3D Printer Club: Update Video
[sc:3dclub-intro] Here’s a quick update on some of the projects we’ve been working on this year:
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Information for Maker Faire Attendees
Greetings Maker Faire North Carolina Attendees! It was fun speaking with many of you today. Here is a collection of links to bots and technologies that I spoke about: StickBot (the simple 6-legged walking robot) — the latest version, with schematics…
Mounting a PCB Heatbed (MK1) onto a Reprap 3D Printer
To install the heated print bed for my reprap, I placed the PCB on top of the plywood top print plate (which is slightly larger than the PCB), clamped it in place, and then used the holes in the PCB…
Highly Configurable Wheel (One Wheel To Rule Them All)
I built a framework for robot wheels a while back using OpenSCAD and used it to create a few different wheel styles. I recently decided to combine them all into one massively configurable wheel model, and add a number of…
How to Make an Arc or Wedge in OpenSCAD
OpenSCAD apparently doesn’t have an easy way to make an arc or wedge, or any way to do a partial rotate_extrude. This presented a problem when I started to design my Parametric Encoder Wheel, because in order for it to…
Free Sanguinololu 1.3a PCBs for Schools
Yeah, free. If you’re starting a 3D printer project (such as RepRap) at your public K-12 school in the United States for the benefit of the students, then we’ll give you a free Sanguinololu v1.3a PCB to help you out…
Mouser Electronics Shipping Costs and Turn-Around Time
The shipping “estimator” at Mouser.com is a little vague, so I thought I’d post the results of a recent order. In general, you’re not going to know the shipping cost or the weight of your order until after it’s shipped.…
My $300 Prusa Mendel Build
I’ve set out to build a Prusa Mendel for $300. So far I think I’m doing pretty well. The top part is what I’ve already picked up, and the bottom part is what I have yet to purchase — that’s…
McMaster-Carr Shipping Costs
It’s not easy to find concrete examples of shipping costs for McMaster-Carr online, and they don’t tell you what an order is going to cost to ship until after it’s already shipped — and that can be a little scary…
StickBot – Building the Right Eye
Well, I discovered that Popsicle is a brand name, so I’m officially renaming this little guy “StickBot” so the Popsicle police don’t come after me. To be clear, this little bot has nothing to do with Popsicle brand ice pops,…