Quick CNC Router Project -- Zoe's Leash Rack

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This was a quick little project using the CNC Router.  It was to make a rack hung near the back door, where we could hang all our dog's leashes, harnesses, collars, etc.

I retired with some computer skills that lent themselves nicely to this amazing machine.  The item is designed in a computer drawing program.  Then another program writes instructions for the machine, telling it how to move the router bit 3-dimensionally.  

You can see it working in this 3-minute video.

Some New Tools

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I have purchased the following toys tools over the past few years, and enjoy them immensely.  From oldest to newest...

1.  Ringmaster Lathe Attachment

This device bolts to the lathe bed near the chuck and cuts rings from various-sized disks, which are then glued together, forming a bowl.

In the photo above, there is a red circle around the cutter making its angled cut through the blank.  More about the Ringmaster in a future post called, 'What the Heck is a Ringmaster"?"

2. Rikon 14" Bandsaw

Before this saw, I had one I'd purchased 30-ish years ago from the long-defunct 'House of Tools'.  It was a terrible saw and eventually became dangerous.  I removed the motor and took the saw to the recycle, rather than sell it to some unsuspecting woodworker who might be injured while using it.  The new Rikon has a 6" high fence and 14" of clearance for resawing.

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Maple Burl End Table

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Several years ago, someone gave me some 3/4" slices from a 'bird's eye' maple burl.  The two largest were 'mirrored', and glued into a single piece.  From this, a round disk was cut approximately 14" in diameter.

Note the two red arrows at each end of the glue joint.

 The center spindle was eastern maple turned on the lathe.  The three curved feet were made from quilted oak.

Normally, when I bring new pieces up from the basement, my considerably better half says words to the effect, 'that's lovely, dear', and permits the new piece a short period of display time in the family room.  But eventually -- I'm sure in the dead of night -- most of them disappear to some remote corner of our home, seldom noticed again. 

But this burl table has apparently found a permanent home in our family room where any unsuspecting, innocent company might actually see it.  So far; so good ...  😁