Posted in Projects, RepRap on Nov 28th, 2009 No Comments »
I spent most of yesterday printing more Mendel on the MakerBot at Hive76. I only had two large parts left, and I was able to finish. I still have a hand full of stuff left to print, including most of the Y Axis. Problems with the STL’s are slowing those down a bit, since I [...]
Posted in Random I/O on Nov 24th, 2009 2 Comments »
I haven’t had a cigarette in ten days. I have had, however, a nicotine patch on. One of the common side effects of wearing these while you sleep is vivid dreaming. This has actually been kind of cool. I don’t recall most dreams, if I’m even aware I’ve had some (I know I do, everyone [...]
Posted in Projects, RepRap on Nov 17th, 2009 No Comments »
There’s still a lot of work to be done here, but the only thing I’m missing are the electronics, and a handful of parts (small’ish ones, shouldn’t take too long) that still need to print. Since I have enough of it now, I couldn’t resist putting some of it together. Of course, I’ll have to [...]
Posted in Random I/O on Nov 14th, 2009 No Comments »
Hive76 member and quartermaster Brendan Schrader got his fellow Hive members an awesome field trip last Saturday. A journey into the inside of the Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, the worlds largest working pipe organ. Many thanks to Brendan and Andrew, the Curator’s Assistant for giving us this once in a lifetime experience. It really was [...]
Posted in Projects, RepRap on Nov 7th, 2009 No Comments »
I fixed the MakerBot last night after work so I could wake up early this morning and start printing. I’ve got about 10 pieces left of the X Axis to go. He’s a short and boring video of the extruder sliding around. I’m pretty pleased with it so far. It takes very little effort to [...]
