Jacto-de-àgua CNC! E construam o vosso Drone! E estampar Couro, analizar WiFi, e ganhem Royalties!

Uma Cortadora de Chapa CNC, é uma Ferramenta que vos permite muita coisa...
Pois vejam lá, que já as há, acessíveis!
É MUITO bom!

Tinijet — Affordable Waterjet Cutting At Home

James Hobson

While laser cutting remains the dominant force for rapid prototyping anything made of plastic, MDF or wood, the real holy grail is the ability to cut metal — something most laser cutters are just not capable of.
In the industry, this is done using extremely high-powered laser cutters, plasma cutters, or water jet cutters. All of which are very pricey equipment for a hacker. Until now anyway. Introducing the Tinijet, the missing tool for affordable water jet cutting.
We first covered this project a few years ago when it was just a university research project called Hydro — it’s since evolved immensely, and will be available for sale very soon.

https://hackaday.com/2016/02/04/tinijet-affordable-waterjet-cutting-at-home/

Para combater os Incêndios, ou filmar, ou o seja que lá o fôr, não precisam comprar, FAÇAM o vosso próprio Drone, ao vosso critério!

Impecável.

Step-by-step Guidance to Build a Drone From Scratch Using Ardupilot APM Navio2 Flight Controller

Simkaisheng

Ardupilot is a widely used open source unmanned vehicle autopilot software that is capable of performing many functions. Documentations and various sources have provided us with the basic knowledge of the setups and use each separate component of a drone but none has provided a detailed guide on how to put them together to build the drone’s hardware with guided steps of component setup and assembly from scratch, together with all necessary configuration and setups.
This article is written to combine all scattered information into one piece, to provide a step-by-step guidance from head to tail of how to build and assemble a quadcopter from scratch and how to perform all setup configurations required using the Navio2 Ardupilot flight controller. Other flight controllers from APM or others can also partly rely on this guide.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Step-by-step-Guidance-to-Build-a-Drone-From-Scratc/

Para o vosso Clube Motard, ou para ajudar as vossas Patroas a vender Adereços de Moda, ou Roupa, ou para ect, uma ideia bem bacana, estampar COURO com a Impressão 3D!

Cada vez melhor.

Leather Embossing With a 3D Printer!

Make Everything

In this instructable I will be going over the steps to 3d print a very simple stamp to emboss leather with. This is a great way to make custom branded products like hats and other merchandise with your own unique logo.
Below is a video that goes through the process step by step. For a detailed write up continue into this instructable for more!

https://www.instructables.com/id/Leather-Embossing-With-a-3D-Printer/

Para algo de completamente diferente, podem agora ter mesmo uma noção clara do vosso WiFi, onde quer que vão, para saberem ao que andam, em questão de Copbertura da vossa Rede...
Uma simpática e bem útil caixinha de bolso, algo a fazer em casa...

Portable WiFi Analyzer
陳亮

This instructables shows how to use a Tic Tac sweet box make a portable WiFi Analyzer.
You may find more background in my previous instructables.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-WiFi-Analyzer/

Já vos falei da Vention, e agora, grande vantagem adicional, podem ganhar DINHEIRO, partilhando as Maquinetas e Engenhocas que idealizarem, nesta Plataforma.
O que quer dizer que, cada vez que alguém encomendar uma ideia vossa, vocês ganham 2,5% do valor da encomenda à Vention.
Com Armações e Projectos variados, a valer centenas e milhares de $, se a vossa ideia for popular...
Já estão a ver.

Earn Design Royalties
Sherry Wong

Professional designers can now earn for contributing to the Vention platform
We are extremely proud to release the design royalty feature, enabling designers, wherever they are located, to be compensated for designs they publish to the Vention public library.
This is a feature we had envisioned in the very early days of Vention as a way to share the success and benefits of the platform with all of our users. All of the underlying building blocks to enable the design royalty feature are now in place, and we are happy to finally make this announcement.
This is how it works: You can earn royalties of 2.5% of the design value for every design that you publish on the Vention public assembly library that is then bought by another user. Royalties are deposited in the form of credit and can be seen on your profile section on the site.
This feature is meant to encourage users to publish their designs to the public library and to foster collaboration among the community. If you are interested in viewing existing designs, you can easily browse them here by using our existing categories, searching for keywords, and/or using our Design Tags (ie. hashtags).

https://www.vention.io/blogs/73

Waterjet em casa? E aulas de Metal, um Cão-Robot(!), Caixas para Electrónica, e uma Engenhoca sem-fim

Fenomenal, como se vai,  aos pouco, democratizando a CNC.

Agora, podem comprar uma cortadora CNC de Jacto-de-Àgua, e cortar tudo aquilo que as máquinas Laser não podem!

Isto corta tudo, Metal, Cerâmica, Plástico, Policarbonato, uma limpeza...

Corta até 6 mm em aço Inox, e pode cortar até 25 mm, em tudo o resto!

Yup, an affordable Waterjet CNC, so you gan go where no Laser CNC has gone befoooore! 

6 mm in Stainless Steel, up to an Inch in other Materials.

