Long time reader Maximilian Malihas built a great looking CNC machine called the Ripper. It looks nice and rigid, you can see in the video that the unit is very versatile and would be at home in any workshop. If you want to build your own there will be plans on the site soon, for now there are a ton of build pictures and documentation. Â “The 3-Axis CNC was
With a used printer and a handful of inexpensive parts you can make your own old school plotter. I remember when plotters were all the rage, if you had a high end one it could even handle multiple colored pens and change them automatically. If you are interested in creating some technology of the past the Junk Plus Arduino blog demonstrates how to make your own. ” Junk (the
The Time Plotting Clock mechanism is fantastically simple, 3 tiny servo motors allow the erasable marker to be moved along the drawing surface and raised when no contact with the surface is desired. This allows the pen to write the time. There is also a tiny eraser located in the upper right corner, when the next minute is ready to be drawn the pen grabs the marker and erases
When you walk through the garden section of your home store in the summer you will see a bunch of misters spraying the plants every now and then to keep them moist. Johnny Klaus has built a system that will mist his plants using an Arduino that is pumping a spray bottle using a 12 volt door lock motor. I think this system could also be used to keep
If you are waiting for some electronic parts to be delivered the wait can be agony. It is especially painful when you learn your parts which you desperately need have been sitting in your mailbox for most of the day because the mailman came early… This problem is solved by this Mailbox Wireless Alert Project. Re-purposing an off the shelf inexpensive wireless alarm system is all you need. The
Got some old corded phones kicking around from the days before 3 and 4 handset cordless system took over? Why not make them useful again by making an intercom from the. Growing up I remember seeing all of the 2 and 3 station intercom system in the Radio Shack magazines, I always wanted a system in our house no matter how impracticable it would have been. In about 1/2
When you take your portable radio to the beach are you always making sure nothing rubs against it so you keep the finish scratch free. If the kids are playing close to it you make sure they don’t have anything more dangerous than a rubber ducky since you know it will end up falling on your shiny radio. The Ammo Box Stereo by Noah Farrington is the solution to
