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July 6, 2008
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I haven't worked out what spray will work yet. Clears and acylics/enamels don't seem to work. Or wax. Last thing that I was trying was white-out (correction fluid). The way that you are doing it will give enormous etch times with poor quality.I haven't worked out what spray will work yet. Clears and acylics/enamels don't seem to work. Or wax. Last thing that I was trying was white-out (correction fluid). The way that you are doing it will give enormous etch times with poor quality.
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Jul 6, 2008 09:47 AM
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Of course a CO2 laser won't touch the copper. the light just reflects off. That's why many higher end laser systems use copper components to set beam focus etc.
Anyway, I know what the problem is that you are having. I've found the same problem. No matter what speed and power you engrave at on your Epilog, it will always look better on the second pass. The issue is that the sprays that you are using leave a residue on the copper that your laser just burns on. For example, when you use the black and do two passes at 600 dpi, full speed and full power, it looks like it's all gone. Try a red or yellow spray and you'll see a fine residue of pigment that stays on the board.
I haven't worked out what spray will work yet. Clears and acylics/enamels don't seem to work. Or wax. Last thing that I was trying was white-out (correction fluid). The way that you are doing it will give enormous etch times with poor quality.
Hope you can work it out.
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Jul 6, 2008 08:09 AM
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Arduino breakout shield from RepRap (test)
The RepRap team introduced a simple breakout shield -
The Arduino Breakout Shield is a shield that plugs into an Arduino and provides all the Arduino pins as screw terminals. It is perfect for semi-permanent Arduino projects, or just general prototyping. It provides access to all the Arduino pins, as well as providing extra GND, 3.3v, 5v, and Supply voltage pins for convenience.Those terminal blocks can be quite handy, a bit reminiscent of the Make controller's setup. - Arduino Breakout
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Jun 11, 2008 10:50 AM
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Zemana test (Arduino)
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Jun 10, 2008 12:00 PM
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my test entry
Testing this entry, this is my make entry.
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May 21, 2008 05:25 PM
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269 Electronics - Canal street, NYC
Tucked away inside a perfume, watch luggage and fake iPod store on Canal street is "269 Electronics" - if you're in NYC and need electronic tools at "ok" prices and selection 269 is one of the few places. They also have kits (mostly velleman kits) as well as some rare parts. Today the quest was for some NT42/44s and while they're not that hard to find they had them, score. More photos here - Link.
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Argo electronics - Surplus electronics in NYC - Link.
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Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Mar 1, 2008 03:00 PM
Electronics, MAKE Playlist |
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Making a steel sunflower
Jack Donnell writes in about this video from Andrew Crawford's blacksmith studio in Atlanta wherein he goes through the process of making a steel sunflower using a waterjet cutter and traditional blacksmithing techniques - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Mar 1, 2008 11:00 AM
Arts, How it's made |
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Light bulbs and bikes make art
This lightbulb / bike project uses color-shifting bulbs and a few BMX dirt bicycles to make a nice ambient environment. It was on display at the "World Space Party" held last year at NASA's Ames research center in California. Pretty cool
Lightbulb art project - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Mar 1, 2008 07:00 AM
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DELO watch makes telling time fun again
The DELO watch by Aeolab (Elise Co and Nikita Pashenkov) is the coolest thing to come to boring wrist watches since old school Pac-Man watches from the 80s. Check out the video for some pretty nice time change customization graphics you can set on the prototype.
DELO Watch - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Mar 1, 2008 05:45 AM
Arts, Gadgets |
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Turn your broken Rock Band kit around
If you are like most people who play "Rock Band" religiously, chances are you've broken your kit and are debating whether or not to toss it and buy a new one or call Harmonix and ask for a refund. This hack shows a rather complex, but do-able way to fix your ailing plastic musical life.
Fix Your Rock Band Drums - Link
Posted by Jonah Brucker-Cohen |
Mar 1, 2008 05:41 AM
Electronics, Music |
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Disposable camera ring light
Divet has a nice Instructable on how-to make a ring light out of disposable cameras Looks like it works well, just watch where you put your fingers.
Build a disposable camera ring flash. Disposable cameras are discarded after the film has been removed. Photo labs often have boxes of them under the counter, waiting to be recycled. If you ask nicely, you can often get more than enough to experiment with. Try to get at least six for this project, all of the same type.
