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Stepper Motor Driver Test Board for RepRap

Recently I have been building the cupcake CNC 3d printer as a stepping stone for getting involved with the reprap project. This was the first time I have tried soldering surface mount components, and I must say it turned out to be quite straightforward and easy using the hotplate reflow method. The main issue was […]

Posted 22 May 2009 † John Meacham § ‡ Comments (1) °

ShapeLock and Hot Glue = Rapid Funny Looking Prototypes

While waiting for the parts to my very own reprap machine, I figured I would experiment a little with some possible head designs. One I am particularly interested in is something like a ‘pick and place’ machine that can manipulate objects in 3 dimensions. My simple design involves a drinking straw, a couple $3 hobby […]

Posted 05 May 2008 † John Meacham § hacks ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , ,