Industrial sewing machine motors are the future for home build machines. 

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This sounds really interesting, thanks for the tip I’m gonna check those out!

To my eyes, that is just beautiful.  It’s beautiful as an object, as art, the fact that it’s a functional object is an added bonus! I agree with @tv101 are you gonna sell those @darrenking they are mint 🤩. I’d…   Read more»

Do you recon you could make these @darrenking?  I could certainly machine the plywood parts but I don’t think I’d want to get involved in the assembly side of things. Manufacturing finished powered machinery involves a whole load of paperwork….   Read more»

I am planning on building a drum sander for my local hackspace

@jonhodgson I’ll be interested to see how you get on with this. 
Do you recon you could make these @darrenking? 

@darrenking. More clean lines Darren…. Lovely Stuff. 
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@darrenking and @tv101 You two are talking black magic here, I have no clue. Keep it up chaps. 👍

This colour code diagram is useful to keep pinned up somewhere if you are doing self-build electronics Thanks @darrenking – the main challenge I have is deciphering the actual colours that are supposedly denoted by the coloured bands on the…   Read more»

@darrenking. Very nicely done Darren. I’m well impressed with your engineering and design skills. I do love a bit of precision workmanship. 
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Nice work there @darrenking, I’m envious of the precision of your CNC routing, I used to programme CNC sheet metal punching machines and plasma cutters many years ago, but that was only two dimensional stuff. I’m also curious about the…   Read more»

so here is an update on my first electric build! @darrenking It’s looking great Darren, I like the tenon joint. I love the woods you have used, cool top. You’ve got a lot done, it’s coming together quick now. I…   Read more»

Hey Boo, can we all come to your house for Christmas?

@darrenking Yeah but you may get painted. 😂✨👩‍🎤🧑‍🎤👨‍🎤 

Well at least you didn’t waste it Boo!!

@darrenking Well, it could have been worse, I could have blown it on booze but I chose to be creative instead. 🤣✨✨✨✨🎸
 

I was going to send it to you, then you send it to @deej, who sends it to @darrenking, who would then send it to M&C (anyone else in between too). I would love to see it in the flesh…   Read more»

Now THAT is going to be an expensive refret job!

@darrenking That’s the first thing I thought. 

Its a variable speed 600 to 3000 rpm. I might as well give it a try.

@robin Yeah that’s the kind I use. Buy it @darrenking and anyone else interested. 👍

My local Aldi has a hand held car buffers in their man aisle just now, and wondering if I should invest in one. @darrenking I would depend on whether it’s a rotary or orbital. Cheap car buffers are normally orbital…   Read more»

I guess that being responsible for a 335, that has taken the factory two weeks to put together, flying across the workshop and landingon a concrete floor is something that that could come up at their annual review! Indeed @darrenking!!!…   Read more»

@darrenking I was talking to a bloke on Instagram messaging last night about his guitar paintwork and how he buffs it. He has the full StewMac buffing machine and uses their compounds to polish the 2K auto clear that he…   Read more»

@darrenking @mattbeels Thanks for the good wishes I’ve found that I can do varnishing ok so working on non guitar projects. Just have to be careful not to burst any stitches or get any solvent near as it’s still partly…   Read more»

Nice! There’s nothing quite so satisfying as a rousing chorus of ‘Happy Birthday to Me’!! ‘specially when it’s sung to the tune of a Mirka pneumatic sander @darrenking! @Boo – what compressor are you using to drive that, one of…   Read more»