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Today was a really good day. I 3d printed some jigs to make this project easier. I did the cuts on the mill. Remade a part on the lathe that I scrapped after getting my centre finding mixed up on the mill. Confirmed my design works using the 3d printed jig. Then used the mill to make some improvements to a previous project (collet chuck). 3d printed a load of parts for a makerspace community project. And started the lathe work on Next Project.

Was a good day.

To test that everything works before I commit to wood. I printed up a test jig. It needed a little refinement to open up the bores (3d printing is not perfect for dimensions, esp of circles). But then. I could test fit everything.

And it works.

It works better than I ever dreamed it would. The bar in the image slides easily, but with just a quarter turn of the bolt. It locks on place. A quarter turn is all it takes. From free moving to locked. Now I need to buy the wood.

Currently if I want to print custom cards for an RPG or board game I just use my home printer and a guillotine, and it's slow and inaccurate.

Is there a way to automate this process short of getting a full die-cutting machine (like a cricut)? It seems like overkill just to cut out rectangles of paper.

After I finished work on my primary project yesterday afternoon, I had a bit of time left until the 3d print finished. So I decided to have a play with my new self made sensitive drilling attachment.

Aim was to drill a 0.5mm hole in some brass.

I achieved that with minimal breakage. I've just had a chance to test the hole with gauge pins.

500µm pin fits.
600µm doesn't git.

I'm considering that a big win.

Made bias tape for the first time (on the straight because will be using it on a single non-curving edge) and .. it was ok?

Less difficult than I imagined but also more boring?

Every time I use the iron for sewing I forget that 'pressing' is not 'ironing'.

Image: 2 strips of cream coloured bias tape with folded sides down, on a green cutting mat with centimeter number markings.

Metal Bias tape maker with number 18 is alongside strips.

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So the lesson we learn from that mess, is do not leave the wash tank from your resin printer setup next to the window. Even if it's a north facing window. There's enough stray UV to cause some of the resin in the IPA to cure. And then cleaning the tank becomes a right mess.

Also I think next time I want to use a respirator with full organic fumes filtering and not just a P3 filter.

Today's parts. There's 80mm deep 10mm hole in the far ends. Tolerance is such that the 10mm shoulder on the end of the second bar, makes a delightful popping sound when pulled out of the first bar. They aren't actually supposed to go together like that. But hey.

Now I have one more pair of bronze parts to make, and then that's all the lathe work done.