 | | The working Low-Cost PCB Mill. I made a single 3-axis USB stepper controller board to iron out mechanical issues, and am currently finishing up internet-zero based networked controllers. |
|  | | A $200 circuit board milling machine which served as a testbed for internet- zero networked control of motion axes and an easily configurable virtual machine to generate motion commands. |
|  | | Closer to an isometric view... |
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 | | An engineering-parameter driven design for a 2-axis motion stage. All components are automatically picked from McMaster-Carr according to basic engineering formulas and updated in the solid model. This is made easier by primarily using extruded aluminum sections. |
|  | | The design spreadsheet outputs a McMaster-Carr bill of materials in addition to driving the SolidWorks model (which also outputs a stack of machining drawings.) |
|  | | These are the inputs to the design spreadsheet: X and Y axis travel, and table stiffness. |
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 | | The finished motion stage. |
|  | | This is the first attempt at cutting a circuit board using the Low-Cost PCB mill (not sure how it ended up down here on the page...) |
|  | | A single-axis motion stage cast in plaster using laser-cut acrylic molds. This recent and ongoing project is a collaboration between myself, Maxim Lobovsky, and Kwang Lim. |
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 | | This is a first pass at printing a house on a sub-$100 3D printer which I'm polishing off at the moment. The pudding walls collapsed in the car before I got to take a photograph, but you hopefully get the idea. The puddle in the upper left was a timing issue. The printer can be constructed by anyone with an Exacto Knife and around 12 hours of time. I'll post photos of the machine soon, and could certainly bring the machine to the Faire. |
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