I don't mean to share a story that you're going to be bored reading, nor am I trying to picture myself as an "inspiring youth inventor". I am an ordinary maker just like anyone else. I hope that this can help other young makers realize their potentials,...
After years of maglites, $1 flashlights, $1.25 flashlights, custom LED lights, phone lights that all came up short in some way, it was time to try another custom solution. 25 years ago, it was acceptable to burn $20 on a gigantic maglite. ...
3D Scanning Objects with a Smartphone +123D Catch Transmogrify: transform, especially in a surprising or magical manner. The future of everything is 3D and you need to get on that right now. The first step is to download 123D catch from the app store...
Making a 3D scanner is a tricky project. I learned a lot about the algorithms involved when I built a similar scanner for the University of Leeds sometime ago. Since that time, there have been many advances in the technology and now, one can buy a cheap,...
Welcome to the first stage! The main aim is to design the system that will generate energy while cycling. Components/tools needed:1 x Stepper Motor (17HS4417). It needs 1.7A (0.85A/phase) @12-48 Vdc1 x JSP XPH-4 male + female + inserts4 x M3...
Because I will be ordering some PCBs for work soon, I wanted to get this design finished in time to be lumped in with that batch. It struck me during layout that there's no way I should be leaping in with the time investment of the PCB layout and...
After reflecting on the first version of our mini self-balancing robot, I was wondering how I could improve the design and perhaps make it even smaller… We’re going to do an exercise in system design - which I love almost as much as creating robots...
GitHub Repositoryhttps://github.com/Inconceivable142/Beer_Pong_RobotHow to Almost Build a Beer Pong Playing Robot In April of 2021 I was looking for a project to spend my ample amount of free time on. For some reason a beer pong playing robot popped...
So I FINALLY have an update on the progress of things over at my side! While there is a bit of bad news, there is a lot of good!Let's get over the bad aspects. Sadly, I was not able to get the PsuedoPancakes v2 to test because the company I brought from...
When building these things, everyone always seems to fall short on what I would consider to be the most important parts - the mechanical connection from the bicycle to the generator, and whatever gets used to keep the bicycle stationary. I've seen wobbly...
Summary:.) Call for collaborators.) Didn't make the cut.) New board design should be better.) New reaction vessel should be... interesting.) Entropy and the Haber processCall for collaboratorsIf you'd like to join the project, ask to join my GitHub groups:...
3D PrintingWe had two options for creating the shell and dial for the prototype, we could 3d print them or we could model them carefully by hand. We only had 2 weeks before the deadline so we settled on 3d printing in hopes of having the parts ready...
Design The design of the arm is made in Autodesk's Fusion360 software, which is 40 cm long, where the arm and forearm occupy 20 cm each, the materials for the structures are PVC tubes of 20 mm in diameter and pieces 3D printed. An important aspect is...
Dan Maloney12:00 PMOK folks, let's get going! Welcome back to the Hack Chat, sorry for the long absence. I'm Dan, I'll be moderating today along with Dusan as we welcome Eric Utley to talk about design for 3D printing. I saw Eric on much earlier today;...