to cut. I will take orders from Finland with reasonable prices if somebody is interested. Just send me email: metalfusion (at) gmail.com :)
    Testing the line wid...    		 Finally hanging on my wall. I made the machining nearly half a year ago, but making the frame and transporting it got delayed multiple times. :) The dimensions are 165 x 105 x 5 cm Larger image: http://i.servut.us/i/STP81265_1600.jpg
    Finally hanging on m...    		 I made this very sturdy frame from Kertopuu (tm) to keep the separate pieces straight and aligned. It also gives such a large piece some nice depth. Middle piece has a failed attempt on the backside.
    I made this very stu...
    Higher resolution test. This one is the size of a A4 sheet and has 3451 dots. Spacing is 4mm.
    Higher resolution te...    		 Another halftone engraving on plywood. This one was a birthday present for my brother.
    Another halftone eng...    		 Halftone pattern with 3774 dots, cutting time 1:02:31 Video & some more info: http://youtu.be/REu3MBDsNWo Mach3 forgot to run one line of the program during cutout. Material is 9mm plywood, stained black before cutting.
    Halftone pattern wit...    		 Halftone pattern with 3774 dots, cutting time 1:02:31 Video & some more info: http://youtu.be/REu3MBDsNWo Mach3 forgot to run one line of the program during cutout.
    Halftone pattern wit...
    New Z-plate and stiffeners.
    New Z-plate and stif...    		 The machine has now reached version 2.1! Parts made from aluminium: Z-plate: 10mm, router mounts: 12mm, Z-nut mount: 12mm and top plate stiffeners: 6mm. All parts were cut by the machine itself.
    The machine has now ...    		 I'm in the process of making some replacement parts from aluminium. The machine broke whille cutting this one, took me 3 hours to repair it and then I was able to finish the job. Timelapse & breakdown video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4-Z0269LxI Machining time: at least one and a half hours.
    I'm in the process o...    		 First test cut on aluminium. See the updated project (DIY CNC 2) page 9 for more info & video link. This is about 45 mm x 30mm.
    First test cut on al...
    A piece of the Swiss Alps cut from 38mm thick MDF. 400mm x 370mm x 34mm Total cutting time ~160minutes Roughing pass with 12mm ballnose 2 passes with 6mm ballnose (x & y raster) ~10liters of fine dust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVROeDzbzw
    A piece of the Swiss...    		 A piece of the Swiss Alps cut from 38mm thick MDF. 400mm x 370mm x 34mm Total cutting time ~160minutes Roughing pass with 12mm ballnose 2 passes with 6mm ballnose (x & y raster) ~10liters of fine dust. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiVROeDzbzw
    A piece of the Swiss...    		 Z-Axis Touch plate. With this and a simple script in mach3 I can automatically set the Z-zero height to the material surface. The project is now updated, see page 8 for video.
    Z-Axis Touch plate. ...    		 I made this stand for my brother. 15mm plywood, single coat of varnish. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5604
    I made this stand fo...
    I made this stand for my brother. 15mm plywood, single coat of varnish. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5604
    I made this stand fo...    		 I made this stand for my brother. 15mm plywood, single coat of varnish. http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:5604
    I made this stand fo...    		 165cm x 105cm 2mm deep grooves cut with 2mm endmill. 9mm plywood. data from openstreetmap machining time ~2hours total Full size: http://i.servut.us/i/STP80888.jpg
    165cm x 105cm...    		 I have added MDF spoilboard and surfaced it with the router itself. Now I have a flat and perfectly aligned surface to clamp the workpieces onto. The spoilboard also clearly shows the maximum cutting area of the machine. Picture was taken before surfacing, I took about 1.5mm off with a 20mm diameter cutter. The surfacing only took exactly 12 minutes with 5000mm/min feedrate.
    I have added MDF spo...
    Diy dust separator, works surprisingly well. 90-95% of the dust falls to the bottom of this 35 liter bucket and stays there.
    Diy dust separator, ...    		 The machine is now assembled and running. See the updated project (DIY CNC 2) page 7 for more info & video!
    The machine is now a...    		 The ballscrews have arrived.
    The ballscrews have ...    		 X and Y axis assembled. See the updated project (DIY CNC 2 Page 6) for more.
    X and Y axis assembl...
    Some more parts and the SBR16 linear rails. See the updated project (DIY CNC 2 page 5) for more.
    Some more parts and ...    		 Some Y and Z axis parts. (See the DIY CNC 2 project)
    Some Y and Z axis pa...    		 See the updated project for more info (DIY CNC 2 Page 4)
    See the updated proj...    		 Finished gantry sides. See the updated project (DIY CNC 2, page 3) for more info.
