Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

A friend of mine asked if I could make something for his sister who operates a local cat foster program. These follow the same design I used when I made these for my own sisters (previous post) only I did not make a frame for this one. Here you can see the four layers of 3mm plywood I cut out on my laser cutter  Sanded and stacked together  Stained and glued together  Spray polyurethane added 

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

I built this table for my sister-in-law back in 2016. She had just moved into her first home and asked if I would could maybe build a small farmhouse style table. At this point I was relatively new to the hobby and had never built a proper piece of furniture that would function as a center piece for a room. She also did not have much money to spend so I came up with a plan to use some old barn wood I had scrounged up for the legs and construction lumber for the top.  There is a lot of internet hate out there for construction lumber projects, but I think if done right they can be an affordable option for folks. It's been 7 years now and this still sits in her dining room getting daily use. It has zero cupping, or wobble, and has remained as sturdy as the day I made it. Being pine it is very soft wood and so it has its share of dings and scratches, but because it was made to look distressed from the beginning that just adds to it. I picked the straightest and cleanest boards I could get from the hardware store. Focusing on 2*6 and 2*10 stock. The first challenge working with construction lumber that I needed to overcome was moisture. It is kiln dried but still not to the level you'd get with higher quality lumber.I started by stacking the wood in my humidity controlled garage and letting it sit for about a month.  While that was drying I worked on the barnwood legs. I had two salvaged boards and came up with a design that used most of it  I used a wire brush and water to clean up the grime  Skipping ahead in the process a bit since I didn't do a great job taking pictures. For the top I ripped down the thicker boards, discarding the center part of the 2*10s to try and get rid of the tension caused by the center rings. I was worried this would lead to cupping. For each board I rotated the grain up and down so any cupping that did occur on an individual board level would hopefully off set. I used biscuits to help with alignment during the glue up  Breadboard ends are floating to allow for expansion and contracting of the top. I figured maybe this would be a failure point over time and someone leaning on the edges would break one off, but so far so good. The other issue here is that I made the tennon go all the way to the ends of the breadboard, which doesn't hurt anything but over time as the wood has shrunk it has left 1/8 gap on the ends that could have otherwise been hidden.   Testing out stain and destressing combinations  Adding prestain conditioner to help with the blotchiness associated with staining pine. You can see that issue with the through tennon I mentioned above. It was flush here but has since retracted a bit  Stained  Here you can see the solution I came up with for attaching the top to allow for expansion but keep it flat. There is also a center beam they used lag screws. Since that is only in the middle I don't need to worry about it pulling itself apart. This picture was several years later so you can see the shrinkage. It is otherwise flat and stable though. Ideally I would have had extra barn wood to help with the cross beams and more closely match the legs but unfortunately I did not   The top was then finished with a Danish oil and waxed  

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

  Edit: Bonus blooper 

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

Picked up some walnut, cherry, and maple with the idea of making some end grain cutting boards for people for Christmas  Cut to rough lengths  Jointed and planed to square up the lumber  Cutting the boards into strips  Figuring out patters for the initial glue up  Initial glue up  Scraping off the dried glue and prepping for another trip to the planer  Getting ready for the second round of cutting  Figuring out the layout for the crosscut pieces for the second glue up  Second glue up  Glued dry now to the router table to round the edges so they don't blow out when I run them through the planer  Lots and lots of sanding   Soaked in mineral oil  Boards are finished with a beeswax and mineral oil paste that I made. Here are a sitting in plastic wrap getting ready to put in gift bags. 

