I thought it would be cool to hook up a Wii Nunchuck to my Arduino. Who knows how I could use this - a servo rotating, an RC car, RC Submarine, almost anything I guess.Well, I tried multiple different programs...and only one that worked correctly. I'm a simple developer, I like to plug in code …
Filament reclimation timeframe
I've been looking at filament reclimators (I'm just going to keep making up words.)The Lyman extruder looks very promising at producing approximately 8" per minute. My math is horrendous on almost any level so I relied on googling the answer (http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?1,143878,143878,quote=1) I don't know how accurate the math is, but it's better than mine... so …
3D Printer comparisons, Google Glass, Leap Motion
In the last year I have reviewed a lot of 3D printers. I have looked at variables from print deck sizes, speed of printing, quality of printing, number of printer heads, size of filament that can be used, and tens of tiny details. My printer of choice is going to be the Printrbot Plus (http://printrbot.com/shop/plus/) …
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A new beginning
I have certainly not posted enough on this blog. A lot of changes happened between June last year and now; I changed job locations and have just now gotten the swing back to normal. It's time to pick it back up again.3D Scanner - I've been working up a new design that uses angles instead …
Day 36? – 19 Feb 13
Well, I started my next phase last month, and then I was attacked by the flu and a pulled back muscle at the same time. That may well have been the four greatest days of my life. I've had a lot of stress lately from my personal life (someone I did business with, but they …