Ferro forjado artístico, 2 coisas bacanas da Designspark, e V-Ray, da Rhino!

Isto é um espectáculo, até têem Fechaduras de Modelo Antigo funcionais, com chaves antigas, Ferro forjado de qualidade, um bom exemplo de que a gente boa deste País, não se rende ao desespero, e luta pela vida!

Agora, estão à vossa disposição, agora também, no Centro Comercial Monumental, até dia 1 de Dezembro de 2013, entre as 10:00 e as 22:00.

Destaque ainda para a Página deles, no Facebook, onde podem ver que, para todos os interessados em História, há que pasmar, lá.

Claro que, para os Engenhocas, quando vêem isto, pensam logo nalguma engenhoca que poderiam mandar fazer, por isso, cá vai o Facebook, e o Site, com Loja:

O Reino do Guerreiro
Figuras em resina ou em chumbo, ferro fundido, dragões e espadas.

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Reino-do-Guerreiro/313245112129389

Site:

http://www.reinodoguerreiro.pt/

A Designspark oferece-nos 2 coisas tão bacanas, no seu mais recente Blogue, que não pude escolher dentre elas, e cá vão 2 duma vez!

A primeira maravilha é este pequeno periférico que ligam ao PC Portátil, e ficam assim com um Osciloscópio na mala... 

Honey I shrunk the scope! 

Pico Technology

Pico Technology has released a new range of PicoScope 2000 Series oscilloscopes that occupy about the area of a passport and are only 19 mm (three-quarters of an inch) thick. Connected to and powered from a USB port, they offer bandwidths up to 200 MHz and feature an arbitrary waveform generator, yet are almost 80% smaller than the previous generation of PicoScopes. This makes them the perfect scopes for engineers on the move to keep in their laptop bag, while offering all the features and performance of a traditional bench-top oscilloscope.

http://www.designspark.com/eng/nodes/view/type:knowledge-item/slug:honey-i-shrunk-the-scope

E depois, têem este Tutorial Vídeo, sobre como fazerem o vosso Painel de Ligações, com o DesignSpark Mechanical:

 

 

8. Inserting 3D Models into a Panel Design within DesignSpark Mechanical

This tutorial is a video overview of use of DesignSpark Mechanical with Panel designs

Inserting 3D models into electrical Panel designs is demonstrated as a part of this video

http://www.designspark.com/eng/tutorial/designspark-mechanical-inserting-3d-models-into-a-panel-design

 

 

 

 

E uma Dica de Affonso Orciuoli, via Rede Brasileira de Fabricação Digital, podem brilhar com o Rhino, com este add-on que faz um Rendering de fazer chorar as pedras da calçada...

Podem aprender isso, e muito mais, neste Site da Rede Brasileira de Fabricção Digital:

 

 

V-Ray

V-Ray é seguramente o software de render mais conhecido no mundo, tanto pelos resultados como no tempo para poder chegar a eles. Nada melhor que renderizar no programa que estamos trabalhando, evitando todos os problemas de importação e exportação. Assim temos uma solução que integra um ciclo de ferramentas para projeto, apresentação e produção.

Experimente já essas novas tecnologias para todo o seu ciclo de trabalho fazendo com que o tempo seja seu melhor aliado e a qualidade de seus projetos seja excepcional com esse potente software.

http://rbfd.com.br/softwares/v-ray/

 

 

 

Espuma para Fresas, fundir Alumíno à bruta, um Isqueiro tipo Zippo, e um Livro para Colorir 3D!

Este Material da Inventables é perfeitamente maquinável pelas vossas Fresas CNC, e também é bom para trabalhar à mão.
Aguenta até 94º C, e pode servir para um sem-fim de usos, Moldes, Protótipos, etc.