Arduino Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 87%

I had a gap in the wall from where an old monitor mount used to be attached so wanted to make something to cover it up. The LEDs are controlled by an ESP8622 running WLED, monitor data from the PC comes from Hyperion software. It can be set to a constant color, dozens of set themes, or match the color output of whatever is on my monitor.   The microcontroller sits under the desk and receives constant power, it is the wired to a button on my desk to turn on/off power to the LEDs.   Laser cutter action:  I tried to give it an aged rock/stone appearance using some textured spray paint which actually turned out pretty well. I think some of that doesn't come across well in the photos, but in person it looks good (to me anyway). LEDs changing color https://imgur.com/a/8CmepDk How to get WLED running: https://tynick.com/blog/11-03-2019/getting-started-with-wled-on-esp8266/ More info about Hyperion https://docs.hyperion-project.org/en/user/leddevices/ cross-posted from my post here: https://lemm.ee/post/1063150

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

I had a gap in the wall from where an old monitor mount used to be attached so wanted to make something to cover it up. The LEDs are controlled by an ESP8622 running WLED, monitor data from the PC comes from Hyperion software. It can be set to a constant color, dozens of set themes, or match the color output of whatever is on my monitor.   The microcontroller sits under the desk and receives constant power, it is the wired to a button on my desk to turn on/off power to the LEDs.   Laser cutter action:  I tried to give it an aged rock/stone appearance using some textured spray paint which actually turned out pretty well. I think some of that doesn't come across well in the photos, but in person it looks good (to me anyway). LEDs changing color https://imgur.com/a/8CmepDk How to get WLED running: https://tynick.com/blog/11-03-2019/getting-started-with-wled-on-esp8266/ More info about Hyperion https://docs.hyperion-project.org/en/user/leddevices/

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

I was attempting to build a Kentucky stick chair, but accidentally bought too stiff of wire so had to pivot to a more rigid design. The end result is a not so comfortable folding chair. It works for me because I am tall and my legs clear the seat and touch the ground without issue. Not the case for my wife. Here is what it was supposed to look like. Because the wire I used was too stiff I could not get the chair to sinch together so had to add spacers.  This chair is made from a couple cedar deck planks. They were first cut into strips  Strips cut to size for the back, middle,seat  Jig made to quickly make repeat holes for the hardware   Holes done  Assembly begins   Back to the drawing board, spacers added  Applying deck stain  Done  

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

Had some left over red acrylic so made a simple support for my GPU

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

I have a family member that is big into Weber charcoal grills, and each year he and all the other grilling enthusiasts from around the country get together for their annual meet up. To commerate his last meet up I made him a set of slate coasters featuring Topper, the original logo for Weber grills. Blank slate coasters purchased off Amazon. I think they come out to about $1 per coaster. The process is pretty simple. I put masking tape down on the bed of the laser then lightly etch a a few circles so that I can quickly center the blank coasters in my machine for batch etching. You will notice some are darker than others, that is because I spray a light coat of poly which makes the etching pop. The darker ones already have been sprayed.   I also made a caddy to hold the coasters  

Arduino Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

cross-posted from laser cutting community !lasercutting@lemm.ee : https://lemm.ee/post/896795 > This was my first real dive into Arduino and multiple button mapping. It took a significant amount of trouble shooting and learning the software to get things to map to the computer action. > > Gif of the action > https://imgur.com/a/XI9KTeH > >  > >  > > Prototype 1:Started this project before I had a laser cutter and had tried to just drill through acrylic. It didn't work well, but it held my buttons during testing >  > > Prototype 2 > Still no laser cutter but I cut out using plywood worked much better for manually cutting out the holes >  > > Prototype 3 > Much better >  > > 

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

This was my first real dive into Arduino and multiple button mapping. It took a significant amount of trouble shooting and learning the software to get things to map to the computer action. Gif of the action https://imgur.com/a/XI9KTeH   Prototype 1:Started this project before I had a laser cutter and had tried to just drill through acrylic. It didn't work well, but it held my buttons during testing  Prototype 2 Still no laser cutter but I cut out using plywood worked much better for manually cutting out the holes  Prototype 3 Much better  

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

I had bought a big box of bulk Pokemon cards off of eBay and had been giving the kids a few each time they did their chores or as positive reinforcement when the did something good. I wanted to find a way to make it more fun so came up with this prize wheel. Instead of just giving them two cards from the pile they get to spin the wheel and the corresponding prize. Usually just let's them look at a few cards and pick the one they want vs random getting one. There were some "rare" cards too which they had a chance to win. 

