Author: John VE6EY

Butterfly Capacitor Plates

Slowly but surely I have been milling butterfly capacitor plates on my Mostly Printed CNC. Read more

A new roof is a big project.

Painters tape hold down works with thin aluminum. Here’s how.

Hold down fixtures are easy with a 3D printer.

Back to my loop antenna project. Nearly there with milling capacitor plates.

Roof visualization tools work pretty well.

Roof replacement is a big project. Definitely not DIY, for me anyway.

My first attempt to cut thin aluminum almost worked. But not quite.

Here is my first attempt to hold thin aluminum in place so I could mill plates for my butterfly capacitor.

Estlcam is the software I chose to prepare for milling my butterfly capacitor.