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Category Archives: Motion Control
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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Face Detection and RC Servos
Yesterday I gave a guest lecture at the Korea National University of the Arts in an Arduino class taught by my friend Uram Choe, an amazing mechanized sculpture artist. As seen above, if you like metal working, gears and motors, you … Continue reading
Posted in Arduino, Computer Vision, How to, Motion Control, Processing
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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
Posted in CNC, DIY, How to, Mechanical, Motion Control
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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
Posted in CNC, Mechanical, Motion Control
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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
Posted in CNC, DIY, How to, Mechanical, Motion Control
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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
Posted in CNC, Electronics, Mechanical, Motion Control
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