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Laser Rings

August 30, 2008 in lased by admin | No comments

I tried to make a tiny city on a ring. It came out OK but I’m still figuring out what scale works with what materials. Also, balsa is useless; never use it for anything.

I have been using a program called QCAD to draw out the designs, and its been kinda frustrating. The documentation for it is terrible. Bre found a guy who does tutorials which has helped a little, but its overall a slow process. In some ways its similar to Rhino, which I learned in college, but the UI is totally different and its annoying. I’m debating whether to reinstall XP on my laptop (it has Ubuntu right now) just so I can use Illustrator instead. Because apparently I have forgotten how much I hate Illustrator.

I also made another ring, but the basswood was too weak for the design, and the notches were a tiny bit too small.

Tinysaur is Tiny

August 23, 2008 in lased by admin | No comments

First and foremost, the laser is now up and running at the hackerspace. One of Bre’s friends sent him a dinosaur pattern, and I decided that said dinosaur pattern would be more fun if it was ridiculously small.

Three tries (took a while to get the scale right) and some tweezers later… TINYSAUR

Here’s tinysaur next to Bre’s dinosaur:

If you’d like to make your own Tinysaur but lack a 35 watt CO2 laser, you can get the pre-lased kit on Etsy or if you’d rather skip the tedium and just have a tiny T-Rex, you can get a completed Tinysaur as well.

Katamari Schematics

July 5, 2008 in Katamari by admin | No comments

Documentation for Katamari is starting to take shape. Still getting the hang of Eagle, but the first version is ready:

And the board:

Na Na Na Katamari

July 4, 2008 in Katamari by admin | No comments

Working on the documentation for my Katamari project… a huge sphere you can use to play the game Katamari Damacy.

Here’s a photo of the prototype, taken by Eric Skiff:

Working on drawing a schematic / board that other folks can use, Adam is helping me with that part since I’ve never used Eagle before (or any other circuit CAD software for that matter).

Knitting Machine Demo

June 25, 2008 in hacking by admin | 2 comments

My friend Eric Skiff shot this video of me using Bre’s knitting machine. Hopefully I’ll have time to do more videos in the future, I just got a Toyota punchcard machine I need to devote some time to.