After watching a short 2 min video, it dawned on me that I can make better use of my time if I pre-planned in detail
With FDM (Fused Deposition Method-printing with a filament) 3D printers there’s always a question about the accuracy or precision of the print. I read a great description of
Calculating power requirements in a spreadsheet. More info HERE.View Post Basic Rotor Spreadsheet v1.3.xls (1) Some great reading on quad design HERE. And HERE.
Looking for info on designing timing belt power transmissions. Some sites I’ve found of interest: http://www.roymech.co.uk/Useful_Tables/Drive/Timing_belts.html http://us.misumi-ec.com/pdf/tech/mech/p2823.pdf http://www.sdp-si.com/D265/PDF/D265T003.pdf The tooth profile of the FT2 and HTD belts
For projects where ordering parts is a necessity (like from HobbyKing), I should keep track of why I ordered each part and what its intended use will
Needing to do some text in CATIA, I came up with this: http://www.engineering.com/CATIACommunity/CATIAForum/view/topic/postid/91/forumid/25/tpage/1.aspx Unfortunately there is no straight forward way to do text withing the
In designing some components I was interested to figure out what the limitations were of the printer, and figure out how it behaves when the
I’ve had 3D printing on the brain for the past few weeks for some reason. I’ve been thinking about putting together a kit 3d printer
I’ve been spending some time thinking about a method to enclose my CNC machine. There are lots of ideas… (pictures). (another link) (enclosure build log
I will keep this post as a catch all post for all machining (milling, turning, CNC or otherwise)