After having printed a lot with ABS and PLA, finally decided to get a roll of Ninjaflex filament for testing on my Prusa Version 1. I was expecting that given this filament’s flexible characteristcs I would have to do many adjustments to the printing parameters however I was surprised at how easy it was to print almost… Read More Printing with Ninjaflex
After a long hiatus of Robotics activities I am starting a new project: A Chess Playing Robot. As a logical step up of the Tic Tac Toe Playing Robotic Arm I built some years ago I have started building a Chess Playing Robot. The idea is to build not only a Robot Arm that play… Read More 3D Printed Chess Robot Gripper
Project is to build a 1:40 scale RC boat using various technics: The ABS Plastic hull will be formed with a home made vacuum molding process using a mold made by carving a block of wood using a CNC mill. The hull model for the CNC mill will be created in Solidworks using as reference… Read More Remote Control Boat Hull Design (2011)
I bought a plastic fresnel lens from a dollar store, playing with it I imagined that if mounted in a helmet it could be used for an interesting costume. The idea was to position the lens about 20 to 30 cm in front of the user face so the magnifying effect will really show and… Read More Fresnel Lens Helmet (2010)
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