In 48 minutes the second half of Doctor Who Series 6 begins. I’m pretty excited about this. In any case, it will start recording from BBC America at 6pm PST12 , but I won’t be able to start watching it until my daughter goes to bed in another two hours.
I’ve waited a few months, I can wait another few hours. And, this way I won’t have to watch commercials…
I’m curious – has anyone out there retrofitted their MakerBot Cupcake CNC, MakerBot Thing-O-Matic, or RepRap1 with a cutting device? I recall seeing an example of someone creating a laser cutter, but I was particularly interested in whether someone had made a cutting device using a blade.
If so, what kinds of blades did you use? Did you create your own? Did you use off-the-shelf replacement parts for a commercial robo-cutter?
I was just floored by this recent post to the Make blog. This is the most amazing rubber band gun I’ve ever seen in my life. 1 It genuinely looks like a P90 from Stargate SG-1, including the way in which ammunition is loaded. 2 Even if weren’t for how realistic it looks, the mechanism is still fantastic. It apparently has a single shot/semi-automatic and fully automatic mode. Here’s what I can’t believe – that the creator of this magnificent toy thought it necessary to obscure their face in the video. I would be proud to call this my own.
Since I’m on the topic, this next rubber band gun is also pretty cool.
The websites for the first gun is in Japanese, but the Google translation is pretty decent. The cut-away pictures show most of how the device works. Just as a head’s up, the way WordPress handles gallery photos puts all of these pictures into a single gallery even though I uploaded them at different times. The second gun appears to hold 8 shots and will “auto-return” the gun to its starting position. Although there are a few pictures of the piece from various angles, I don’t really understand how the auto-return mechanism works. If you’ve got an idea, I would appreciate your insight.
