Thread: Some More CNC Projects

Very nice Rod. With the price of electricity these days many of us will be thinking of doing just that!!

Brad.

Hi Brad,
I agree it is something we can do to reduce our electricity usage. I have four separate systems and all up 28 solar panels doing different things. SWMBO reckons our place is like a spaceship.
Fortunately most of the panels are on the house roof and 12 panels are on a boundary fences and hidden by the shed.

Had a bit of spare time this arvo so I made up some storage for the CNC's collet collection

Warrick


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Rodm,
I like it!

It got me thinking about wasted space in the back yard and what to do with it. This year it had a crop of sweet corn but next year it might just be fish and not gold fish!

Currently reading and viewing all I can about aquaponics.

Aquaculture is a big business in the south of Tassie. The local wharf is where all the feed is loaded from.
The main repair faculty is just over the water a couple of hundred metres from me.
In fact , there's a tug/trawler bringing in a fish farm for repair right now, rotten weather for it.

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Hi Geoff,
It is a good option for our climate with water conservation (water recycles) vegetable and fish crops, self fertilizing and if set up like mine no bending over and no ground tilling. The solar power fits well with the concept and also you do not have to trench 240 volts across the backyard - that saving goes a long way to buying the solar gear. There is no need to go as large as I have on solar and one 120w panel and a battery is all you will need.
Backyard Aquaponics web is a good source for info. A cheap system can be made from IBC containers and is well documented.
My first crop was not that good but I did learn a lot and this crop is going gangbusters with us harvesting most days.
I am probably OT by now so apologies to the CNC community.

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

Rodm,
I like it!

It got me thinking about wasted space in the back yard and what to do with it. This year it had a crop of sweet corn but next year it might just be fish and not gold fish!

Currently reading and viewing all I can about aquaponics.

Aquaculture is a big business in the south of Tassie. The local wharf is where all the feed is loaded from.
The main repair faculty is just over the water a couple of hundred metres from me.
In fact , there's a tug/trawler bringing in a fish farm for repair right now, rotten weather for it.

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This site may help

IBCofAquaponics

warrick

Originally Posted by snowyskiesau

Rodm,
I like it!

It got me thinking about wasted space in the back yard and what to do with it. This year it had a crop of sweet corn but next year it might just be fish and not gold fish!

Currently reading and viewing all I can about aquaponics.

Aquaculture is a big business in the south of Tassie. The local wharf is where all the feed is loaded from.
The main repair faculty is just over the water a couple of hundred metres from me.
In fact , there's a tug/trawler bringing in a fish farm for repair right now, rotten weather for it.

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Are you allowed to sell your fish in Tassie?

Originally Posted by SAISAY

Are you allowed to sell your fish in Tassie?

I don't know. You'd probably have to be licensed and regulated which would take al the fun out of it.

I have been having a go at some v-carving on some high contrast pictures. Painted them black and sanded them back (the line above RDJ's head is a saw cut on the scrap I was using)

Warrick

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Warrick, can you tell me more about how you produced your images, bits used etc.

Craig

Originally Posted by Smirkin

Warrick, can you tell me more about how you produced your images, bits used etc.

Craig

The zebras and RDJ were from google images the other is my son's school photo which I played with in PS
I used a 20 degree 0.5mm bit and it was done as a v-carve with a 1mm depth
spay painted with matt black rattle can paint, dried with a heat gun and then sanded back to reveal image

Warrick

Hi Warrick,
Well done on your carvings, the Zebra's are excellent.
Have you machined them on fine grained plywood, so the paint does not go deep into the grain which would make it difficult to sand out?

Cheers,
Kym

Originally Posted by Kym A

Hi Warrick,
Well done on your carvings, the Zebra's are excellent.
Have you machined them on fine grained plywood, so the paint does not go deep into the grain which would make it difficult to sand out?

Cheers,
Kym

The wood is a piece of veneered chipboard shelving that was being thrown out form work, it has been serving me well as practice material

Warrick

Nice work Warrick, I did this using stain. Good tip don't use stain. David