    Finished gantry side...
    See the updated project for info. (DIY CNC 2)
    See the updated proj...    		 Solidworks model. See the project for details
    Solidworks model....
    Title: DIY Cnc Router
    Created: 11.09.2009 23:02
    Cutting area about 60cmx60cmx10cm
    Parking Disc. Cut from 4mm plywood, about 15cm x 17cm. This doesn't comply to the standards required by the law so you could get a ticket when using it. I didn't know about the standard when designing this thought. Plans available here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3955
    Parking Disc. Cut fr...    		 Gearset test. Gears cut from 4mm plywood and screwed down to a scrap piece of MDF board.
    Gearset test. Gears ...    		 Streetmap of Hervanta. 15mm plywood. 3mm deep grooves cut with 3mm endmill. About 37cm x 35cm
    Streetmap of Hervant...    		 Heightmap of Kauai island. 15mm plywood, about 40cm x 35cm
    Heightmap of Kauai i...
    The box.
    The box.    		 I made a wooden/plastic box to surround the router and keep all the dust in. Unfortunately the plastic I used for most of the surfaces is not transparent enought to see the monitor from inside the box. So I had to cut a hole and use Cellophane to make a window of sorts. Also had to buy wireless keyboard & mouse so I can operate the machine both from inside & outside with ease. It gets very hot, dusty and sometimes even smoky inside.
    I made a wooden/plas...    		 All new Z-axis using suported linear rails and bearing blocks. All parts were cut with the router itself. This version is a huge improvement in rigidity over the last generation. I can now do some light engraving/V-carving 3-4 times faster and get similar results. There are also smaller upgrades to the Y and X axis to increase rigidity.
    All new Z-axis using...    		 Machining time about 51 minutes. Cutting precision is currently about 0,5mm. I have planned some upgrades (reinforcing the frame etc.) that should improve it even more, next target could be same accuracy but 100% faster feedrates :) Nokia E51 is for size reference, the diameter is about 21cm
    Machining time about...
    V-Carving test. The diameter is about about 15cm Also new video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvCCkPN_Mao
    V-Carving test. The ...    		 Several improvements.
    Several improvements...    		 Up and running http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgBfy_HLo3I
    Up and running...    		 Waiting for stepper motors and final assembly.
    Waiting for stepper ...
    Title: HTPC
    Created: 02.02.2009 13:46
    A plywood case made to house a standard (and ugly) metallic atx case.
    Quite basic (but ugly) interior setup. PSU is located under that white plate that used to be part of the cover. That black box which also works as an extension cord for the PSU is "Current and Voltage sensor" that came with the Zalman fan controller so it can show the system's current power consumption. Also the fake leather was sold in 1,5m wide pieces which wasn't enought to wrap the whole case around so the bottom part isn't completely covered. It's not like you can see it anyway. (And I didn't want to buy at least twice as much of the stuff than needed for this project) The metallic frame can be removed from the "wooden shell" for hardware installation and isn't fastened in any way as it sits very tightly there and optical drives keep it in place anyway.
    Quite basic (but ugl...    		 Not that bad actually :(
    Not that bad actuall...    		 My wooden "shell" case project finished. Made of 15mm thick birch plywood and wrapped in some nice fake leather. I currently don't have all the required components to make a working computer for this case, but it has a standard mediums sized atx case inside that should be able to house any normal setup :)
    My wooden "shel...    		 My wooden "shell" case project finished. Made of 15mm thick birch plywood and wrapped in some nice fake leather. I currently don't have all the required components to make a working computer for this case, but it has a standard mediums sized atx case inside that should be able to house any normal setup :)
    My wooden "shel...
    Title: Space Marine
    Created: 13.04.2008 00:24
    White clay figure, ~16cm tall
    Made this Warhammer 40k Space Marine figure in two days - around 10 work hours total. It is made of the same type of white clay that I used in the "mammoth hunt" model and stands about 16cm tall with the base included. The helmet could be better but other than that I'm pretty pleased with the result. It does have somewhat less detail than the actual minifigures, but it has the handmade look! :) Model is not yet burned so it has a gray appearance. It it will have much brighter white color once burned at 1000 degrees celcius. PS: I actually have never seen any of those minifigures IRL, so I had to depend on reference pictures from the internet and I largely made it by my own vision of what those marines look like :)
    Made this Warhammer ...    		 Made this Warhammer 40k Space Marine figure in two days - around 10 work hours total. It is made of the same type of white clay that I used in the "mammoth hunt" model and stands about 16cm tall with the base included. The helmet could be better but other than that I'm pretty pleased with the result. It does have somewhat less detail than the actual minifigures, but it has the handmade look! :) Model is not yet burned so it has a gray appearance. It it will have much brighter white color once burned at 1000 degrees celcius. PS: I actually have never seen any of those minifigures IRL, so I had to depend on reference pictures from the internet and I largely made it by my own vision of what those marines look like :)
    Made this Warhammer ...
