Micro machining a gem

With a radius of 24.44 mm, a height of 15.8 mm, a 2 ct weight and it's classic, round shape cut based on a hexadecagon, the eye of the moon stands out from all the other aluminium gems on this planet and is considered a unique object by both the Tooth Fairy and the Queen of England!

Custom fixture design

My friends and I have a project we wish to showcase during the next upcoming Maker Faire Rome 2018. We believe it's an amazing idea, which involves engraving a massive amount of aluminium dog tags, like the one below, and for massive I mean a couple hundred pieces. If this is not the first post …

Milling edge lit signs

This post is about the creation of one of those cool looking, completely transparent, glowing signs you can see in bars, restaurants and other shops. These objects leverage light diffraction to create that nice glowing effect and I wanted to create one for a colleague of mine who was getting into a new job position. I …

Another one bites the chips

This is a follow up to an old post about milling plastics which, on the hype of Marvel movies, ended with a lightweight promise of a solution. Well, that promise was fulfilled over six months ago, when we (my fellow makers and me) released an open source hardware and software project called OtheRPM, promoting it …

Keep em tidy

As soon as I started milling multiple materials I understood I had to find a solution for keeping my milling bits organized. It wasn't straightforward for me to understand I can't use the same 1.0mm endmill for aluminium and plexiglass, but once you see the finishing that becomes clear. Then my 10 pack of 1.0mm …

Othermill Pro – Plastic

It's a couple of months now the Othermill Pro is beautifully sitting on my desk and after having milled a few PCBs and showed off with my family and friends I feel dauntless enough to try something new. I've got a small selection of end-mills and I didn't want to break them all straight away …