Easy CNC conversion of a small mill Why not a 3D printer? I think a lot more people have 3D printers than CNC mills and they're great tools. There's a bit of an overlap with a mill, but they both have their strengths and weaknesses. Comparing a mill to a printer we broadly have: Pros Cons You can mill PCBs. Why not a laser cutter? Laser cutters are expensive and I haven't seen any simple home builds. Fanciest Camping Tent Trailer Ever! Mr Beam - a Portable Laser Cutter and Engraver Kit by Mr Beam Lasers With the Mr Beam kit, you can build your own laser cutter and engraver. Explore new ways to express your creativity: Cut your own designs from paper, adhesive foil (custom stickers!) or other materials with the power of light. Decorate surfaces like wood and leather and personalize your belongings with an engraving. Our main goal is to make laser cutters easy to use, portable and enjoyable for everyone! The kit includes all parts required to get you started. A while ago we attended a maker scene workshop where we assembled a RepRap 3D printer kit. As we explored making things ourselves, we were further inspired by self made laser cutters (like ct hacks Laserplotter, Lasersaur and Domestic Hacks) and were fascinated by the variety of possibilities. Our motivation for Mr Beam, was to maximize the working area while keeping costs to a minimum. We have just finished our third prototype of both Mr. #03 software The software operating Mr Beam allows the user to control the device. No!
diy neon sign | THE POOPERS Make your own indoor neon light sign, without needing to master the art of blowing neon glass tubes! And no, I'm not talking about taping glowsticks on a wall... ビール (biiru) means beer in Japanese Cocktails, anyone? Since I had been planning to help Mr. Not surprisingly, I ended up on various web stores that sell something called EL Wire (electroluminescent wire). Level of difficulty This how-to is going to be fairly extensive, and dedicated to the intermediate crafter (whatever that means). But...if you're not to the task and want to play around with EL wire anyway, coolneon.com sells pre-assembled kits that have one color of wire already hooked up. About EL Wire EL Wire is similar to your standard electrical wire. The light coming from EL Wire has varying intensities depending on the type and thickness you buy. Tools Most of your tools can be bought at any hardware store and craft store. Supplies EL wire can be bought from various online stores. A design! The unlit sign. Overview I know.
Build Your Own Beautiful Flat-Pack Chair I built this Eames-like chair without touching a single traditional woodworking tool. No, it's not because I'm some kind of Luddite. I just love the immediacy of rendering a chair with 3D modeling software and then cutting out the parts with a CNC machine. Everything snaps together like flat-pack furniture, but without the cheesy fasteners—just mechanically sound through tenons and lap joints. To build this chair, you'll need a $25,000, full-size CNC router, such as a ShopBot. Download all the files for this chair here and open the 3D model with a CAD (computer-aided design) application. I built this chair at the Visible Futures Lab of the School of Visual Arts in New York City. If you're working from our files, you'll see I've completed the following software steps for you. All set? Now for the fun part: the assembly. Download This Chair Download all the files needed to build this chair—the CAD files (3D and flat) and the CAM file—here.
MichMich/MagicMirror: MagicMirror² CNC Panel Joinery Notebook I’ve been collecting clever ways of slotting flat stock together since I first read Nomadic Furniture back in 1999, well before the advent of the accessible hobby-class CNC tools that today make manufacturing parts like these pretty easy. Now, the world is full of people designing models, project enclosures, sculpture, furniture, and all kinds of other cool stuff to be assembled from parts made on laser cutters and CNC routers. I keep expecting a definitive book or website to emerge that covers the “bag of tricks” in an organized way, but so far, I haven’t found it. In presenting this material, I want to first acknowledge my respect for the world’s established and ancient traditions of joinery. I may abuse some terms, without meaning to, and I am glad to be corrected by those who are in the know about traditional joinery. To simplify things, at first, I’m only considering joints between two panels. Laser vs. The router-cut version, however, doesn’t work. Biasing Cross (“X”) Joints
Touch Screen coffee table DIY with 32" TV and low cost CCD sensor I have already talked about the great hardware specifications of the Teensy board. But combined with the Arduino software environment, the Teensy also offers some great possibilities. But first let's install the plug-in Now you should see a category "Teensy" when you choose your board. And if you select it, you have access to several other options like the "USB Serial Type" to instantly transform your board into a USB keyboard or mouse (some possibilities can be found on Arduino Leonardo). The USB communication type is a "Full Speed" which means it can communicate at 12Mb/s. For now, all of my Arduino UNO codes have been successfully built on the Teensy which means the adaptation between the ARM Cortex M4 and the AVR Atmega328 have been very well made. A for loop from 0 to the number of LED - Turn an LED on (as the LEDs are wired with the Anode on VCC and Cathode on the PIN, you have to give a LOW state to turn it ON) - Turn the LED off (HIGH state for OFF in this configuration)
Introduction - 3d Printed Instruments ESP8266 Successor – ESP32 released with CAN support | An Engineer's Blog ​o, the interesting little ESP8266 WiFi SoC finally has a younger brother which appears to be even more capable. Among other interesting updates, the 32 bit Dual Core microcontroller still supports WiFi, but also Bluetooth Low Energy, a DAC, many more ADCs, GPIO pins, etc. etc. Lots of good details here: The ESP32 is now avaialble to buy directly as a chip, or on small development boards. The feature which particularly piqued my interest, however was the mention of CAN 2.0 support. There are already a number of other microcontroller which do offer CAN bus support (actually the list is probably huge since nearly all automotive and industrial spec controllers will) but for example the Arduio Due (Atmel SAM3X8E ARM Cortex- M3 CPU) and the Teensy development boards support CAN. So far i haven’t managed to find any now details on the cab bus interface.
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Full Tilt: 3D Printing Sparks Pinball Revolution | Spark Flip. Flip. Clang. Tilt. Print? Over the past two decades, the business of pinball has mostly moved from bars and pool halls to the lairs of collectors, hobbyists, and makers of all stripes. Whether it's dreaming up new gimmicks or simply keeping a treasured classic machine in good working order, 3D printing is changing the way owners approach the care and feeding of their favorite games. Many of the most common components in pinball, like flippers and bumpers, are identical across dozens of different machines, making their replacements cheap and plentiful. Game-Saver Enter 3D printing. Doug Barger, owner of Doug's Pinball, is so dedicated to the craft of rebuilding and restoring pinball machines that he has actually hand-carved parts when necessary, but now leans on Autodesk 123D and his 3D printer for spares and replacements. Extra Life 3D printing is also central to the creation of brand-new pinball machines. The Open Future
MEMS mike draws almost no power 25 May 2017 Acoustic sensor developer Vesper has launched the VM1010, said to be the first MEMS microphone to enable voice activation while drawing almost no power. The first member of Vesper’s ZeroPower Listening MEMS microphone product line, the VM1010 is said to allow product designers to offer touchless user interfaces without power consumption penalties. Consuming 6µA while in listening mode, VM1010 is said to extend battery life to months or years by enabling the rest of the system to power down completely while waiting for a keyword. “We are seeing a ‘Cambrian Explosion’ of voice-enabled consumer electronics, including smart speakers, smart earbuds and diverse IoT products,” said Matt Crowley, Vesper’s CEO. “By using materials that directly convert sound energy into electrical energy, VM1010 is the only MEMS microphone that uses sound energy itself to wake devices from sleep, while consuming negligible power.” Author Graham Pitcher