Hey Patrons!
It's that time again, and I'm very excited to add all the new Rockstar Patrons to the credits list in the videos and on my blog. Stickers are going out this week to everyone who joined the Rockstar level in November, so watch for those! As always, the envelopes are hand-lettered with a vintage fountain pen because I'm a sucker for aesthetic, but I have now upgraded to real st...
2020-12-03 02:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone!
Here are the 3D models and the drawings for this morning's Tailstock Die Holder project. These have also been added to the shared drive, as always. Enjoy!
Hey Patrons! Here is the latest link for the shared drive where you'll find all the plans and models for the next month. For all the new folks, I post a new link here every month, and it expires every 30 days.
Enjoy!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk?e=ktrXY6
Hey Patrons! It's that time again! Stickers are going in the mail for all the new Rockstar Patrons in October, and I'll be getting the video/blog credits updated shortly as well.
Something that really strikes me as I'm writing out all these envelopes for the stickers is how diverse the viewers of my channel are. There are folks from all different countries, all walks of life, and undoubte...
2020-11-02 20:30:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here's this month's link for the shared drive that holds all my project plans and 3D models. For those of you who are new, everyone at the Distinguished level and above gets access to this drive. The links expire every month, so I post a new one here. Here you go:
2020-10-03 02:46:21 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Stickers are in the mail for all new Rockstars that joined in September. You all are the best! I've also done a last-second re-render of tomorrow morning's video to include the updated credits. That's how much I lurve you all. Sometimes the month aligns awkwardly with my production schedule, but I managed to make it happen this time.
I also feel the need to say that the US Po...
2020-10-03 02:43:28 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here are the drawings and 3D models for this week's project, my little carriage stop. These are also available on the shared Patron drive, along with all the other files. Cheers!
Here's the link for the shared drive where all the plans and models live. If you're a new Patron, I post a new link here once a month that will work for 30 days. Enjoy!
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk?e=8xao4u
Hey Patrons! All the sticker packs for new Rockstars in August are packed up and off to the post office. The credits will be a bit delayed in getting updated because once again Patreon has broken the tool I need to export the list of Rockstars to update everything. Thanks for your patience with this! The thank-you list is my favorite part of every video, so it's a bummer when I can't update it....
2020-09-02 18:18:38 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! September marks the second anniversary of Blondihacks on YouTube, and to mark the occasion, I'd like to do a Q&A like we did last year. As Patrons, you get to ask the questions, and I will do my best to answer as many as I can!
Anything you'd like to know, or would like me to talk about, comment below! I probably won't re-cover ground that I did in the first Q&A, but ...
2020-08-31 18:03:09 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! I had a request for a metric version of the Tap Follower drawing. I've never tried converting my designs to metric in Fusion 360, but I thought I'd give it a shot. This is just a straight "click the mm button" conversion. I haven't gone through and made everything nice round numbers (which is hard to do without risk of messing up tolerances, which means I need to build it again fro...
2020-08-24 15:43:23 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Attached here are the models and drawings for the vise stop I made in this week's video. These have also been added to the shared Patron drive where all the models and drawings live:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk
As always, remember that the link to the Patron drive...
2020-08-15 17:22:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone! Patreon has let us know that more of you can now pledge in your home currency. It doesn't change the pledge amount, but Patreon will convert the equivalent amount for you, and the charge is in your home currency so that you won't pay fees on your credit card or such for the conversion. I know that I have a lot of fans in the UK and Europe (based on the time of day when people writ...
2020-08-06 19:44:30 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here's the link to all the plans and models for August. This link will only work for 30 days, so don't bother bookmarking it. I post a new link here each month. Feel free to grab and plans and models that you like, any time.
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk?e=em7KML...
2020-08-02 18:44:16 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! It's that time again. Stickers are in the mail for all new Rockstars who joined in July! As always, thank you all so very much for being awesome. I'm constantly amazed that people will share their hard-earned loonies with me in order to make videos about machine shop stuff on YouTube. You all inspire me to keep trying to make the content better.
Normally this is also wh...
2020-08-02 18:41:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here are the plans and 3D models for the Machinist Hammer in this morning's video. These files will also be added to the Patron Shared Drive, for download any time you like. If you're a new patron, the link to the shared drive is currently:
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk 2020-07-19 00:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Well that was fast! Here's this month's link for the shared drive (which Microsoft has fixed):
https://1drv.ms/u/s!AjEukTfa9GrpauR9ENcKu5q7Bhk?e=ndLFhi
All my project plans and 3D models are there, along with instructions for use. Enjoy, Patrons!
