Building a 3D Printer for a Friend
Posted on April 5th, 2013 in 3D Printing, Custom Projects, DIY Anodizing, DIY CNC, Science, Technology, Video
Partway through building my own 3D Printer my friend Addidis no (Google+) expressed interest in having his own so I offered to put a hardware kit together for him as long as he covered the material costs and thus began the process of cloning my OB1.4 3D printer (designed by Wired1 on Thingiverse) in black […]
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Convert a CNC Router to a 3D Printer
I didn’t have a ‘large project’ budget for 2013 so I decided that I would do something a bit more low key and convert a CNC router to a 3D Printer. I have been looking at 3D printers over the last few years. They looked kind of cool, but the quality on most filament 3D […]
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Multicopter FPV
Posted on July 14th, 2012 in Arduino, Custom Projects, DIY CNC, FPV, GoPro, Multicopter, Radio Control, Technology, Video
I just did my first flight with my Multicopter FPV setup and it was AWESOME! I’ve flown planes and gliders via FPV before, but one of the main reasons for building my Multicopter was to do FPV. My final goal is to attach a stabilized DSLR onto my multicopter rig and shoot some high quality […]
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Y-6? Why not!? My Custom Built Y-6 Multicopter
Posted on March 11th, 2012 in Arduino, Custom Projects, DIY CNC, Electronics, GoPro, Helicopter, Lighting, Radio Control, Technology, Video
I have wanted to get into multicopter building and flying for a few years now but this year I finally took the dive and got into it pretty quickly. I did a lot of reading and shopping for which flight controller to purchase and while I would like to experiment with the open source software […]
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New 2.2kw Spindle Motor for CNC Router Arrived
Posted on February 14th, 2012 in DIY CNC, Electronics
I received the new 2.2KW spindle motor for my DIY CNC router today. It looks pretty nice so far. I was using a De-Walt handheld router for the spindle, but I wanted something that didn’t blow the dust and shavings all over the place. The spindle is one of the many available on eBay in […]
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