Starting to embed the sensing and computers

Light gate switch

Light gate with motise and tenon, Arduino Mini Pro, and Lilypad Vibe

Slider embedded in dovetail

Slider embedded in dovetail

Slider and dovetail assembly

Slider and milled wood

Slider and dovetail assembly with electronics

Slider and dovetail assembly with electronics detail

Final Assembly

I decided to try an incorporate the milling machine into my wood joinery studies. Could use 2mm to 16mm end mills. Later I discovered an opportunity to use router bits in the milling machine and created dovetails.

14mm end mill cutting tenon

Milling machine with digital readout

Milling machine mortise

Milling machine tenon

Milling machine sketches

Milling machine with router bit tests

Milling machine tests

Milling machine mortise and tenon

Milling machine mortise and tenon

Milling machine mortise and tenon

Milling machine sketches

Since I have chosen wood as the archetypal natural (organic) material, I aslo started with traditional craft tools and techniques.

The workbench

The workbench detail

Digital to analog

English dovetail saw

First chiseling

Dovetail saw

Roughing the tenon

Marking gauge

Sharp swedish chisels

Tight hand cut mortise and tenon

Hand-cut mortise and tenon