Came up with the shape I was after using sketchup, exported to .svg using the "Sketchup to SVG" plugin and imported into Easel.
Once in easel I used the interactive tabs to move some of the tabs on top of each other effectively decreasing the total number of tabs. In the end I wanted two tabs in a location that could easily be broken off.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Carved using the X-Carve equipped with a 1/8 bit.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Remove your carved knob from the rest of the board. Sand, paint if you want to and insert the nut that is on top of the Z-Axis motor pulley....nylon down into the knob.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Drill and countersink a small section of dowel, add to the knob so you can quickly turn the know without taking your hand off it.
Estimated time: 2 minutes
Reinstall the nut and knob back to the top of the Z-Axis and you are done!
Estimated time: 1 minutes
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Estimated time: 3 minutes
Nice design, and it looks to be quite useful. Question: doesn't this throw off position-tracking? In other words, if Work Zero has been set and this is then used to manually move the spindle, the code-interpreting program (Easel, UGS, whatever) will not know that Z has changed, correct?
Fred Sawtelle
If you change the height manually after you set the Z height it will mess up your cut. This is really for before/after cutting to manually move the head around if you need to.
DIYTyler