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 97%

I have been a hobby woodworker for about a decade now, and this thing is by far the most fun I have in the shop. Unlike building a big piece of furniture that can take me weeks, I usually can come up with an idea and be assembling things within a few hours. I am posting this for people wondering what you get when you order a $350 CO2 laser cutter off eBay. I purchased this 2 years ago and have had no issues. All of my woodworking project posts that involve a laser cutter are using this machine, although I have upgraded/modded the machine since purchase K40 is name for this generic Chinese laser cutter platform. There are lots of sellers under lots of names, but they are all basically the same thing. There are some American resellers, like Omtech that you can buys these machines from and they will offer upgrades and tech support. Here was the original posting, doesn't look like this seller is around anymore  Shipped from a warehouse in California so I didn't have to do any import tax stuff   Double boxed with unformed styrofoam  Inside stuffed with the "accessories" which were mostly tossed in the garbage, and some loose foam.  Cutting bed and fume extractor both of which I would later remove as part of the modifications  They had the water cooling tubes routing out through the exhaust fan for shipping, easy process of rerouting them during the initial setup  Lots of info online about ensuring proper grounding with these. I followed the guides around sanding off the paint to ensure good contact with the metal from the case. I think this is probably the only modI did before the first cut   This splice on the high voltage line seemed pretty ghetto to me, but the internet "experts" on the K40 forums assured me this was fine/normal.  Stock fume extractor fan and water cooling tubes. I added a water movement indicator and removed the fan and added a inline exhaust as part of later mods.  Mirrors were hot glued in place, but actually alignment was perfect right out of the box for me and this thing cut without issue on the first try. Over the years of mods and banging it around I have removed the glue and fine tuned but the tube and mirrors have held up well.  Here it is today in all it's glory.  Cross posted from my post here https://lemm.ee/c/lasercutting

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

This is my go-to site when my projects require any type of box. You put the dimensions in and it spits out a cut file.

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

 I am not really convinced our house plants need labeling, but my wife asked for these so I made them! Since COVID she has gotten really into house plants, and every room is packed now with greenery which is great! These are super easy to make and only take a minute to cut out. I have also used acrylic to make outdoor vegetable garden identifiers.

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

For people wondering what you get when you order a $350 laser cutter off eBay. I purchased this 2 years ago and have had no issues. All of my project posts are using this machine, although I have upgraded/modded the machine since purchase Here was the original posting, doesn't look like this sellar is around anymore  Shipped from a warehouse in California so I didn't have to do any import stuff   Double boxed with unformed styrofoam  Inside stuffed with the "accessories" which were mostly tossed in the garbage, and some loose foam.  Cutting bed and fume extractor both of which I would later remove as part of the modifications  They had the water cooling tubes routing out through the exhaust fan for shipping, easy process of rerouting them during the initial setup  Lots of info online about ensuring proper grounding with these. I followed the guides around sanding off the paint to ensure good contact with the metal from the case. I think this is probably the only https://i.imgur.com/psS1TY8.jpeg I did before the first cut   This splice on the high voltage line seemed pretty ghetto to me, but the internet "experts" on the K40 forums assured me this was fine/normal.  Stock fume extractor fan and water cooling tubes. I added a water movement indicator and removed the fan and added a inline exhaust as part of later mods.  Mirrors were hot glued in place, but actually alignment was perfect right out of the box for me and this thing cut without issue on the first try. Over the years of mods and banging it around I have removed the glue and fine tuned but the tube and mirrors have held up well.  Here it is today in all it's glory. I will do other posts on the upgrades later down the road. 