Precision Board Plus

High density urethane foam that is ideal for milling

Precision Board Plus High Density Urethane (also known as tooling board, a competitor to RenShape or Ren board) is a closed cell rigid urethane foam board that can withstand up to 200º F continuous exposure. It can be cut or bonded into a variety of shapes for final machining or shaping. Higher machine feed rates are easily achieved compared to wood, epoxy and alloy substrates. The material mills beautifully and is safe to laser cut/laser engrave. It has a density of 48 lbs per cubic foot. Buy everything you need to glue the material, repair nicks or holes, and prime for your final finish.

https://www.inventables.com/technologies/precision-board-plus

Se a vossa desculpa para não fundirem Alumínio era que "é muito complicado", mais fácil que isto, não há, com o que estiver mais à mão:

Recycling Aluminum (Aluminium) - Make your own Al foundry.  

gavargas

It has always been a very fascinating thing to see the things that we as humans have been able to accomplish through time. How we were able to build amazing things, utilizing only our imaginations and the resources around us.

This project is no stranger to these feelings I have and can teach a lot of things to anyone attempting it. We gave it a try at our hackerspace H3 Laboratories
There are various ways that you can do this project of course, so you can take ideas and go melt some aluminum at your house or hackerspace. Invite some people over and melt Aluminum together. It may look simple but it is very enjoyable and camaraderie forming.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Recycling-Aluminum-Aluminium-Make-your-own-Al-foun/

Não há queenganar, este é um Isqueiro tipo Zippo, muito simplificado, e não custa nada incluír uma tampa para o Depósito, nem que seja um Parafuso com uma Anilha de Borracha, numa Porca soldada ao depósito:,

Storm lighter

bricobart

Storm lighters are nice.
Storm lighters are useful.
But storm lighters are expensive. Too expensive for what it is: a sturdy fuel tank combined with a starter.

Here's a way to boost up an ordinay lighter into a cheap, water- & stormproof fuel torch.

Needs:
- some alu tubes in different sizes
- a few brass caps
- a lighter
- a few tampons

http://www.instructables.com/id/Storm-lighter/

E eis a última novidade de David Landis, um Livro para Colorir...

3D! 

Alguém tinha de pensar nisto, colorem as Figuras, e depois, viram Papercraft.

Com tanto Criativo que anda por aí, sem meios para nada, e enfrentando uma cambada de bimbos que não arriscam em nada, mirem-se no exemplo deste empreendedor irrquieto, que vai alegremente lançando os seus fantásticos Livros, como este pelo Kickstarter...

FAÇAM OUTRO TANTO!!!

Desktop Gremlins Paper Craft Inventor's Activity Book

David Landis 

 

Draw, color, cut, & build 10 astonishing paper craft sculptures! No glue or tape required – grab your scissors and your imagination!

 

This book will be 28 pages of UNCOATED COVER-WEIGHT paper throughout and will feature 10 of your favorite Desktop Gremlins in TEMPLATES, in OUTLINE FORM that you'll COLOR YOURSELF with pens, colored pencils, crayons, whatever! More importantly, you'll discover that the area where the main character resides in the template will just be a light outline that only SUGGESTS body shape.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1341118219/desktop-gremlins-paper-craft-inventors-activity-bo

C-trino, agarrem o vosso Carro, uma Fonte de Alimentação para Válvulas a Vácuo!

É 100% Português, esta C-trino, Dica da Behance, uma Marca de Adaptadores Electrónicos para o Arduino, Raspi, etc. 

Servem para expandir os usos deles, adicionando-lhes uma data de expansões, e também essas expansões, Open Source, por isso, podem pegar numa delas, e adaptaá-la pars os vosso fins!

Parabéns, Aveiro!

C-trino - Designed Electronics

We are proud to share our newest collaboration.
Today we present you the young and energetic electronics brand:
c-trino - DIY made juicy is the result of one of our collaborations at the LX Reactor - Co-Organized with Hackerschool - Lisbon's first Tech and Design summercamp where we mixed design and tech students for the development of innovative products / experiences / interfaces.

...

The brand product consists of a series of boards that go from analog expansion, to I/O expansion, PWM and range extenders.
Our main goal is to provide virtually all the I/O pins you may ever need, which can be anywhere up to a certain radius, and let you treat as if they were actually inside the Arduino board!
Let two words define c-trino: simplicity and versatility.