Disposable camera ring light - Link
Related:
Eye on Birmingham: The Ring - Link
DIY Ring light - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Mar 1, 2008 03:00 AM
Photography |
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MAKE Primer - Electronic test equipment
Electronic Test Equipment by Tom and Wendell Anderson. See and understand what's happening inside a circuit. Page 158 - MAKE 10. Read this article now in the MAKE digital edition.
Or get MAKE 10 from the Maker store and/or subscribe to MAKE (use code CMAKE for $5 off USD).
You can view all our in depth Primers from MAKE here too.
Posted by Phillip Torrone |
Feb 29, 2008 09:22 PM
Electronics |
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Hack Your Brain - Best of Weekend Projects
This weekend on Best of Weekend Projects with Bre Pettis, learn how to hack your brain by making Mitch Altman's Brain Machine! It flashes LEDs into your eyes and beeps sounds into your ears to make your brain waves sync up into beta, alpha, theta, and delta brainwaves!
Mitch invents cool things that make the world a better place. He's well known for the TV-B-GONE and this brain machine is his latest project. One of the cool things about this project, is that it builds on an open source project. Mitch used Lady Ada's open source MiniPOV and switched out LEDs and added new capacitors and resistors and then rewrote the firmware to make it into the brain machine. It's super cool when people make hardware open source so that others can work with it!
Make sure to take pictures of your build and of you in your brain machine and upload them to the Make: flickr pool.
Get the podcast and pdf downloaded automatically in itunes. - Link
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Feb 29, 2008 08:00 AM
MAKE Podcast |
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Hacking VGA with Arduino
Cool visualization on a monitor via Arduino
An arduino board is controlling the RGB lines of a VGA connection to an LCD monitor. However, the horizontal and vertical sync lines are being generated by a proper computer.- Code and info on Little-Scale - Link
Related:
Arduino TV - Link
In the Maker store:
"Critter & Guitari" Cellular Automata Video Synthesizer Kit - Link
Posted by Collin Cunningham |
Feb 29, 2008 05:00 AM
Arduino |
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Digital Camera Interface
Getting a computer to "talk" with a CMOS camera can be difficult, if not impossible, at times. The site has links to PDF files that contain the schematics and theory of operation. There is also a link containing all the code. It's a nice solution to a common problem.
The aim of this project is the development and construction of an interface between a CMOS camera and a computer. This interface allows a user to get images from the camera, to change some of the properties of the camera as brightness, luminance, etc from a computer. Also some image process is implemented allowing the camera to track white objects and follow them with a servomotor. The interface was implemented using the Atmel AVR ATmega16 microcontroller.
Digital Camera Interface - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 29, 2008 03:00 AM
Electronics |
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Arduino compatible breadboard
This is a nice little tutorial on building your own Arduino compatible breadboard. The heeart of the board is an AMTEL8 AVR and breakout board from SparkFun. It is a fairly easy build, but if you just want to jump right into programming pick up a completed version in the MAKE store! - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 29, 2008 02:00 AM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Wiimote controlled curtains
Controlling your curtains via a Wiimote is either laziness at its best, or a great solution for those with mobility issues. The curtains can be controlled from a wall switch, but even that could be problematic for some people. This could definitely be a great help for some people. - Link
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Track fingers with the Wiimote - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 29, 2008 01:00 AM
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Simple walking bot
Matt Mets made this simple servo-controlled walking bot which uses a Barebones Arduino to walk, one leg at a time. Source code included. - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 28, 2008 09:00 PM
Arduino, DIY Projects, Electronics, Robotics |
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Vibrobot from a speaker and pull-cord toy
Randy made his own version of the Bristlebot, but with a speaker and pull cord. Excellent, and with renewable propulsion! I like the little resistor antlers/feelers - Link.
Related:
HOW TO - Make a Bristlebot a tiny directional vibrobot made from a toothbrush! - Link.
Bristlebot racing snail - Link.
Posted by Becky Stern |
Feb 28, 2008 07:00 PM
DIY Projects, Robotics, Toys and Games |
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Readybot will clean your kitchen
Dishwashers are so last week. I want a Readybot! Not only will this robot clean the dishes, it will tidy up the whole kitchen and you don't even have to give it an allowance. Hopefully this will become a reality soon, because I need one...NOW! - Link
Posted by Marc de Vinck |
Feb 28, 2008 04:00 PM
Robotics |
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