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A project log for drillPresseur - Drill-Press with Force-Feedback

OK, most drill-presses have "force-feedback" in the normal sense... so this is a bit ridiculous.

eric-hertzEric Hertz 12/05/2016 at 02:120 Comments

Alright, I think it's complete... Not yet tested (got some soldering to do).

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Seems like I'm doing all sortsa things in weird-for-me ways, lately.

Usually I'd take a much more vigorously step-by-step approach; code up a small part, test it, code up the next...

This time I wrote the whole thing without testing any of it. OTOH, I've done the vast-majority of this stuff before in other projects. So, we'll see.

I wasn't *planning* on PID, nor on implementing "software" return-spring/felt-pads/gravity-resistance... but it looks like there's enough code-space and time remaining to at least attempt 'em.

Though they're not nearly as intuitive to me, so I might take on another project, instead.

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This is something I've been meaning to attempt for quite some time... though, so it'll be interesting to finally see how it functions. Without the drill-press nor gear-reduction, with just two motors sitting upright on the desk, It should essentially feel like I'm spinning two knobs which are linked via pulleys and rubber-bands. Could be quite an interesting tactile-effect, and something that could be useful in other projects, as well.

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