tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74468413393918254152024-02-19T18:40:03.153-08:00Incredib-LabWe are building a MakerBotTom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-44163120190114468722012-07-30T20:41:00.002-07:002012-07-30T20:41:32.958-07:00Cool free program for 3D scans<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlK4Zg-0fdc&feature=youtu.be">Click Here</a><br />
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This is a short video of a 3D scan made from digital photographs. a free program called 123D Catch converts the photos into a 3D model, and maps the images to the surface.Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-9322339765879316342012-02-01T20:16:00.000-08:002012-02-01T20:16:55.926-08:00OMSI After Dark Event<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Incredib-lab team and H's mom were presenters at the OMSI After Dark 'Create to Innovate' DIY event.</div>
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Things were made. Beer was drunk. Laughs were had.</div>
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<br />Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-92057884064025184502011-11-13T00:33:00.000-08:002011-11-13T00:33:00.349-08:00Build Session #8 - Nov 3rd 2011, The MakerBot is completed<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48RGpfEm4cYZ3uK9cmGhZDNnr0NVUn7_-77atQ6Aen3n8mTvFBuqk8uV8TIo-5sbygXFeJLfqBVyojrMkyZNanSHQNIH4cNOFvNevaHlRlWb5gAz2D_ayMH4uPK4dtOQc2iQYRvCY-0YZ/s1600/DSC00150.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48RGpfEm4cYZ3uK9cmGhZDNnr0NVUn7_-77atQ6Aen3n8mTvFBuqk8uV8TIo-5sbygXFeJLfqBVyojrMkyZNanSHQNIH4cNOFvNevaHlRlWb5gAz2D_ayMH4uPK4dtOQc2iQYRvCY-0YZ/s320/DSC00150.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">H, Ryan and Julia too came over to print our first parts. We went to Thingiverse and picked a little kitten toy thing. And it worked. H brought it home and gave it to his kids. And the MakerBot has been pretty busy since then. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</tbody></table>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-77352033923590542332011-11-06T20:34:00.000-08:002011-11-06T20:34:51.752-08:00Build Session #6 - October 20thH, Ryan and I went through the calibration process for the servo motors. It required a volt-meter so we made a trip to Home Depot to buy one.<br />
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</div>But we were unable to get the MakerBot and computer to communicate to each other and therefore the firmware would not load onto the motherboard. All we could figure out was that it seemed to have something to do with using the com port. We called it quits 11pm. Ryan went home and H and I went downtown and met up with Steve Lehman for some wildness.Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-15188346661038924192011-10-18T20:56:00.000-07:002011-10-18T20:56:32.566-07:00Build Session #5 - October 13thRyan, H and I put another 3-plus hours into assembly of the MakerBot Thursday evening . Installing the Electronics. Ryan brought excellent beer.<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Drilling mounting holes for a small circuit board.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trying to upload the firmware before mounting the motherboard in the robot. But there were problems.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The motherboard was connected and had lights flashing, but Replicator G said that there was no connection. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kit seemed to have a few too few 1/4" spacers, so we made some from small round scraps of laser-cut acrylic.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A bit of head scratching. The wiring shown in the online instructions was unclear.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrapping it up for the evening.</td></tr>
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</div></div>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-3185031739218760132011-10-11T19:17:00.000-07:002011-10-11T19:17:49.471-07:00Build Session #4 - October 9thRyan and H came over from 10 to 2 for four hours of robotchery. H brought the beer this time (thanks H).<br />
Prime objective was to finish the extruder, build the case, and install the x,y assembly. Everything went according to plan. The online instructions are not perfect, but good enough.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">putting the nozzle into the thermal core. Isn't nozzle a cool word?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Wrapping the heated nozzle with ceramic tape and Kapton tape. Kapton tape is heat proof. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installing the heated nozzle into the extruder assembly.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Beer was consumed.<br />Ryan needs a hat and a lab coat.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Did I mention that we had some beer. And some of H's home made blackberry wine.<br />Can you find the Portland Aerial Tram tower model hidden in the picture?<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>THIS</u> is a MakerBot. Almost.<br />I never figured out why H wore the lab coat like a shawl. Maybe it's because he's a bit odd.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rear View</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan did the soldering of this little relay circuit board. It is the only circuit board that is not pre-assembled.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rear view. </td></tr>
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Next step: Install the electronics. That will be fun. Probably will happen this Thursday.<br />
Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-76404446908304980742011-10-02T23:05:00.000-07:002011-10-02T23:05:36.204-07:00Build Session #3 - October 1st.Ryan, H and I got together for 4 hours Saturday night for some beer and 'bots.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">H uses a Renascence Faire dagger for stripping the motor wires</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tightening the belts</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrinking the heat-shrink tubing</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan and the completed X-Y Assembly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Extruder motor assembly</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">More heat-shrink tubing shrinking</td></tr>