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 91%

I had an open wall and a sheet of cheap 3/4inch plywood sitting around so I made a French cleat wall.  If you are not familiar with the system, the slats on the wall have the top edge cut at a 45 degree angle and the shelving/storage items have an opposite angle so they slide right into the grooves.  More pics of my messy shop  

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 97%

I had an open wall and a sheet of cheap 3/4inch plywood sitting around so I made a French cleat wall.  If you are not familiar with the system, the slats on the wall have the top edge cut at a 45 degree angle and the shelving/storage items have an opposite angle so they slide right into the grooves.  More pics of my messy shop  

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 93%

Made from 10 layers of 3mm Baltic Birch plywood. This was a gift for my mother who has two pugs. All the layers made this a pretty tedious process, with lots of failed cuts that needed to be redone multiple times. The small bed size of my K40 didn't help There are small holes on each layer that I fed fishing line through to help with alignment while gluing it all together.       cross-posted from Laser Cutting Community: https://lemm.ee/post/739699 Check it out

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

Made from 10 layers of 3mm Baltic Birch plywood. This was a gift for my mother who has two pugs. All the layers made this a pretty tedious process, with lots of failed cuts that needed to be redone multiple times. The small bed size of my K40 didn't help There are small holes on each layer that I fed fishing line through to help with alignment while gluing it all together.      

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

> The microcontroller that runs the weather station is an ESP8266 and a 2.4 inch touch screen. The button turns on and off the LED backlight on the screen. > > Inside the base is a charging station that powers the weather display, 2x USB C and the galaxy 4 watch base. > > The base is made of layers of plywood cut out on my laser cutter. > > Weather station code by Daniel Eichhorn > https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color >   > > Weather info is grabbed from Openweathermap, you can sign up for their free API key > > Source code > https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color/blob/master/esp8266-weather-station-color.ino > > I was using adafruit hardware so used their guide/libraries > https://learn.adafruit.com/wifi-weather-station-with-tft-display > > I had to remove some of their touchscreen calibration code since it seemed to be causing things to get hung up in a loop when turned on. > > I also had to adjust the rotation 180degrees so the ESP attached to the back of the screen was at the bottom instead of the top to fit it in the enclosure. > > I use pin 5 to toggle the LED backlight. 

Laser Cutting Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

Cut on my K40 cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/586133  > > Some random build pictures. I didn't do a great job documenting this build. > > I have made a few of these as gifts for cat lovers in the family. The cats are made of three layers of 3mm birch plywood cut out on my laser cutter. >  >  >  >  > > A few other versions I have made  > 

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 96%

**Peace Keeping Mission**      **The Conflict Intensifies**          **The Sides Dig In/Unrest At Home**              **Orders Home**   

Do It Yourself Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/654873 The carcass is built from 1/2 sanded plywood assembled with pocket hole screws. In this picture I am filling all the seams and nail holes with filler.  I used hardboard for the moulding, which was glued and tact to the plywood. Again the holes were filled and then everything would be sanded down. The knobs were cut from some cherry scraps and are fitted with bolts through the front so that they can turn freely.  Maple scraps for the feet.  Primed and painted. I was running short in time so made a quick faucet and backsplash out of more cherry scraps. I had wanted to do something more detailed but it was after 11pm Christmas Eve when I was adding the final details and I needed to get it done and out for the kids by morning. The oven door is plexiglass, with some metal screen spray glued onto the inside.  Burners installed and ready to set out for the kids  A few hours later  It's been 2.5 years since I made this and I have to say this has probably gotten the most use of any toy they have, and has held up without issues.

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

The carcass is built from 1/2 sanded plywood assembled with pocket hole screws. In this picture I am filling all the seams and nail holes with filler.  I used hardboard for the moulding, which was glued and tact to the plywood. Again the holes were filled and then everything would be sanded down. The knobs were cut from some cherry scraps and are fitted with bolts through the front so that they can turn freely.  Maple scraps for the feet.  Primed and painted. I was running short in time so made a quick faucet and backsplash out of more cherry scraps. I had wanted to do something more detailed but it was after 11pm Christmas Eve when I was adding the final details and I needed to get it done and out for the kids by morning. The oven door is plexiglass, with some metal screen spray glued onto the inside.  Burners installed and ready to set out for the kids   A few hours later  It's been 2.5 years since I made this and I have to say this has probably gotten the most use of any toy they have, and has held up without issues.