    Title: The Mammoth hunt
    Created: 19.12.2007 11:30
    My BIG natural white clay project. 15-20hours of work in a period of about a month.
    This angle shows the size of the beast when compared to those tiny hunters :)
    This angle shows the...    		 Here you can clearly see the difference in color between different burning temperatures: Characters and the ground are made of the same material, only that The characters are burned at 800 degrees celsius and the ground at 1000 degrees celsius. I could give the characters another go at 1000C if I had enought stuff ready to fill the school's oven :) PS: Still have about 9kg of clay left, what should I do with it?
    Here you can clearly...    		 The finished, burned model with painted spears.
    The finished, burned...    		 See the first image of this album for description.
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    See the first image ...    		 A big natural white clay school and freetime project. 15-20 hours of work, about 7-10kg of fresh clay and patience :) The characters are about 5-7cm high, about hte size of warhammer figures. The woolly mammoth is about 20-25cm high when standing on terrain. Making the men was very hard because soft clay is hard to make precise shapes and bit dryer gets very fragile. I had to make the basic shape and pose when it was still soft and then let it dry some time (next day) Then I carefully carved the final shape and made "fur texturing" to their clothes. Making heads and faces of that size was just too hard to do so I made them hooded jackets :) The woolly mammoth and men are currently being burned/cooked whatever, the terrain is not yet completely dry so I must take it home and let it dry on holiday. And when school begins again next year burn it to it's final bright white appearance. After the first burning I think I'm going to paint the mammoth and men brown of some sort, the snowy landscape will be just bright white, as it will be after burning. Spears are also going to be painted and finished later. Would have done a progress/worklog too if I had a digital camera, these photos are taken with my big brother's cam. Took the pictures now because there is allways a risk of cracking and other nasty destruction when being burned etc. See and vote the other pictures too :)
    A big natural white ...
    Title: Desktop
    Created: 02.11.2007 19:04
    Well, everybody seem to have pics of their desktops here so...
    My desk featuring some self made ceramics and keyboard mod too.
    My desk featuring so...
    Title: Keyboard paintjob
    Created: 06.08.2007 09:32
    Painted my Logitech UltraX flatX keyboard one evening.
    A quick keyboard mod, painted with basic car color sprays. Used toilet paper on wet surface to get the texture.
    A quick keyboard mod...    		 A quick keyboard mod, painted with basic car color sprays. Used toilet paper on wet surface to get the texture.
    A quick keyboard mod...
    Title: Retrocase
    Created: 28.01.2007 12:24
    My case mod for old games pc
    My computer dedicated to golden old pc games: AMD k6-2 550mhz 96mb 133mhz SDRam 2gb HDD 350W PSU 2 60mm Paps fans :)
    My computer dedicat...    		 My computer dedicated to golden old pc games: AMD k6-2 550mhz 96mb 133mhz SDRam 2gb HDD 350W PSU 2 60mm Paps fans :)
    My computer dedicat...    		 My computer dedicated to golden old pc games: AMD k6-2 550mhz 96mb 133mhz SDRam 2gb HDD 350W PSU 2 60mm Paps fans :)
    My computer dedicat...    		 My computer dedicated to golden old pc games: AMD k6-2 550mhz 96mb 133mhz SDRam 2gb HDD 350W PSU 2 60mm Paps fans :)
    My computer dedicat...
    Title: Salkkuorja
    Created: 30.12.2006 21:10

    Added some black ink to cutting edges.
    Added some black ink...    		 finished
    finished    		 Pretty much finished now, there is still space for another HD, current is 80gb.
    Pretty much finished...    		 All systems go! Holes look awful at picture, not that bad actually.
    All systems go! Hole...
    Holes for one cooler ready, three to go
    Holes for one cooler...    		 First project-shot. Things to add: Agp-riser,4 Case fans (80mm),Fan controller panel,Additional holes and some shielding between MB and PSU
    First project-shot. ...
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    A simple, yet robust, cnc-cut enclosure for an adjustable DC-DC converter from DX.com. The top is now glued on.
    A simple, yet robust...    		 My small bluetooth-dongle mod, made wooden covers with my rotary tool (My first mod ever :)
    My small bluetooth-d...