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Aircraft Radio Lenses…

Aircraft Radio Lenses…

Another project in the long string of micro-manufacturing and prototype work I love to do. I needed to make replicas of certain parts of aircraft for a simulator project I was working on. This particular cockpit was using King Bendix KX155 nav/coms. A friend of mine who works on aviation radios happened to have a KX155 that he was repairing and allowed me to borrow a very badly damaged lens to base my reproductions on. The upper right lens is the original that I borrowed, it literally was in pieces. The lower left…Read more …
New toy….. I mean tool…..

New toy….. I mean tool…..

I'm still trying to figure out which it is. Maybe it's both... a grown-up toy that's a cool tool. I have to admit I was pretty excited when the delivery guy pulled up out front and rolled up the door on the trailer. I took the day off just to make sure I was there. We got it off the truck and stashed it in the garage and that is when I realized... That this is a lot bigger than I thought it would be. Yeah, 4 feet long and over 2 feet…Read more …
Weekend projects

Weekend projects

This will be short, but I just had to throw it on the blog. First off, I did a little rework on the small cnc machine I keep in the third bedroom/office area. I built this one to do small parts inside without having to go out in the garage and fire up the monster cnc converted mill out there. That thing eats energy at a prodigious rate and most things I make are smaller. Anyway, I built in a new circuit in my home made controller board and added automated Z axis…Read more …