well well well…
Plans are afoot for my mnakerbot, well some plans i cannot disclose just yet till i got all the bits, but…
MY PARTS HAVE ARRIVED FROM SPD-SI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tho i got to go tothe post office and pay customs charge, but
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrIuTlh2dQA
That WONDERFUL time has come, Craig in the uni of plymouth tech lab has made a wonderful job cutting out the plastruder pieces on the laser cutter! images to follow in my pool, but its looking FAB!
I bought some sheet plastic from an ebay seller http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/trent-plastics/ as was the cheapest. I went for clear plastic as apossed to tinted translucent plastic, so i can add colour with the LED.s if i want 🙂
Shall be here tomorrow or tuesday, and i can get it cut in the laser cutter.
I have also started to make some circuit boards, using my UV box and set-up, haing difficulties witht he timing, as i forgot how long to expose the boards, so now started off with just the end stop sensors.
I bought some sheet plastic from an ebay seller http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/trent-plastics/ as was the cheapest. I went for clear plastic as apossed to tinted translucent plastic, so i can add colour with the LED.s if i want 🙂
Shall be here tomorrow or tuesday, and i can get it cut in the laser cutter.
I have also started to make some circuit boards, using my UV box and set-up, haing difficulties witht he timing, as i forgot how long to expose the boards, so now started off with just the end stop sensors.
starting to make some circuit boards using my etching equip -but not with the bubble etch tank, sas i not got enough acid crystals.
Also having problems about timing, forgot how long to leave the boards in UV for 🙁
oh well…
chocolate spread on toast is calling!
YUM YUM
those who need white paint or black, or grey… and in uk, Poundland sell spraypaint and its only £1 and it gives great results, esp the black!
also… was th9inkning about this last night… What do you do with a spare eeepc 701? sell it you may say, but me… im thinking of installing it into my makerbot to have a complete system setup… 😀
rediculas?
hmmm…
also the peltier cooling idea? i am thinking of installing this into my makerbot with the aim of making vertical lines 😀
My order of bits from sdp-si has been shipped according to an email i recieved, except they are out of the 2 x 17 tooth pulleys, so these will be shipped at a later date, but for now the belrts and gears are on their way 😀 I did purchase open belt strips, as the other belts were out of stock, so i will have to find a way of attaching the ends tog to make the larger belt for the z axis… we shall see when i get it 😀
I sold my ibooks and ipod touch to fund my maker bot and so far its looking great.
I painted the bearing brackets – and got accused of escaping from a mental hospital by the police whilst i was doing so… haha, i also painted the insides white, with the view of using some RGB leds to make it colourful… or just red… but the outside… i dont know what colour – any suggestions?
Pics are on my flickr pool 😀
well… now i got all my parts back from laser cutter for the main body, i wenrt and spent £16.50 on nuts and bolts – i went twice as the wood i ised was slightly thicker so needed longer lengths, but i also bought black and yellow paint, creamish white pait too for the insides, sanding paper and other bits. Took a while to finish the sanding and cutting – as was using thicker ply, the laser cutter didnt cut all way thru,. so finished off the ctu using my fret saw. now pput it together, painted the x and y and inside, also coated the whole of the wood with a water/paint mix as a base coat.
So far looks good
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