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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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…)
I’ve removed nearly all the contentious parts from the Makelangelo and now I’d like your help to finish a new pen holder. Here are some of the challenges I’m facing. (more…)
Jenelle emailed me a set of pictures from the Dx3 Conference in Toronto, Canada. DX3 is all about digital marketing and retail and runs for only two days, March 11 & 12, 2015. What better way to advertise your business than a Makelangelo in the window, or a long exposure light painting? More pictures after the break. (more…)
I’m taking a well deserved vacation from March 21 to March 28, 2015. This is a great opportunity to test if my store will run even when I’m not in the building. I’ll have a few personal assistants trained in the various systems filling orders and shipping kits. The only difference you’ll see is the signature on the emails. If you’d prefer the personal touch by the man in charge, get your orders in before March 19.
I’m thinking about taking a drone with me and filming on the beach. Maybe the hotel needs new pictures and will buy the footage? Maybe I should stop thinking and start paying attention to the drink menu.
In other news, PancakeBot has been successfully funded. I met Miguel Valenzuela at the Bay Area Maker fair last year and helped a bit with the software. I’m pretty sure most of the logic is based on the GCodeCNCDemo, with some extra features for batter flow control and grill temperature. Should I get Miguel to make a guest post and talk about how it’s done?