The Future?!
Well, it´s not hard to think in applications for this, is it? We can apply c-trino to everything that goes from home-automation, to car parking assistance, surveillance... In the end, you can use it almost in any DIY Project! Juicy, uh?

So, what I Buy is What I Get?
Short answer: No. You get even more! All source code of every board, alongside with its schematics, will be open source so you can adapt it to your own projects or reconfigure its purpose. Community is Upper-case in our goals!

Stay tuned for a lot more news, our brand website and new products.
c-trino team.

http://www.behance.net/gallery/c-trino-designed-electronics/11883729

 

 

 

Se vos roubarem o Automóvel, esta Engenhoca diz-vos onde ele está!

Ora aqui está um bom Instructable para fazerem, e por menos de 100 Euros...

Athena: The Global Car Tracking System(3D Images)

Jayvis Vineet Gonsalves

Every year about 700,000 vehicles get stolen in US. In fact, a car is stolen every 45 seconds.
We all love our cars and whether it is a roaring Lamborghini or a purring Prius, we are attached to it and wish that it never gets stolen.

I am very attached to my family car and take lots of precaution that I do not park my car in secluded places or double check that I always lock my car when I park it anywhere and always carry my car keys with me. However, I am still worried whether my car is safe. In order to get rid of these genuine worries, I decided to design my own low cost car tracking system.

In this instructable, I have explained the process of building one's very own Global Car Tracking System -'Athena' - for a cost of just 100$. The steps for building this device is very simple and explained in a lucid manner. The skills required for you to build this is minimum (Basic knowledge about electronics and the Arduino IDE).

I have christened this device by the name 'Athena' because Athena is the Greek Goddess of navigation.
So what are we waiting for.....let's get started......

http://www.instructables.com/id/Athena-The-Global-Car-Tracking-System/

...E se quizerem Altas Voltagens, (e cuidado ocm isso!) para Projectos de toda a ordem, principalmente, Válvulas a Vácuo, aqui está como o fazer, pelo nosso amigo Andrea Biffi:

High Voltage Power Supply for Nixie and Valve Tubes

andrea biffi

Since in last years nixies displays attracted my attention so much that I bought many of them, I finally managed to design a good power supply and my nixie clock is on the way...
With this circuit you can test a nixie display, or power a multiplexed nixie clock. The potentiometer lets you change the output voltage to fit different types of displays. My prototype has been built on a breadboard, but I also made a pcb from the schematic so you can etch your own board and solder the components.

WARNING: this circuit raise the voltage to deadly 300V so you must avoid to touch contacts while working, I'm not kidding, please BE CAREFUL!

http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Voltage-Power-Supply-for-Nixie-and-Valve-Tube/

Dia de CAD, e uma Impressora 3D para... Joalharia!

Umas notícias sobre o CAD, para hoje, a primeira, é sobre a nova versão do Programa VariCAD, com coisas boas como inserirem Perfis de Desenhos, em 2D, numa Imagem 3D:

VariCAD 2014-1.0 - November 14,2013

This version contains support of multi-threading, faster 3D graphic, faster 2D graphic, improved support of virtual printers (like print to pdf), changes in volume and mass calculations, printing of images from 3D and further improvements in input of STEP files. To update your current version of VariCAD or to evaluate a free 30-day trial version, download it here.

http://www.varicad.com/en/home/products/news/

Como a Internet nos concedeu Maravilhas como a Colaboração Internacional, num Projecto(!) onde gente de todo o Planeta pode trabalhar num Projecto comum...

Todos os que, como eu fizeram o Download do Programa GrabCAD Workbench, podem trabalhar Online, num Projecto que fica sincronizado, actualizando-se à medida que os vários Co-Autores o vão modificando, mas tamém podendo proteger algum Ficheiro de ser modificado, enviar diferentes versões para diferentes pessoas, e comparar essas versões!

Now You Can Sync Your Desktop CAD Files With Workbench

Workbench is already great for sharing CAD models with external partners, but now we’ve added file management capabilities that allow multiple engineers to work on the same files without getting in each other’s way.

