Theme: stuff you’ve made to fix things arounds the house, or anywhere. Or tools, fixtures, accessory parts for the shop.
Not the typical decorative, artsy, or even production parts or furniture.
I’ll post some examples of parts I’ve done below
Rules
submit your entry in this thread
you can post multiple entries if you want (though you’ll only win one prize)
you must use your Shapeoko or Nomad
post pictures of the project and tell us about the process, the mistakes, lessons learned, etc.
include the design file. (you don’t have to, but it’s always nice for new users looking back at these)
Winner will be decided by voting.
Timeline
Deadline is set to Nov 30, 2025 midnight PST
there will then be 7 days for voting.
voting will be open to legit community members only, and the jury reserves the right to remove votes from “outsiders”, and will also break any tie.
Good question that I didn’t consider. It would be nice to get a bunch of recent/new entries, and perhaps it will motivate those that have had a project in mind but haven’t gotten a round tuit
But I don’t want to limit it so much that it doesn’t get many entries…
I think I’ll leave it open with no start date. Submit away
in case anyone wants to dig into it — it’s one of two brackets for a plastic pipe to function as a filament stand/dispenser (along w/ some acrylic tubing I still need to cut, and some plastic washers for separation I need to print).
Can you elaborate? Are there questions I can answer to improve the clarity?
Is it not clear what kind of projects is acceptable? Or is it just a personal issue?
What sparked the idea was the realization that I’ve done a lot of these types of projects to repair things, solve a problem, or make something easier around the shop.
Combined with the desire to make myself a 2" sander (I have a 3" sander with a 1/2’ shank that I use a lot.) So since I was making myself one, I made some extras as prizes.
I meant that I am unable to suggest resources because the contest is simultaneously so broad in scope (fix stuff) and so focused (mostly 3D things which want 3D CAD which are outside of my wheelhouse). The contest itself seems fine, and I am very much looking forward to the entries and what folks have fixed (cue Bertrand Russell quote).
Ah, OK. Now I see where you’re coming from…
While some of the projects I’ve done do have 3D elements. Many of them were done with 2D in CC. Even the prizes were done in 2D. The turning program for the angle was laid out in XY, and I just Replaced Y with Z in the G-code. The sides & bottom were done with manual machining on my HDM. Only the spindle fans were done in NX. The rest were all in CC. (some with 3D).
Although the rules don’t specify CAD/CAM system, only that it’s cut on your Shapeoko/Nomad.
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