Hexy the Hexapod
The "Hexy" is a hexypod roboter from Kickstarter. As always it took quite long until I received it and some parts were missing. Fortunately they were easy to replace. The manual made it pretty easy to put everything together. Here is what I experienced during the assembly: At first I assembled ...
Printrbot: fourth and fifth day, nearly finished, nearly
The last two days on the Printrbot were quite challenging. Yesterday I was working on the bridge. Since nothing seems to be right in the BOM regarding screws and nuts, there were no screws to mount the extruder. I had to shorten 4 screws to the right size. And that ...
Printrbot: the third day
During my last post from monday and today I got an answer from the guys from Printrbot. They will send me the missing parts. I also found an ebay seller, that has the right hex nuts for the printer. So I ordered them too. Today I received the hex nuts ...
Printrbot: current progress and missing parts
Yesterday I finished the extruder unit: This is quite a tricky part. You have to rework the printed parts a lot. Be careful, don't drill every hole. There are some holes where the screw has to cut into the plastics. I drilled all of the holes and had to use some ...
Printrbot: my new 3D printer and why you need lot of patience
Some of you might remember the Kickstarter.com campaign Printrbot, a low cost 3D printer. There were some rumors about the projects delays and complications. And when I thought it might would never ship, an email with a tracking number apperared in my email account. This was mid-May. So it took ...
Monkey Light – add 8 bits to your bike
I recently supported a Kickstarter.com project: Mini Monkey Light - 8-Bit Bike Light. It is a rugged, practical, high performance bike light that keeps you visible in all weather conditions. The Mini Monkey will be straped to the bikes spokes and displays 8-bit graphics on the spinning bike wheel. ...
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