Tinijet — Affordable Waterjet Cutting At Home

James Hobson

While laser cutting remains the dominant force for rapid prototyping anything made of plastic, MDF or wood, the real holy grail is the ability to cut metal — something most laser cutters are just not capable of.
In the industry, this is done using extremely high-powered laser cutters, plasma cutters, or water jet cutters. All of which are very pricey equipment for a hacker. Until now anyway. Introducing the Tinijet, the missing tool for affordable water jet cutting.
We first covered this project a few years ago when it was just a university research project called Hydro — it’s since evolved immensely, and will be available for sale very soon.

https://hackaday.com/2016/02/04/tinijet-affordable-waterjet-cutting-at-home/

Um Engenhocas que não mexa em Metal, é apenas Meio-Engenhocas!

Aprendam, em 5 Lições, como se faz, para evitarem muita ferramenta estragada, cortes vários e etc...

5 free Metalworking Classes, so you can spare your Tools and fingers... Ouch!

METALWORKING CLASS
randofo

Working with metal is a challenging, yet rewarding, skill.
In this class, we will go over the very basics of metalworking including, cutting, drilling and finishing.
This class is designed for people with absolutely no prior experience ever working with metal. It will give you the knowledge and confidence to move on to more advanced metalworking topics.

https://www.instructables.com/class/Metalworking-Class/

O vosso Arduino não ladra, nem faz companhia?
Ora cá vai um Canito-robot, para que não vos falte nada!

You can make your Arduino, your own Pet, with this DoggoBot.

Kewel! 

DoggoBot Version 1
makerinchief

Ever since I started programming Arduinos, I wanted to build a robot using one. I also want a dog. However, living in NYC makes it tough to take care of a dog. So after hours of watching videos of robots and dogs, I decided to put my phone down and build myself a pet!
I present to you find readers, DoggoBot Version 1! I created a 4 legged walking bot which can be build with cardboard and hotglue. The electronics are simple and can be ordered from Amazon. However, I noticed the links from Amazon tend not to last very long so the links provided are from websites which routinely carry the items. If you want to get them from Amazon, simply enter the name of the item in the Amazon search bar. You can definitely get a lot of these items cheaper on Amazon then directly from the websites provided.

https://www.instructables.com/id/DoggoBot-Version-1/

Electrónica sem uma caixa que a envolva, é apenas desleixo... 

E acidentes à espera.

Evitem muita fumarada, encapsulando as vossas obras-primas numa caixa bem-construída:

No use making your wonder-thingamajig, just to have it taken apart or shorted...

To avoid the magic smoke, learn how to make an adequate encasing:

Your Guide To Making Electronics Project Boxes

DJ Harrigan

Designing And Laser Cutting Electronics Project Boxes Just Got Easier With This Must-Have Tutorial
You’ve just made something great: It blinks, it whirrs, it speaks in tones, it’s voiced-controlled and it’s “cloud connected” (of course). And now this assembled heap of your own design is waiting on your desk for the final touch.
Whether you are making a product for sale or prototyping your brand’s next show-stopping piece of promotional swag, you probably want to not only keep this electronic creation alive for years to come but also add context and personality to your product and draw fewer eyes as you ferry it through airport security. How? By making a robust electronics project box to house and protect your hard work, of course!

https://www.ponoko.com/blog/how-to-make/making-enclosures-for-electronics-with-ponoko/

Uma Máquina de berlindes que podem imprimir em 3D?

É preciso dizar mais? MUÁHÁHÁHÁHÁ!

FAÇAM UMA!

A Marble Machine you can 3D print!

Need I say more? MEWAHAHAHAHAHA!

GO THERE!

Marblevator Mini, Loop.

gzumwalt

I had to dust off my physics textbook for this one...

How fast is too fast for a marble machine? Well, check out the video "Marblevator Mini, Loop, High Speed Test", at 324,000 marble runs per day, it is indeed the fastest marble machine I've ever designed.

"Marblevator Mini, Loop" is not quite as "mini" as my previous Marblevator Mini designs, but is still quite small, and features a 7.5mm radius loop with a tapered auger lift. Using a few relatively simple physics equations, the height of the entrance ramp (H) is determined by the simple equation H = 2.7R (where R is the radius of the loop). My desire to keep the model small determined the loop radius (7.5mm) and ball bearing diameter (8mm). And to add friction compensation, especially for a 3D printed track printed in this orientation, I increased the height of the ramp over the calculated height of (2.7 * 7.5mm) or 20.25mm.

In the video "Marblevator Mini, Loop Stress Test", the stress test ran over 29 hours and is still running. The auger rotates at approximately 75rpm which in this test translates to 75 marble runs per minute. At this rate, Marblevator Mini, Loop has executed (29 * 75 * 60) or 130,500 marble runs without loosing a marble.

https://www.instructables.com/id/Marblevator-Mini-Loop/

Cimento 3D! E Cortar por Waterjet por tostões, Protótipos feitos à medida, Q.bo.One Um Robot para todos, e um Torno de Metal DIY(!)