With Workbench you can:

• Sync desktop files with online projects using GrabCAD Workbench for PC
• Lock files to prevent others from overwriting your work
• Track dependencies between files
• Visually compare different versions of a file to identify changes
• Release a specific version to specific partners, for example a supplier

Best of all, you get all this with zero IT overhead - it takes less than 5 minutes to set up a project and get going. 

http://grabcad.com/downloadworkbench

 

Dúvidas sobre o GabCAD Workbench?

Pois podem assistir a um Webminar dia 3 de Dezembro, têem é de se inscrever, no Link abaixo:

Live Webinar Registration

"What can CAD File Management do for your team?"

In a recent survey, more than 80% of CAD users said they spend time trying to reconcile two versions of a design after someone else made changes. How often does this happen to you or your team?
Now that we've released CAD File Management features, we'd like to invite you to join us for the launch webinar “What can CAD File Management do for your team?”.

Unlike traditional PDM solutions, Workbench requires no lengthy installation, no expensive upfront license, and no IT upkeep, while enabling easy sharing with people outside your company.
Why take 30 minutes out of your busy day? We'll demo:

Features:
Simple centralized file management with desktop sync.
Ability to lock files to communicate edits and avoid conflicts.
Version control that lets you see and restore your team changes.
3D model compare that shows what changed in parts and assemblies.
Ability to share selected files with external partners.

Benefits:
Easy to manage CAD - eliminate time spent searching for the correct file, working on the wrong file versions or preparing CAD models for viewing outside of CAD.
Easy to share CAD - improve product quality by making it easy for non-engineers to offer feedback earlier in project
Easy to setup - requrires no training or IT support, available from any device.

Setup:
Fully setup in less than 3 minutes.

http://info.grabcad.info/file_managment_launch_webinar.html

 

E porque não, uma Impressora 3D para Joalheiros?

Artigo do nosso amigo Jon Cantin, eis um Engenhocas que imprime Joalharia, graças à sua Invenção, uma Impressora 3D que imprime pelo método de usar o Metal Clay, para imprimir toda uma data de coisas em vários Metais!

Vão ao Blogue, vrejam a Entrevista!

Interview with MiniMetalMaker’s David Hartkop (USA)

There are a lot of 3D printers out there looking for funding but this one caught my eye… it uses metal clay instead of plastic! I contacted David to see if he was interested in talking a bit more about his awesome 3D printer and I’m so happy he agreed!

http://cnckingdom.com/interview-with-minimetalmaker-david-hartkop-usa/#!

 

O Micro-quadracóptero, façam o vosso Dobrador de Acrílico, um Scanner 3D, e um Dobrador de Arame CNC!

Isto é porreiro!
Da Estes, Marca de renome mundial, vem-nos esta pequeníssima maravilha, que ainda por cima, não é cara...
Menos de 40 Euros? 
Feliz Natal!

Review: Estes Proto X nano quadcopter

Jonathan Fincher

You may have noticed that we enjoy our quadcopters here at Gizmag, from the GPS-equipped Phantom 2 Vision to the palm-sized 1SQ V-cam. Recently though, we had a chance to try out a somewhat unusual style of quad in the form of the tiny Proto X from Estes. It may not have a laundry list of features under its belt, but the Proto X does hold the distinction of being the smallest quadcopter we've ever reviewed ... by a huge margin.

http://www.gizmag.com/review-estes-proto-x-nano-quadcopter/29813/

Façam esta Engenhoca, é do mais fácil, e poupa-vos horas de trabalho.
Básicamente, é um Fio aquecido por Corrente Eléctrica, que aquece o Acrílico ao longo duma linha, que amolece e permite dobrar as Placas de Acrílico, duma forma exacta e limpa.
E sigam o Site deste Engenhocas, tem muito mais coisas boas, noutras Páginas:

Acrylic Bender

This weekend I decided to make an acrylic bender. I got the idea from a video on the internet.

Construction:

I bought a cheap hairdryer ($18) and removed the filament. I made the following measurements with a multimeter across the mains lead:

			Fan
		0	1	2
	0	inf	115	95.5
Heater	1	inf	70.6	52.3
	2	inf	61.6	42.9

All in all, I was impressed by the design of the hairdryer. The heater seemed to run in series with the motor, there was what looked like a bi-metallic thermostat that would cut out if the outlet was blocked, and there was a non-resettable thermal fuse as a last resort. It seems like that it would be quite difficult to start a fire or do damage with this.

