![]() I called a local car window repair shop and ordered 1/4in plate glass 1/16th in smaller than the opening. Once the Top was glued and screwed together I screwed it to the base using the kreg jig on the backs of the legs where it would not be noticeable. Make sure of the depth of the router so that it matches your glass. After you cut the pieces for the top and make sure that they are going to fit together the way you want them too, router the individual pieces so that the glass will fit in there flush. It is better to be too big and cut again or sand than to have it too small. When you are measuring the pieces for the top, make sure you measure right. I used the kreg jig mentioned in the parts step to fasten the four sides of the top together and this worked remarkably well. But after much trial and error I was able to fashion a good looking top. I do not have a lot of experience cutting miters, I am not a born carpenter. Several plastic conduit 2 hole straps - $5.65 - Amazon or some other way of fastening the gantry to the trap door.Neodymium Round Base Magnet - Amazon - $11.99.2 Bags of Smooth River Rocks - $7.81 - Amazon.12 volt 5 amp power supply -$6.43 - Amazon.A4988 Stepper motor Driver x 2 -$9.99 - Amazon.LM317 Voltage converter - $9.29- Amazon.White LED Strip -$7.99 - and RF Remote -$6.99 - Amazon.1/4in Plate Glass - Local Glass and Paint Store - Note that this is not safety glass and can create dangerously sharp shards if broken, but for this project i wanted strength and thickness.In this project I used it on the Top and attaching the top to the base. Kreg pocket hole jig- Amazon -$39.99 This is not absolutely needed but makes building any kind of furniture so much easier.I ended up using belting, smooth rods, smooth rod bearings, and other misc 3d printer type parts. 3d printer parts - I have built many 3d printers in the past and have a lot of these parts on hand.8mm Linear Shaft Guide Mount x 8 - Amazon - $2.06.8mm Linear Motion Smooth Rod x 4 - Amazon - $11.96.Arduino UNO Joystick Module - Amazon - used to control the movement.Arduino UNO - Amazon -$9.99- used for the gantry movement.2 Stepper Motors -Amazon $12.99 For the two axis of movement.2020 aluminum extrusion - I used this in building the frame of the gantry.In retrospect I probibly could have skipped it and if I were to do it again I would. 1/8 MDF I used this in between the top and the base just to give the top something to glue to.I also used 1/4 in birch plywood that I bought from menards several years ago for a different project. I scrounged up all the big wood peices I could find and brought them to my shop. Wood - I basically went to my wood bin and found some 4x4 that I had salvaged from a treehouse, and some select pine that my wife had bought for window trim (promised her I would buy her more).This does not mean that you have to use the same parts, I just want to give you a general idea of the the parts that I used to make this. Ok So this is a list of the parts that I Used. The Tables and Desks contest (and all those beautiful black and yellow tools as prizes) inspired me to start this project. I had the initial idea for this table about six months ago. So I really thought this would be a fun project. ![]() I have built 3d printers, I have also built some simple furniture (bookshelf, bench, etc), but I have never built anything that combines technology into furniture. So I worked extra hard to make this end table look really nice, For her. She knew it was an end table, but that was it. But on this project I simply promised her that the end result would be something that she would be proud to have in her living room. To put this into context you should know that I share everything with my wife. Just that it would be furniture that would be good-looking enough to want it in our house. In the process of building this I never explained what exactly I was building to my wife. Many of the things I build are not pretty, just the way it is. I wanted the end product to represent peacefulness, I wanted to bring some zen to my living-room. Actually started to use ramps 1.4 (a 3d printer arduino shield) until I thought of a much easier way to build it. The movement was inspired from a cnc or a 3d printer. It is an enclosed Zen Garden built into an end Table. Many of my ideas never leave my project pages. Many of my conversations are of the "wouldn't it be cool if _" variety. I am a Makr, I sit at night in front of the tv with my family with a moleskin, or another one of my project notepads and sketch ideas.
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