KwartzLab Makerspace » stepper motor http://www.kwartzlab.ca Home of Kwartzlab Makerspace in Kitchener/Waterloo, Ontario Fri, 24 May 2013 16:54:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Regular discussions with hackers, makers and artists at the Kwartzlab Makerspace. We talk about what projects people are working on, what events are coming up and how you can get involved. kwartzlab no kwartzlab podcast@kwartzlab.ca podcast@kwartzlab.ca (kwartzlab) A hackerspace radio show kwartzlab, hackerspace, makerspace, diy, hardware, software, maker, hacker, artist, roundtable KwartzLab Makerspace » stepper motor http://www.kwartzlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/light_box_logo.jpg http://www.kwartzlab.ca Kitchener, ON A clock from the machine! http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/12/clock-machine/ http://www.kwartzlab.ca/2010/12/clock-machine/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 03:34:59 +0000 amackie I've always wanted to take an idea from a digital drawing to production on a computerized cutting machine, and last Thursday night I had my chance with Karl's awesometastic CNC router.

For those who haven't seen one, a CNC machine basically reads a series of shapes drawn on a computer, and cuts them out of wood, metal, plastic, etc. I've been thinking about a housing for a clock project I'm working on (details are to come), and discussed how the CNC could make it happen.

Karl recommended that I try doodling it in Inkscape, then using the Gcodetools plug-in to generate output that his machine could parse and draw with.

https://kwartzlab.ca/sites/default/files/Inkscape.png

And then, we printed. Did it work? Video is worth a thousand blurry words!



I think so.

]]> I’ve always wanted to take an idea from a digital drawing to production on a computerized cutting machine, and last Thursday night I had my chance with Karl’s awesometastic CNC router.

For those who haven’t seen one, a CNC machine basically reads a series of shapes drawn on a computer, and cuts them out of wood, metal, plastic, etc. I’ve been thinking about a housing for a clock project I’m working on (details are to come), and discussed how the CNC could make it happen.

Karl recommended that I try doodling it in Inkscape, then using the Gcodetools plug-in to generate output that his machine could parse and draw with.

https://kwartzlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/Inkscape.png

And then, we printed. Did it work? Video is worth a thousand blurry words!




I think so.

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