The Dublin Hackerspace
While looking for something totally unrelated on the Internet a few days ago I came across a Larson Pumpkin. As it was coming up to Halloween I decided to have a go myself and see what I could do using an Arduino.
Continue reading “Pumpkin fun”
Following on from my recent post and post on building a CNC router. We just received a new toy today.
Many thanks to Anthony for giving TOG this old Contour Minor CNC Milling Machine. The mill is in good working order, though it does rely on some old MS-DOS based software (I’ve already checked that it works with FreeDOS), I’m hoping we’ll be able to get it going with LinuxCNC.
If you’ve been following along very closely you’ll know I’ve been working on the design of a CNC Router for TOG. In recent weeks I’ve actual started experimenting and prototype some parts while collecting various materials, components and tools.
The prototype is shown below.
We will be having synchronicity hackathon on 15th and 16th of May. Starts around 12ish, please come along and check it out what projects people are working on.
Here are a few that some members will be working on:
Makerbot, its a 3d printer that prints ABS plastic into anything in 10×10 format. Bring along your cad drawings and print some stuff.
Building x0xb0x sound box
http://www.ladyada.net/make/x0xb0x/index.html
Home made weather station
And anything else you want to work on, come along just just contact us and let us know what day you are coming Contact Tog
TOG now are a proud owner of a 3d Printer. Lets start to make some nice projects.
Spent almost 2 days building it and getting it to work with a few small changes made with extra washers. Also added in extra screw behind main Rep Rap board to hold board, had to put away from plastic from power connector to get in nut.