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 88%

 Some random build pictures. I didn't do a great job documenting this build. I have made a few of these as gifts for cat lovers in the family. The cats are made of three layers of 3mm birch plywood cut out on my laser cutter.     A few other versions I have made  

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 91%

    Album: https://imgur.com/a/JeXd0Pn

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 94%

WW2  WW1  Spanish American War  American Civil War  War of 1812  American Revolution  Desert Storm 

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

Build Album: https://imgur.com/a/hWDC7lX Built back in 2015 so the cellphone picture quality isn't great by today's standards. I was just getting into woodworking as a hobby back then and my mom asked if I would turn her entryway closet into something with more open space. This was the result.

Aquariums and Fish Keeping Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/528640 >  > >  > >  > > Album: https://imgur.com/a/khWu7IN > > Its been 9 years since I tore it down and exited the hobby but I still enjoy looking at other people's builds and planning for when I can get back. So posting it here to help boost reef content on Lemmy, in hopes more will join in!

ReefTank Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

   Album: https://imgur.com/a/khWu7IN Its been 9 years since I tore it down and exited the hobby but I still enjoy looking at other people's builds and planning for when I can get back. So posting it here to help boost reef content on Lemmy, in hopes more will join in!

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 97%

      Album with more images:https://imgur.com/a/Pwa0vv3

Deer pics Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

Another picture I took in Montana

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 96%

  Album: https://imgur.com/a/gOW2rBN

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 97%

Was playing around with some Ai generated banner for another community and thought it would be interesting to see what would happen if I tried Lemmings doing woodworking. Just sharing for fun. It sort of makes the lemmings look angry, lol      Edit: user Tallwookie requested 

AI Generated Images Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 95%

Spent some time creating a bunch of matchbox cars with prompts from my kids. Try coming up with some of your own and posting them here.     Album: https://imgur.com/a/tuA4jPb

Do It Yourself Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

We had an ugly metal clad solid wood exterior door that leads from a basement family room into our below grade garage. I had redone the floor and trim in the family room and was looking for a way to fancy up the door without having to spend a fortune. Original door  Took the door off and cleaned it up  Cut 1/2 MDF to size to give the apperance of a 5 panel door  Glued on the panels, and filled and sanded all the edges. Chamfered edges  Primed  Paint added  Rehung- the MDF made an already thick door significantly thicker so I had to spend quite some time finding hardware that would work.   It's been 4 years since this was installed and it's held up perfect. I was worried about the MDF getting dinged, but it has not.

Arduino Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 100%

ESP8266 and a 2.4 inch touch screen. The button turns on and off the LED backlight on the screen. Inside the base is a charging station that powers the weather display, 2x USB C and the galaxy 4 watch base. The base is made of layers of plywood cut out on my laser cutter. Weather station code by Daniel Eichhorn https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color   Weather info is grabbed from Openweathermap, you can sign up for their free API key Source code https://github.com/ThingPulse/esp8266-weather-station-color/blob/master/esp8266-weather-station-color.ino I was using adafruit hardware so used their guide/libraries https://learn.adafruit.com/wifi-weather-station-with-tft-display I had to remove some of their touchscreen calibration code since it seemed to be causing things to get hung up in a loop when turned on. I also had to adjust the rotation 180degrees so the ESP attached to the back of the screen was at the bottom instead of the top to fit it in the enclosure. I use pin 5 to toggle the LED backlight.

Woodworking Hypnotized • 1 year ago • 98%

Build Album https://imgur.com/a/0gujuvz Pretty simple pocket hole construction with poplar and edge banded birch plywood, painted black with an oil based paint. I have never worked with caning before, and probably won't again. 😆. Getting it aligned and pulled tight was a chore. Plans based off of the ones found here, and modified to my wife's requirements. https://www.thisoldhouse.com/house-one/22598580/how-to-build-a-console-cabinet