Why is tonight a good night? There are a number of reasons. But, right now I have my Bender and Flexo making parts simultaneously. 1
Two robots! Will my extravagances know no bounds?!
- Bender is my Cupcake CNC, Flexo is my Thing-O-Matic. [↩]
Tag Archives: bender
Blender help?
Ball joint thing
I’ve designed a new part for printing on Bender1 . Here’s a picture of the part. I’m trying to see if I can print a working ball joint. Obviously, it needs to consist of breakaway multi-parts.
If this works I’d like to try using it as a component of a larger more complicated object. However, Skeinforge throws a fit every time I try to skein it. I’m uploading it here in case anyone can help me fix it.
- If you’re just tuning in, that’s the name of my MakerBot [↩]
Mission critical decisions
Such as: Should I paint? What color(s)?
I’m thinking I should paint. I figure it will help the robot body stand up to a little extra wear and tear while looking cool.
Not white or black. That’s SOooo October 2009. I’m liking gray/gunmetal/silver. I’ve only seen pictures of one silver MakerBot and I rather liked it. (Thank you to RDon Ebben/Robostang 548 for posting pics of his MakerBot 347.) The picture is a little dark, so I don’t think I can see it to its full effect.
Just the other day a user named unrepentantgeek posted a Google Sketchup version of a MakerBot, to make it easy to test out paint/color schemes. URG – you’re the best! Thanks to you, I got to test out this color scheme:
Roughly a 50% gray on the outside, silver on the inside. (I figure I can’t rightfully name the machine Bender unless it has a shiny metal assplate, right?)