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<br />Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-73588505547306241382011-09-25T20:46:00.000-07:002011-10-18T21:00:50.553-07:00Work Session #2 - Sep 24th - 3 hours<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>H came over Saturday and we spent 3 hours working on the Automated Build Platform. Some tequila was consumed.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pondering the heated build platform</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">eyeing the belt and bearings</td></tr>
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</div>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com19523 SW 6th Ave, Portland, OR 97219, USA45.455788393592222 -122.6854205131530845.455092393592224 -122.68665451315307 45.45648439359222 -122.68418651315308tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-72093661107915953802011-09-03T11:41:00.000-07:002011-09-03T11:56:23.060-07:00A new FabLab in Portland!<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">I left work a bit early (4:30, I hope Dave doesn't read this) since it was Friday and a 3-day weekend no less, and decided for one quick refreshing beer (PBR - $1.75) at the Bear Paw tavern right on my way home. It was a very nice surprise to see Kari Freeman there, who had urgent news for me, and not just about her involvement with FIRST robotics and the LEGO League robotics teams. Portland has a brand new fab lab called ADX located at 417 SE 11th Ave near Stark. They have Laser cutters, CNC Routers etc. They are having a big event called Fab Fest on September 17th.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 26px;">I think these are my people.</span></span></span>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0Buckman, Portland, OR, USA45.51968717866125 -122.6548812563095245.513919178661247 -122.67172525630953 45.525455178661254 -122.63803725630952tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-72165753797341099572011-08-29T02:57:00.000-07:002011-08-29T02:57:14.750-07:00Assembly beginsToday we got started on building the Makerbot. H came over at 8am and we worked until 11:30.<div>We worked on the Y-stage assembly and the automated build platform.</div><div><a href="http://wiki.makerbot.com/thingomatic-doc:thingomatic-assembly-instructions">Click here for a link to the instructions</a></div><div><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Maker bot Kit.<br />
August 28th 2011<br />
Happy birthday Jim!<br />
Happy birthday Makerbot!</td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I made it with Mathematica (version 7) by one simple command:<br />
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Export["icos_f3_stel.stl",<br />
Stellate[Geodesate[<wbr></wbr>PolyhedronData["Icosahedron"], 3], 1.1]]<br />
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I loaded it into ReplicatorG, and scaled it up.<br />
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Cheers,<br />
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IncrediJim</span><br />
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</span>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-76060784861229870242011-08-08T23:57:00.000-07:002011-08-27T16:48:26.454-07:00The MakerBot kit has been deleveredHere is the official update:<br />
Today (Friday August 8th) the kit was delivered to H's house at last. But due to everyone's travel plans the first good time to get together to work on it will be August 27/28. That gives us lots of time to prepare Sketchup files and AutoCAD STL files. (total nerd speak).<br />
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On a related topic - There is a dutch version of the Makerbot called the UltiMaker. Same basic principal. The main difference is that the extruder travels in the X & Y axis and the build platform travels in the Z direction - which is the exact opposite of the MakerBot. The web site says that they've only sold 150 kits (versus 5000 MakerBots sold so far).<br />
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</div>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-999632597961109232011-07-04T09:04:00.001-07:002011-07-22T16:07:55.743-07:00Why I love my 3D printer videoClick Here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZxzkd-Jsk">Great video on 3D printers</a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZxzkd-Jsk"></a><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyZxzkd-Jsk"></a>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-78622592919848971772011-07-01T21:35:00.001-07:002011-07-22T16:09:09.296-07:00Ideas into Objectshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSD5QmRxYyg&feature=fvst<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTvtS5iWNo&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRTvtS5iWNo&feature=related</a>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-57320503370335993232011-07-01T02:14:00.001-07:002011-08-29T03:00:10.854-07:00A recent interview with Bre Pettis<a href="http://www.makerbot.com/blog/">click here</a>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-45740758932045573122011-06-30T07:58:00.000-07:002011-06-30T07:58:48.653-07:00Team Members<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ryan Kidwell</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">H Weston Drumheller</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Houha</td></tr>
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</div>Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446841339391825415.post-5796478604663358692011-06-27T07:15:00.000-07:002011-06-27T07:15:21.647-07:00The deed is done. The beginning is now. Let the rumpus commence.June 25th 2011<br />
A day that will live in infamy.<br />
The day the Maker Bot was ordered.<br />
The wheels are in motion.<br />
A chain of events has been put into motion that will not and can not be stopped.<br />
Prepare for the dawning of a new era. The time for design is now.<br />
Let it begin.Tom Houhahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09577025127735480876noreply@blogger.com0