UP! Plus 3D Printers usually needs filament that are on a plastic spool. The problem is most filament supplies do not sell filament with the expensive spools that are thrown away after use. So we decided to make a small filament roll holder that will bolt straight onto the UP! Plus printer. The printable files … Read More →
Openbeam – Mitre Box
OPENBEAM is an amazing new aluminum extrusion design that gets rid of the expensive T-nuts used on other extrusions types. It replaces the expensive T-Nuts with M3 sized nuts and bolts that are available form most hardware stores at an fraction of the T-Nut’s cost. To cut the extrusions a bit easier and more accurate … Read More →
UP! Plus 3D Printer – Resolution Test
I recently updated my UP! Plus 3D printer to the Version 1.7 software. This upgrade was a big upgrade because it increased the maximum printing resolution from 0.2mm to 0.15mm. This might not sound like a lot but that’s a decent 25% improvement. Below is a close-up of a 0.3mm vs 0.15mm print made in … Read More →
OPENBEAM – Quick Nut Inserter
We recently added OPENBEAM Aluminum Extrusions to our range of products and we have been building all kinds of cool machines with the extrusions. The beauty of this extrusion design is that it replaced the normal expensive T-Nuts with M3 nuts that are readily available and cheap. We did however discover that M3 nuts are … Read More →
Thingiverse – Featured RSS Feed and more
We all get excited when we see cool new things on Thingiverse.com . So I decided that I need to get notified as soon a cool new designs arrived. Below are a few RSS feeds from Thingiverse.com that comes in very handy. Enjoy… 😉 Thingiverse – Featured – RSS Feed Thingiverse – Popular – RSS … Read More →
UP! Plus 3d Printer – Review
We recently negotiated a deal to sell the UP! Plus 3D Printer on our online store. So I managed to get a printer for our workshop to play around with. This is our findings… Specifications and dimensions Build Platform : 140 x 140 x 135mm Printable Materials : ABS and PLA (1.75mm) Printable layers height … Read More →
CNC Mill consisting out of less than 20 parts
“The Mantis 9.1 design is a radical departure from version 8 and earlier. Most notably, the part count has been almost halved! The current design has 13 parts, all of which can be made with a handsaw and a drill press.” Building instructions and a bill of material can be seen at http://makeyourbot.wikidot.com/mantis9-1 If you … Read More →
CNC Foam Cutter using a AtMega32u4 (Heart of Arduino)
Great for cutting out RC airplane wings. It can also be used to cut out shapes in foam and then casted in aluminum using the lost-foam casting process.
Angry Birds meet Arduino
Arduino’s are challenging conventional thinking. This is a perfect example of how easy it is to take a winning recipe like Angry Birds and make it even better.
Mad scientist shopping list : Evil Robot Claws
What would an evil robot be without a classic robotic claw? The team at Aquaticus has come up with a brilliantly simple design. I must admit their main goal might not be to take over the world but I am sure this design can easily be upgraded with a stronger stepper-motor and a few pressure … Read More →
