MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe In this Weekend Projects podcast I’ll walk you through the different parts of the hardware on the reprap. You’ll want to take a look at the pdf for parts lists and more detailed info to get started on the hardware for this project. The […]
Here’s what the underside of the bot looks like. You can see the iron pipes that work as a base, the lasercut platforms, and the skate bearings that make it move silky smooth. Zach of the Reprap foundation has done a lot of work to get ordering the Repstrap’s parts organized. He’s put together a […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This week, take the first step towards making your own self-replicating rapid-prototyping robot! You can order up your boards, from the Reprap foundation or make your own since the whole project is open source. Get your parts and solder these up and test them! […]
Getting the electronics set up is the first step to getting a working reprap robot together. Besides 3 stepper boards, 1 dc motor controller board, a PWM board, you’ll want two arduinos and an arduino tx/rx thingy! Download the pdf for more information and then download the test code so that you can hook up […]
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This weekend, make a flower out of 3 bills. This makes a great tip for a nice dinner out or just a way to spend 20 minutes or so folding paper! This project is from Craft: Magazine Volume 5 and the origami was designed […]
Making insanely cool origami isn’t easy. This week’s video and PDF work to make it easier to make the $3 dollar origami flower found in Craft: 05. If you live in a country with different currency, I’d love to see this in international flavors! If your base currency is worth more than can be left […]
High Speed Stuff Accelerator – Pneumatic Cannon In Action Cobbler, made a pneumatic cannon and took it to the next (and significantly more dangerous) level of adding an air compressor! He shoots lots of stuff with it, including a broom! Feel the power. The amount of fun you can have with one of these is […]