2020-07-03 02:20:19 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Normally I would post this month's password for the shared drive where all the project plans are stored. However, there has been some sort of problem with my account and Microsoft has locked me out. I'm working through it with them, but until then the shared drive will be unavailable. I'll let you know when it is back up!
Hey Patrons! It's that time again. Stickers are in the mail for all Rockstars who joined (or upgraded) in June. As always, thanks to every single Patron. You all are making this crazy effort work. Every Rockstar gets a sticker pack in a hand-crafted artisan shipping envelope that was definitely probably maybe not made from a Cheerios box, but don't look too closely. Look, I eat a lot of Cheerio...
2020-07-03 02:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here are the models and drawings for the toolmakers clamps that I showed in the video. The "type 2" are the ones I made, and the "type 1" are also included here if you want to make those. These files will also go on the shared Patron drive with the monthly password. I hope you like it!
Hey Patrons! Would you like to be notified here when a new video comes out? Some creators do that, and I am considering it. However I don't want to spam you either. We all get enough email as it is! If it would be helpful for you, let me know in the poll below. For what it's worth, I've been keeping to a regular schedule of 10am Saturdays (PST) for new video posts, but if being notified via Pat...
2020-06-05 15:32:52 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! All you new Rockstars who joined in May, your stickers are officially in the mail. You will also see the credits updated in the next video. The credits on the blog are updated now. As always, thanks everyone who can manage any level of support. I know I say this a lot, but it's true- it really does mean the world to me to have you all here, willing to vote with your wallets for con...
2020-06-02 20:15:40 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons!
Something that has become a growing problem here is having a centralized way to access the drawings and models for all my projects. You fine Patrons are paying for those files, but at the moment the only way to see them is to dig through the feed here. For a while now I've been trying to figure out a secure and convenient way to centralize this, and I've settled on what I thi...
2020-05-31 17:38:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Since a lot of you are new, you may not be following the RSS feed on my blog, and thus might miss my new post. Here it is, just in case:
https://blondihacks.com/johnny-cpu-board-repair/
You would not be remiss for thinking the blog was abandoned, based on the most recent ...
2020-05-27 20:14:51 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Starting July 1st, Patreon is being required by some jurisdictions to collect sales tax on some aspects of the service. None of you should be affected, as your donations to Blondihacks all count as "general support" and I'm not offering any recurring physical goods or similar to you. My merchandise store is already sales-taxed as needed depending on where you live.
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Hey Patrons! Today's video is about a design that I came up with for a low-profile side clamp for the milling table. Here are the drawings and Fusion 360 models for this clamp, in case you want to make some yourself! I can say they seem to work really well. I have done aggressive cuts in steel since this video was shot, and they held up perfectly. One change I would make is to make them a bit d...
2020-05-09 17:11:57 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! I hope everyone enjoys this morning's video. It coincides with the start of the month, which means it's stickers and credits time. All the new Rockstar Patrons in April have stickers in the mail to them and credits are up to date in this morning's video.
I wanted to say an extra thank-you to everyone who has stuck with me through this pandemic. I know that people are losing w...
2020-05-02 17:27:02 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! Here are the drawings for the Steady Rest project. I've posted these before, but since I just put up the final video in that series, I thought people might like to see them again. Feel free to ask any questions about it. Obviously if you want to make this yourself, it would likely need to be tailored to the size of casting you have (or want to make) but maybe it'll be a helpful gui...
2020-04-18 17:59:39 +0000 UTC View PostHey Patrons! I had a request for the machinist jack drawings, because it seems that some of the older plans are no longer working for newer Patrons. If this has happened to you, let me know. If this message is unlocked for you, then so should be all plans and models that I post here.
Here's the video on the machinist jacks, in case you missed it:
Hey Patrons! One of you messaged me and asked about how the DRO is installed on my mill. This mill came with the DRO installed from the factory, but I can show pictures of how they did it, in case it helps those of you with similar mills. Here are some photos. The only part that might be controversial is where the X axis installed. By putting it on the back of the table, you do lose some Y-trav...
2020-04-05 17:50:38 +0000 UTC View Post