Jenelle wrote in on the live chat to ask: “Where is the bottom of the machine? is it the bottom of the board?”
The machine height and machine width affect your belt length, but your belt length also affects the machine height. It works like this: (more…)
Did you build a Makelangelo 2.5 with an Adatruit Motor Shield v2? Here’s a trick I found today that’ll give you a 4x speed boost.
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Makelangelos are a success and I wonder if licensing is the way to grow so I can hire staff and afford all the R&D I’m putting into my super weapon other projects. I’m giving the question due consideration and I’d love your feedback in the comments below.
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When setting up parts for laser cutting, I’ve developed a few golden rules. Part labels is only the newest. (more…)
This post is about how to modify the open source code for the Makelangelo and bend it to your will. I hope to teach you how to create new styles of drawing for the Makelangelo so that you can make it more artsy or more funny or … well, whatever you want to do with it, right? Right.
Warning! This post… this post is for the ambitious among you. It’s not easy, but like they say: nothing worth doing is easy. (more…)
