Squiggly Draw V3
Here’s another version of Squiggly-Graph I made for three-year old Baby Angelo. I tried bigger teeth to see what would happen. One of the two gears is actually captive once you mesh it. In theory that...
View ArticleLunch Bag
I was challenged to mark some lunch bags for a “Lunch & Learn” in the soft skill space. I thought I’d stick a pen on a CNC machine and see what happens. I used some hot glue and clear packing tape...
View ArticleRobots and Ink
I’ve been making business cards out of record covers from LP vinyl (and many other things). They come out pretty unusual (good) but it’s a fair amount of work to stamp information on them (bad). So I...
View ArticleWriteBot
Check out this cool drawing machine! As you can see I’ve already had it at the pub. I’ll be bringing this to more meetups and other socials! Description: Work area: 320MM * 220MM Size: 500MM * 420MM *...
View ArticleDoodle Business Cards
It turns out that my little drawing robot is great for making more business cards. It appears slow but you can leave it run while you’re working on some other task and just reload the paper when it’s...
View ArticleCNC Pen
Here’s a pen holder I made for CNC machines. I made it from a rod from an old printer and a chunk of polyethylene that was in the scrap bin. CNC means “Computer Numerical Control”. A bit fancy word...
View ArticleEtch A Sketch
We’ve got a challenge to build a simple CNC system over at hack613. Here’s my first installment! How it’s Made I took some measurements of an Etch A Sketch and drew up a frame to hold it using...
View ArticleSwirly Bot
Here’s another installment for the #hack613 $10 CNC Challenge! This is based on my previous Swirly Draw. It’s designed around the 28BYJ-48 Stepper motor and A4988 stepper driver. In the pictures I’m...
View ArticleCycloid-O-Matic
Here’s another installment for the #hack613 challenge. It’s a three-axis cycloid drawing machine. 28BYJ-48 Motor 10 Second Hack I started with three 28BYJ-48 stepper motors. These are 5-wire motors....
View ArticleFacere-Bot
This is an experimental-portable drawing robot. Facere is Latin for “do”, “create” or “make”. The electrical is an Arduino, CNC-shield, A4988 stepper drivers, nema17 and stepper motors. The mechanical...
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