The construction consisted of having the heater elements inside U-channel aluminium. To either side I screwed a wooden board to make a flat work surface.
I cut a piece of aluminium U-channel to length, then used hot-glue and scraps of wood to seal the ends up. Mixing some plaster (50g plaster, 35g water) and pouring it into the trough made a nice heat resistant, electrically insulating base to run the wires on.

https://sites.google.com/site/mechatronicsguy/acrylic-bender

Da Cubify, um Scanner 3D, que podem levar para todo o lado.
Por isso, é de tomar nota, para quem queira ter Modelos 3D de tudo, de Monumentos, aos vossos filhos, a Trabalho de Campo de Arqueologia, etct:

Sense 3D scanner 

Take your world from physical to digital with 3D scanning Capture your world in 3D and discover the power of physical photography with the Sense 3D scanner. Savor every dimension of your favorite memories: Graduation day. Wedding day. Bringing home baby. Holidays. Trips around the world. All with your Sense, all in 3D.

http://cubify.com/sense/index.aspx

E que tal, dobrar Arame ou fio de Aço, para Molas e Peças?
Nascido duma conversa na Net de que me orgulho de ter participado, é uma Máquina que completa qualquer Oficina de Fabber...

DIWire desktop machine bends wire into 3D sculptures

Jonathan Fincher

Over a year ago, Pensa Labs caught our attention with its impressive DIWire Bender, a small machine that bends thick wires into elaborate 3D shapes by following simple vector drawings. Since then, the company has been refining the wooden prototype we saw before into a sleek fabrication device that's fit for consumers. The result is a more compact, easier-to-use DIWire that can turn pieces of wire into creative 3D sculptures while sitting comfortably on a desktop.

http://www.gizmag.com/diwire-desktop-machine/29747

Leituras de Sábado

Leituras de Sábado

Rise of the CNC, Um Livro de Referência para Fabbers, que dá gosto ler.

Ler, é bom.

Estive a continuar a ler, sossegadinho da minha vida, este Sábado à tarde, o último Livro do Jon Cantin, Rise of the CNC.

Está lá tudo, para quem quer começar a construír os seu Protótipos e Engenhocas, por meio da Fabricação Caseira, que nos trouxe a Revolução da CNC para todos.

Já deparei com dicas que evitavam um ou dois erros que cometi, e foi logo no princípio do Livro, e isso é logo bom sinal...

É aliás por isso que os Engenhocas passam horas a falar entre eles, as Patroas às vezes não percebem, mas estas nossas cabeças NUNCA descansam, e por isso é tão importante, trocar experiências e impressões, para não se perder tempo, dinheiro...

Ou até um ou dois dedos! Apre!

 Foto ©Rise of the CNC

Dicas, e mais Dicas.

 

Mas as dicas do livro não páram, e são porreiras, como a que vos ensina a testar a regulação do Laser, das Cortadoras CNC, para um determinado material:

Lixava-me a cabeça, ver peças bem cortadas num lado da placa, e mal-cortadas noutro, é afinal só necessário um pequeno truque...

Querem saber como se faz?

Comprem, e leiam o Livro!

Referência.

Vale a pena ter este livro bem à mão, para além de reflectir sobre a História do CNC, é um verdadeiro Livro de Referência para o Fabbing, para ler duma ponta à outra, mas passar muito tempo depois disso, a abrir a todo o momento, na Oficina.

Numa linguagem técnicamente correcta, mas que se lê com gosto, por ser explicado fluentemente, e sem maçadas.

Dicas, não só de como fazer Projectos, mas também, que Máquinas comprar, e o que não são Dicas, são Projectos que vocês podem fazer, com as vossas Máquinas CNC, e sabem que mais? 

Nesses projectos vêem ainda mais Dicas!

Também é de salientar o facto de ficarem a conhecer, neste Livro, vários Engenhocas, muitos dos quais gente inspiradora, que estiveram envolvidos na Fundação do Fabbing, para além dos métodos de Criação deles e do Jon Cantin.

