If you’d like to build a walking biped robot, this 3D-printed design by Technovation looks like a fantastic place to start. Each leg features three servos that actuate it at the hip, knee, and ankle for a total of six degrees of freedom.
Control is handled by an Arduino Uno board that rides on top of the legs, along with a perfboard to connect to the servos directly.
We’ll install OctoPrint on a Raspberry Pi using OctoPi, a preconfigured disk image with everything you need already installed. And we’ll do it from a Mac. (But the concepts are the same if you’re on Windows.)
Once the Raspberry Pi is set up, we’ll connect it to the printer. Then we’ll send a G-code file to it, and start a print!
Do you use 3D printing to make functional parts? Do your printed parts have slight dimensional errors, such as undersized holes? It is essential to take care of this if you use your FDM 3D printer to make precise or functional parts. Here’s the easiest and most elegant fix, using nothing but your slicer and a caliper.
Because the extruded molten plastic gets squashed by the nozzle and also flows outward toward the sides, everything you print is fattened, creating overall oversized prints and undersized holes.
Fortunately, there are ways to fix this flaw. First, I would recommend against these methods, if you currently use them:
Chuck takes a look at Cura 4.6 Slicer and Horizontal Expansion Improvements in this episode of Filament Friday. He test the new Horizontal Expansion for holes only and discovers a few things. He also looks at a few other features new in Cura 4.6. Check it out.
This video shows the first step stone to create digital clock using 8×8 WS2812 LED Matrixs. I am creating 3D design of the case for one of the time digits and programming bunch of transition effects that I would use in the final project.
A ‘propeller shaped’ flywheel can store rotational energy, which when converted into thrust, launches it high into the sky!
I had in my possession some X3D conductive ABS. The question begged: Could I create a 3D printed PCB that didn’t use a soldering iron? Yes!
Well, sort of..
I certainly learned a lot making this video but the conductive filament isn’t quite up to the task, based on my experiences and those I reviewed of others.
This filament was supplied to me free of charge by my filament sponsor X3D. It was my choice to make the video and all opinions expressed are my own.
My latest 3D Printed project is this GIANT LEGO Go-Kart large enough for me to ride! Yes I’m hoping this time that this version will be big enough for me to ride.. I also intend on making it electric!
Hello guys, in this video I show you how I made a YouTube subscribe counter and how you can make your own. If you have a 3D printer, you can use my STLs, if you don’t have one you can use different ways to make this work.
My latest 3D Printed project is this GIANT LEGO Go-Kart large enough for me to ride! Yes I’m hoping this time that this version will be big enough for me to ride.. I also intend on making it electric!