Making gears using 3 axis
I’ve got a 4th axis now but I expect 3-axis will be enough for kinetic sculpture. Check out this video of some gears made on a 3-axis system. The Geneva…
Read moreWoodgears.ca and laser cutting
I met up with Matthias of WoodGears the other day to shoot a brief video on using a laser cutter to make gears. We had fun and I snuck in…
Read moreGlut Rooster
Here’s a preview of Glut Rooster. It’s a rooster that drinks beer. I’m debating if it should run all the time or if it should have a motion detector. Battery…
Read moreLED generator
After finding out that a piezoelectric disk has enough juice to light an LED I made a generator. I think this concept could very well work much better than those…
Read moreGear toy/puzzle
I’ve been working on a gear game for young children. TheThesese two products are essentially what I have on the drawing board. I am coming up with a grid size…
Read moreGeneva like
While I was researching for a gear game I came across this really cool Geneva style system. This isn’t earth shattering but it makes you realize that there are a…
Read moreGears from cutting board!
I just wipped up some gears using the GearGenerator by Matthias Wendel. It’s easy to use and has lots of options! This is the first real attempt at making gears.…
Read moreTubing and hose
I wanted some smaller inside diameter tubing so I ordered some from ebay. I got lots of tubing at a great price but I’ve not found the smaller inside diameter…
Read moreTiming Belt
I went over to my friend Jim’s place today to pick up these timing belts. They are pretty small but I think they will work. Blog this! Digg this post…
Read moreDIY Timing Pulley
I may have made an XL timing pulley. Here’s how I did it. I downloaded a pulley cad file at SPD-SI.com. It was a DXF. I loaded it into Inkscape…
Read moreSmall pulleys and gears
I am doing lots of projects that have small motors in them. Sometimes these little motors have pulleys on them because they’ve been pulled out of some device. Often they…
Read moreMakers we need to solve real problems
People who want to monetize have to solve a real problem. How to find a real problem? I think if you survey your community you will find people with problems.…
Read moreWoodGears.ca!
Matthias of Woodgears.ca came out to Squirrel-o-Rama last night. His Web site is a “must visit”! Here are the pictures from his camera. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on…
Read moreSpeaking of clocks, here’s another approach
Here’s another approach. This is painted MDF which doesn’t look so bad. Might be interesting to try something like this. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on…
Read moreI like gears
Here are some nice examples of laser cut gears. I’m assuming that it laser actually…. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share…
Read moreMachining an XL timing pulley
I made my first attempt at machining an XL pulley this morning. I decided that a 6 inch circumference would have 60 groves since an XL timing belt is 5…
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