Art-O-Matic
I’ve not done any drawing robots in a while and I got the bug again. I drew Art-O-Matic up in Sketchup (and gear generator) then made the parts from hardboard using a CNC cutter. Added some bolts and...
View ArticleHey Kids! Squiggly Draw!
I just made this Spirograph-like toy! I can’t seem to put it down. It’s for a 5y old birthday gift. Her’s is acrylic but I made another from hardboard for me so we wont fight… I did it in Sketchup...
View ArticleSwirly Draw
It’s a drawing machine you crank! Sort of a kid-version of art-o-matic. Seems easier than squiggly-draw too. I think this is great for kids. This one has a ratio of 39:40. I like it! Seems perfect for...
View ArticleContinuous Rotation Servo Hack
I needed motors for a small robot and I wanted to keep it simple and inexpensive. Ordinarily you need a DC motor with gearbox and an h-bridge or motor drivers. Lots of parts and assembly. So instead...
View ArticleGear Toy
I making a gift for Baby Angelo (3 years old). I want to make him a gear toy. It will be peg-board and bolts that thread in from the bottom. Gears will fit in different combinations. Some gears will...
View ArticleSquiggly Draw V3
Here’s another version of Squiggly-Graph I made for three-year old Baby Angelo. I tried bigger teeth to see what would happen. One of the two gears is actually captive once you mesh it. In theory that...
View ArticleWood Gears
I was asked to make some gears in plywood. I made them in three layers out of different colors of wood. I used oak and maple ply. They came out nice. I am planning a clock out of gears as well.
View ArticleEtch A Sketch
We’ve got a challenge to build a simple CNC system over at hack613. Here’s my first installment! How it’s Made I took some measurements of an Etch A Sketch and drew up a frame to hold it using...
View ArticleCycloid-O-Matic
Here’s an installment for the #hack613 challenge (to make a machine out of 28byj-48 steppers). It’s a three-axis cycloid drawing machine. I drew it up in Sketchup and designed the gears using the...
View ArticleFacere-Bot
This is an experimental drawing robot. It was designed to be portable, light and fast. Facere is Latin for “do”, “create” or “make”. I’ve had a few requests to do a tutorial on how to build this so am...
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