See through wooden sign

 Today, a client told me he wanted signs to guide his customers through his bar. The signs where to be subtle, but still clearly show the direction. They must also be able to blend in with the rest of the interior when not in use.

After a day of experimenting, this was the result, a wooden slate milled so thin that light pass through from the inside, leaving people puzzled when it turns of, only leaving a clean, untouched surface.



 

Progressing with the screwdriver case

Here is the latest progression on the screwdriver set. Now that i had made one functional prototype of the drawer, the time had come to produce five of the new improved versions.

After generating toolpaths, the parts where milled from plywood and aluminium. The plywood parts where to be milled from both sides, so three wooden dowels where used to ensure that the material lined up from both sides.

Then, once i had five aluminium frames, and five wooden trays, i had to begin drilling the holes for the small brass screws that hold the frame in place. As much as i enjoy operating the CNC machines, there are something special about forming material by hand. Therefore, grabbed my toolbox, and began the process of marking, drilling and countersinking the holes.

After ensuring that the screws did infact fit in the aluminium frames, i mounted the frames to the wood. Using one of my favourite tools, a brass hammer i made my self some time ago, i hammered the frames onto the wooden trays.

Then using another of my selfmade tools, the small parallel clamp, i secured the two pieces together while i predrilled the hole for the screws. Then, i mounted the piece on a small board with a welding clamp, and inserted the threee screws.

As i had not used Bitrafs lasercutter for quite a while, i decided to produce a temporary rack to store the drawers in when i am not working on them. After some thinking, i came up with a quick design in Fusion 360. I took roughly half an hour to cut.

Thats it for now, the next thing i will have to do to finish this project, is to lasercut the wooden inserts for the aluminium frames. Then i will need to cut the final wood cabinet in wich the drawers will sit.

Machining a brass hammer

At work some months ago, there where some scraps left of some aluminium broze screws, so i decided to make a hammer out of it.

Since then, it has become one of my favourite tools, and i use it several times a week when doing machining and assembly. Following is some pictures from the machinging of this tool.