Jonathan Nolan: http://www.johnnolanfilms.com/animatronics/ - Worked alot at Crawley Creatures, also on Agent Crush film.
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Monday, 25 January 2010
Monday, 18 January 2010
Milling a PCB with a makerbot
Well, time has come to write stuff up!
Making a pcb with the makerbot has been my task for the last couple of months, and i have had experienced some issues... but happy times.
Making a pcb with the makerbot has been my task for the last couple of months, and i have had experienced some issues... but happy times.
Friday, 15 January 2010
ptfe issues
Well fun times I mustsay, my order part decided to fail so I can't use my makerbot at the. moment. I have a rod of ptfe but no time to make it. That's war u get for working lol. Any ways, I will make one soon so I cam start to print again
However one thing i have been looking at id converting makerbot into a PCB mill. The idea being I can take out the plastruder and add on the dremil fitting and cut circuit boards. This has led me to think about mak8nguyen a laser cuttablw cnc using the same electronics from makerbot possibly letting makerbot make and sell for a small return for me. We shall see. So far I have mote stepper nema17 and a larger nema 23 and rods from printers with a polystyrene mock up. So far looks like I can have a board build base of about 250 x 300. Fab! Pics tp come. I'm currently updating web site whilst waiting for my friend at Plymouth train station
However one thing i have been looking at id converting makerbot into a PCB mill. The idea being I can take out the plastruder and add on the dremil fitting and cut circuit boards. This has led me to think about mak8nguyen a laser cuttablw cnc using the same electronics from makerbot possibly letting makerbot make and sell for a small return for me. We shall see. So far I have mote stepper nema17 and a larger nema 23 and rods from printers with a polystyrene mock up. So far looks like I can have a board build base of about 250 x 300. Fab! Pics tp come. I'm currently updating web site whilst waiting for my friend at Plymouth train station
Friday, 1 January 2010
Happy new year
happy new year to you all, well those few if qny who read this blog lol.
i just wanted to update my makerbot progress, however this again will be short as im using a french keyboard and i hate typing on it - it hiurts my wrist badly
well i have had sucess on pcb making and made an opto sensor, i will write about it when i; back in plymouth as i am currently in holland.
wrist really hurts!!
i just wanted to update my makerbot progress, however this again will be short as im using a french keyboard and i hate typing on it - it hiurts my wrist badly
well i have had sucess on pcb making and made an opto sensor, i will write about it when i; back in plymouth as i am currently in holland.
wrist really hurts!!
Sunday, 20 December 2009
sorry
well i must say, i have been so much working on the pcb maker for the makerbot and writing a new wiki entry for the makerbot site - to be posted live soon, i havnt updated this much.
so yeah, thats it.
I was wanting to note a few more projects i want to have a go at -
This is Stephanie, an avatar room controller which works using voice commands.
This is something i have wanted to do for many years, and is partially why i got the makerbot in the first place. - to build parts to make an animated face that you could interact with and control stuff using iobridge.
This is a variation of room control - the 'party button'
This one was made in a dorm room, and would be great
this is more of a lower end version - noit as hightech but better in a larger venue
there are others which i will blog about, but for now im off to make a simple eagle pcb to make on my makerbot.
woop woop
so yeah, thats it.
I was wanting to note a few more projects i want to have a go at -
This is Stephanie, an avatar room controller which works using voice commands.
This is something i have wanted to do for many years, and is partially why i got the makerbot in the first place. - to build parts to make an animated face that you could interact with and control stuff using iobridge.
This is a variation of room control - the 'party button'
This one was made in a dorm room, and would be great
this is more of a lower end version - noit as hightech but better in a larger venue
there are others which i will blog about, but for now im off to make a simple eagle pcb to make on my makerbot.
woop woop
Tuesday, 15 December 2009
Why to use the nut on the extruder barrel
Just to remind me to writew a small section explaining why a nut is essential.
For those curious for now until a few hours later today till i write it, this is wehat that 4p nut on the brass barrel stops...
http://www.dawning.ca/2009/makerbot-plastruder-crash/
jUST FOUND MY MEMORY STICK AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, - i left it at work, and found my original 'plastic forcing its way out of the ptfe/heater barrel - hence the need for the nut!
you can just see the white of the melted abs poking out of the central hole of the main washer - the second 'bent' washer was to stop the barrel from being forced out.
:D
For those curious for now until a few hours later today till i write it, this is wehat that 4p nut on the brass barrel stops...
http://www.dawning.ca/2009/makerbot-plastruder-crash/
jUST FOUND MY MEMORY STICK AFTER ABOUT A MONTH, - i left it at work, and found my original 'plastic forcing its way out of the ptfe/heater barrel - hence the need for the nut!
you can just see the white of the melted abs poking out of the central hole of the main washer - the second 'bent' washer was to stop the barrel from being forced out.
:D
Makerbot pcb tool biTs arrive
@makerbot ray from China has sent me my pcb tool biTs. Tests for PCB making quality in 9 hours . Will do so live testing using ustream of o cam get it to work
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