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Category Archives: Mechanical
On the Cheap: Supported Linear Rail…
Supported linear rail can be quite expensive, at over $100 per rail per meter, not including shipping. An alternative support was theorized using 3/8″ threaded rod, drilled, tapped and screwed into the rail. Today it was assembled and tested, and … Continue reading
Posted in CNC, DIY, Mechanical, Motion Control
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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 drive the Z-axis. Buying an ACME tap to make a … Continue reading
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CNC Gantry Router: Collecting Bits & Pieces…
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 will be the basis of the build. An acme thread … Continue reading
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Hackaday: WindPOV project…
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 enabled 802.15.4 board has been tossed around a bit, this … Continue reading
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Side Project: CNC Gantry Router
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 as all things go, we talked ourselves into the idea … Continue reading
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NoMi Locus: DC Servo kit…
NoMi Design has been hard at work creating a CNC capable DC Servo Motion Controller. Based on an earlier design for the “Topology of Dubai” project, the new drive combines an easy to assemble through-hole kit paired with smarter software … Continue reading
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