CNC Half Nuts: The Smell of Melting Plastic…
After cutting down the Y axis screw for the CNC gantry router project we had a short piece of 3/4 inch Acme leadscrew remaining that was just long enough to...
After cutting down the Y axis screw for the CNC gantry router project we had a short piece of 3/4 inch Acme leadscrew remaining that was just long enough to...
Bit by bit, piece by piece we have been slowing collecting the parts for the build. We just picked up a 400lb steel table measuring in at 5×8 feet that...
If you’ve ever wondered what different switch mode power supplies would sound like if used to drive a speaker, here is an untested circuit you might try. Using a zener...
My WindPOV project was featured on Hackaday: http://hackaday.com/2012/03/02/wind-powered-pov-weather-station/ It displays the temperature and humidity on the wing tip by way of persistence of vision. The idea of using our Contiki...
A friend brought over some plastic to CNC mill about a week ago and we got talking about CNC gantry routers and the currently in development DC Servo Drive. Eventually...
Maker Carnival 2012, being promoted as China’s First Global Mass Creation and Open-source Sharing Faire is giving away 20 round-trip tickets to their upcoming event for anyone with a project...
There’s a special place in my workshop for the toaster oven, that place is on the workbench. Using an toaster oven to reflow circuit boards is both fast and easy....