Vão ao Link acima, e compram o Livro, e poupam-se assim a várias dores-de-cabeça!

Ui! 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/1896369510/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_til

Um livro empolgante! Mais Moldagem a Vácuo super-barata, um Rato atrevido, e um Scanner 3D Raspberry pi!

Eis como falar de CNC, sem adormecer o Leitor...

Já cá canta, e é porreiro!

O nosso amigo Jon Cantin, explica-nos aqui muita coisa sobre o Fabbing, e ainda vos oferece projectos com explicações passo-a-passo, enquanto vos fala com linguagem concisa e directa ao assunto, nascida dum Saber de Experiência feito;

Impressão 3D, Corte Laser, Plasma, as várias Máquinas, seus prós e contras, e como projectar Objectos para essas Máquinas, tudo num Livro fácil de ir lendo, mas informativo.

É bom!

CNCKing.com Volume 4: Rise of the CNC - Ultimate CNC Design Course

Jonathan Cantin

Two years in the making - CNCKing.com: Rise of the CNC ~ Ultimate CNC Design Course teaches the fundamentals of designing products to be cut with a CNC Table Router, CNC 3D Printer or CNC Laser Cutter & Engraver. Across more than 450 pages, 64 projects are shown in various formats to help teach the reader how to successfully design for these CNC machines.

http://www.amazon.com/CNCKing-com-Volume-Ultimate-Design-Course/dp/1896369510/

Querem fazer alguma Moldagem a Vácuo, e têem pouco tempo para isso, ou querem só experimentar? 

Não há mais fácil que este Instructable, nem mais barato, feito com coisas que se encontram nas Lojas, e re-utilizando pratos de Plástico:

Very Simple Vacuformer 

ekpuz

This design was inspired by this: http://www.fringeneering.com/2012/07/vacuum-forming-on-mega-cheap.html but designed to be super easy to make using off the shelf parts and minimal machining. Instead of using laser cut or 3D printed parts, we will use toilet flange extenders, available at Home Depot to make the base and the clamp that will hold the plastic to be formed (disposable plastic plates work great).

http://www.instructables.com/id/Very-Simple-Vacuformer/

 

O nosso amigo Rob Ives oferece-nos este simpático Ratito, que arranca um sorriso ao mais sorumbático, e é fácil de montar, para pôr na Secretária, ao lado do Rato do PC:

 

Paper Mouse - Download and Make

This fun paper mouse project comes complete with its own piece of cheese to cut out and make! Members can download the parts for free at the link, thanks for signing up! Non-members can download the parts file for £2.50.

Print out the single sheet of card onto thin card. 230 micron /67lb is just right.

Score along the dotted lines then carefully cut out the parts.

     

http://www.robives.com/blog/mouse

 

E com vários Raspberry Pi, faz-se o quê?
Um Scanner 3D de alto gabarito(!)

Para scannarem Retratos de gente em 3D, e em poucos segundos, como as Máquinas de Fotos À la Minute, e eis como:

Multiple Raspberry PI 3D Scanner  

the_anykey

Hi,
I am a big Arduino and Raspberry PI fan and also love 3D printing. I wanted to be able to make a 3d model of my kids and started investigating how to build a 3d scanner. I found a lot of solutions out there, but the problem with most of them is that the subject would have to sit still for a while... well I think it would be easier for me to invent a spaceship that can fly to mars then inventing a solution for my 2-year old son to sit still :-( So none of those solutions where going to work.

I knew I had to come up with a way to instantly take many images at the same time. So I first started to research what cheap digital cameras exists. If I could find a cheap model, I probably could make an automated trigger system using arduinos. But then I would have all the images on many separate SD cards and I was not able to find a cheap good digital camera.

Then I noticed the Raspberry PI and PI camera combination. A "fairly" affordable module, that already is ethernet connected, so I could do the triggering of the cameras using the network and an easy way to download all the images to a centralized place. So my Project (and investment) started.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Multiple-Raspberry-PI-3D-Scanner/