Neje Master 3500 laser and rotary jig

[NJturner]

Hi folks - a friend just gifted me a Neje Master 3500 laser with the Mike Shortness designed Rotary Jig. I seem to be missing some of the parts, including the bearing holders and an axle. I have a 3D printer so thinking if STL files are available, I could reproduce them. I have looked for the designer Mike Shortness and the maker T.Shadow & Co, but they seem to all have passed into history - dead Facebook, no website. Anyone have these STL files or know where I can get them? Thanks in advance!!
Kevin

 

[woodwzrd]

I have the exact same set up and had reached out to Mike quite a while ago, after he stopped printing the rotary jigs, through a Neje Facebook group to see if he would be willing to send me the STL for the leg parts so I could print a replacement for a broken one and instead he shipped me some replacement parts. Can you post some pictures of what you have. I can try to get some pictures of the components that I have tonight. I could possibly attempt to reverse engineer what you need and send you the files.

 

[NJturner]

I have the exact same set up and had reached out to Mike quite a while ago, after he stopped printing the rotary jigs, through a Neje Facebook group to see if he would be willing to send me the STL for the leg parts so I could print a replacement for a broken one and instead he shipped me some replacement parts. Can you post some pictures of what you have. I can try to get some pictures of the components that I have tonight. I could possibly attempt to reverse engineer what you need and send you the files.

So it seems the part I am missing is the smaller holder for the bearings that would hold the axle(bolt) for engraving a pen body. I have the larger one with the axle, as well as a small bag of 5 gray bushings that I assume are the ones to focus the laser with. What I don't have is the smaller bearings, the axle, the holder and the associated nuts. I figure I can buy the bolt and nuts and was hoping to print the smaller axle holder. I found an STL for the larger holder and have it in the printer now, so if needed I can scale it down as only the hole sizes change to accommodate the bearings. I appreciate your offer to reverse engineer it, but I'll give that a go as well - was hoping to just get lucky and only have to print it.

Are you still using yours? Is this worth putting the effort in to get everything together and use?

Thanks!!!

 

[woodwzrd]

Those small gray bushings are your drive pulleys. They get matched up as close as you can with the diameter of your pen so the rotation is correct. I'll still try to get pictures of all the parts I have tonight so you have them for reference.

I still use mine when the need arises. I've always had pretty good results with it.

 

[NJturner]

Those small gray bushings are your drive pulleys. They get matched up as close as you can with the diameter of your pen so the rotation is correct. I'll still try to get pictures of all the parts I have tonight so you have them for reference.

I still use mine when the need arises. I've always had pretty good results with it.

Thanks!! I am planning to find a few old YouTubes on this to make sure I sorta have it figured out. My initial plan is to use it to autograph my turnings, so not as concerned for the rotary jig, but I figured since I got it everything could be game! Was able to get it running, downloaded the newest code to it and burned (?) a graphic from the site to test it. Was pretty pleased with the results, so hoping this will be a good trial for the tech for me.