Hey there, Hackaday community! I wanted to share an exciting update on my ongoing project focused on 3D printing small Braille parts. Today, I want to discuss the significance of resolution when it comes to creating high-quality Braille tactile components....
When I envision an ultimately autonomous factory, its primary ingredients would be:1. 3D Multi tools (more on this below)2. Mobile robots facilitating the multi tool operations3. Metal casting equipment4. Specialized equipment for doing what the above cannot...
Hey Innovators, Before printing the latest version of our 3D model, we modified the previous version a bit and re-printed it to compare it with the first printed version. It works as it should but it makes the placement of board a bit wobbly. So, we...
At first, I bough extra compartment inserts. But realized shortly after getting my first 3D printer, that designing and printing my own was going to be cheaper and quicker. The dimensions of the smallest box are specified as 39mm wide x 55mm deep...
The plan for the mill is to temporarily convert the X and the Y axis to CNC control using 3D printed parts. Then I should be able to use the 2 axis cnc to machine the final axes conversions. I have got temporary access to a Makerbot 2X which does a great...
This log will cover 3D printing tips. If you have suggestions from your own experience please leave them below!FED3 was designed to be printed with minimal support material, as our printers don't have supports. You'll notice that many of...
It was davedarko in the comments who suggested that we build a robotic arm and that's what we are doing. I tried to develop a rotary arm segment that could be repeated but when I showed it to someone with pretty good robotics knowledge he shot it down...
We have been busy trying to figure out how to scale our Google Group and what types of 3D prints people actually want to teach their students, and have been excited that some undergrads at University of North Carolina have jumped in as part of a community...
The Twister project contains 4 fairly expensive arcade buttons, one of which immediately broke when the front panel went flying off the car seat during a sudden stop.I tried gluing and taping it several times, but the results were poor, and temporary....
I was able to 3D print the nut retainers today and they came out great, still need to order the Shapeways parts to really put the entire assembly together. I'll be kicking that order off this Friday and will have enough components to get the Z-axis together...
As it is much more common to have a 3D printer at home instead of a laser cutter, we developed a 3D printed version of the case. It might be more expensive than the lasercut case, but it is much more convenient, especially if you want to assemble the...
The key design considerations were that the product needed to be cheap, easy to fabricate & easy to transport. This ruled out the possibility of building a single, large turbine.The finally settled on this design.In the center you can see a hole. The...
*Update from Apollo on the 3D design and printing* I have designed the prototype base and pi mounts in Auto desk fusion 360. The picture below shows the part in Fusion 360 and in the slicer program Cura (3D Slicing Program). I have already printed a...
I designed some supporting brackets to sandwich the LCD Module to the PCB. Standard 0.1" female header pins were used on the PCB side, with the male header pins on the LCD side. This brings the PCB separation to 11.0 mm. With 1.6 mm PCB thickness on...