BFB unboxing
Am at the lab and having a look at the 3d printer. It’s rather large. Will be reporting back how will it works (or not). Blog this! Digg this…
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I am falling behind on my propeller project so I got a Repman. This messes up my propeller budget a bit but I anticipated needing two machines eventually since I want…
Read moreCrating of 3d printer progress
Brett has done most of the work for the crating. It looks pretty good. It has to withstand being transferred fro bus to bus a few times and also about 48h of…
Read more3D printer has been picked up and is ready for crating
My brother picked up the machine I bought. We are now discussing how to crate it up and ship it to Ottawa. Anybody have any suggestions on how to crate…
Read more3D Printer Aquisition
The past couple of days I spent some time procuring a 3d printer as part of my propeller project. I already have an extruder head from MakerGear and this 3mm…
Read moreInjection Molding
I was looking this machine (right). It’s available for about 1600US at their site. There’s another one for 600 bucks here. As you can see in the instructable it might…
Read moreFan for bubble blower
I managed to get a fan motor working off 12V for my bubble machine. I got the fan out of one of those little cooling fans. The motor is from…
Read morePop bottles might be a good way to make propellers
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Read moreDIY injection and recycle
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Read morePlastics and prototyping
Michael of Krazatchu brought this plastic molding and also a DIY version (pdf). He added that: 1) it can be thinned with paint thinner 2) glycerine can be used as a curative…
Read moreSmall propellers for pager motors
I bought some small propellers to experiment with pager motors and small airplanes. I will use a capacitor, pager motor and one of these propellers to make an electric-elastic-band. Blog…
Read moreMore Capactitors
These capacitors are for experiments with model airplane propulsion. I’m not convinced its simpler than a rubber band but it might be educational. I am betting pager motors are the…
Read morePropellers
I’ve been thinking about propellers for a while. Here is a technique of making carbon fiber propellers. I’ve been thinking of making a hybrid of this technique combined with plastic…
Read morePropeller mold
This looks like a propeller for an ultralight aircraft being molded using the rotational method. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share…
Read moreModel airplane propulsion
I’ve been thinking about different ways to propel a simple model plane. One thing that comes to mind is a capacitor, a pager motor and some matching propeller (perhaps would…
Read morePropeller driven bicycle
This is a neat bike. MIT student Damon Vander Lind wheels his human-powered, propeller-driven 300-rpm tricycle out for a test drive. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share…
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