Milled my first parts today!
I actually machined a couple of parts today instead of just messing about and watching the machine move (which is mesmerizing in itself.) My friend Lee Bruns se...
Tag: Open Source
12 and 5 volts for the ShapeOko
The ShapeOko stepper motors run on 24 volts DC. It’s advisable (pretty much required) to run a fan to cool the driver chips. Most fans require 12 volts. T...
Upcoming ShapeOko Mods
I had my light tent setup tonight, so I took a photo of some parts that arrived today. Here we have control panel buttons: Emergency Stop, Reset, Cycle Start, F...
New Belt Tensioners on the ShapeOko
When I first assembled my ShapeOko I added eyebolts to the belt clamps to allow me to easily tension the belts. This caused two issues: The v-wheels on the X ax...
OMG – My first Open Source Coding Project!
This is the first coding project I’ve ever created and shared out into the wild. I wrote a Perl script to generate some G-Code for my new mill and put it ...
ShapeOko Build Photos – 021513
Here are the photos I took during the assembly of my ShapeOko CNC mill.
ShapeOko CNC Mill Progress Report – 021513
The mill kit, extended rails and the power supply arrived on Wednesday and I immediately started to assemble it. The Maker Slide rails did not come tapped, and ...
Moving from Serendipity to WordPress
I think I have all the steps figured out now, so I should probably document them for others: Install WordPress 2.x. Yes, 2.x. You can download older versions he...
Cheap CNC Mill Project
Now this is clever. I’m going to have to jump in and make something like this. I’ll have to make some improvements, but this is great as a starting ...
Thoughts on why I think Android Phones are so cool
When I was growing up I read a lot of Science Fiction. I still do actually. Lots of things that I read about have come to pass. Science Fiction has been an amaz...