Que tal, o vosso Laboratório, ou Oficina...
Impressos em 3D?
Foi o que foi feito em Dubai, pela Empresa Holandesa CyBe, isto é um Mundo fantástico:

Dubai’s New Drone Laboratory is 3D Printed from Concrete

Matthew Mensley 

And the award for the most “the future is now” headline goes to this story, and the news that concrete 3D printing company CyBe has completed its first project in Dubai.

The Dutch firm has been working on the city’s new R&Drone Laboratory, one of a number of progressively technology-focused projects commissioned by Dubai’s numerous authorities.

Located in the desert at the city’s Solar Park, it will be home to exciting research facility. Exciting indeed, since 3D printing will be one of the areas of focus, alongside the building’s titular drones.

The Dubai Electrical and Water Authority, architects Wanders Wagner, engineering consultants Witteveen + Bos and construction firm CONVRGNT all have a stake in the project. But it is CyBe that planned and physically constructed the structure.

To achieve this the company used its array of proprietary, concrete-based products. This includes software, material and the CyBe RC 3Dp mobile printer.

https://all3dp.com/concrete-3d-printing-dubai-drone-lab/

Abram os olhos, Engenhocas! 
Cortar por jacto-de-àgua, a 150 Dólares!
Podem ver no vídeo como é, corta Alumínio, uma maravilha à espera de ser transformada em Máquina de Corte CNC, nalgum Fablab...

Waterjet cutter built with a cheap pressure washer

Applied Science

Building an abrasive waterjet cutter with a $150 pressure washer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lg__B6Ca3jc

Há quem tenha muito Tempo e pouco Dinheiro...
Mas há quem tenha Dinheiro que chegue, mas pouco Tempo!

Para esses, e para quem tem de apresentar um Protótipo já num  nível muito mais avançado, já para a pré-producção, eis esta empresa, que vos resolve o problema:

EPD is a high-tech, full service product development firm. 

We are devoted to providing uncompromised quality and service at a competitve cost. We have the skill and expertise to develop your product to its fullest potential. We believe that products are only complete when styling, function, ergonomics, economics, ecology and manufacturing are fully balanced.

From concept to manufacturing, we can make your product a reality. We use state-of-the-art computer aided design and engineering to develop your product, and the latest in material and process technologies to prototype and manufacture your product.

We've worked in many different industries that span from architectural components, automated equipment, automotive parts and products, bicycles and components, consumer appliances and electronics, furniture, luggage, marine products, medical products, snowboards and other sport-related products, toys and vending machines, just to name a few.

http://www.grunetechnica.com/

Eis um simpático Robot Open Source, o Q.bo One, e é mesmo para todos, Programadores, Educadores, Hobistas, ou mesmo os mais novos!

Porque pode ser programando com um Interface de programação intuitivo, o Scratch, ou para Engenhocas mais sabidos, em  C++, Java, PHP ou Python, vai ser uma ferramenta bacana:

The Perfect Platform for Kids, Educators and Developers

Qbo Robot 

Q.bo One is built to be easy. It is easy to adopt because it is relatively inexpensive, it is easy to understand because it is interfaced with very simple parts and it is easy to build applications on because its hardware and software are open source.

Programming language such as C++, Java, PHP or Python can be used to program Q.bo One. Notwithstanding, those with little or no programming language experience can always start with Scratch. Scratch is easy to learn, so much so that even kids can pick it up. Essentially, Scratch is supported by comprehensive and interesting tutorials together with references and discussion forums to get the learner up to speed. It is designed to be graphical so that users can just pick and drop various modules to write a program. It similar to building a jigsaw puzzle, only that this time, instead of putting an image together, the user writes a program. 

http://thecorpora.com/perfect-platform-kids-educators-developers/

Quantas vezes já não vos falei do Torno Gingery!
Pois para vos inspirar a fazerem um, cá vai esta história de sucesso, para verem que sim, pode ser feito:

Re: Home made tools!

ndr1968 

Here’s my ultimate home made tool. My lathe! It swings 10.5” over the bed. Turns 24” between centers. Threads the full compliment of SAE threads. Has steady and follow rests as well as a Southbend inspired taper attachment. Yep, I cut all the change gears, made most of the tooling (except chucks) including a sector type dividing head with hole plates. This little lathe still turns with +/- .001” (or better) accuracy and I still use it on occasion. I completed it back in the late 90’s and as I recall it took me about two years of pretty much devoting every spare moment I had to it. 

I was inspired by the David Gingery book Metal Lathe. The book outlines detailed plans and instructions for building a small lathe from aluminum castings. I used no castings for mine but the shop lore and techniques in this little book were all I needed to understand the processes and basic machining skills needed to complete the project. Even if you have no intention of building such a thing the book is well worth looking at. Gingery is a genius of what I like to call “bootstrap engineering”. He takes scratch building to a whole new level. He has several other project books out including how to build a drill press, a shaper, a horizontal mill, sheet metal brake, dividing head, etc. 

http://weldingweb.com/attachment.php?s=a76b1235e70a29143577b0fb6a9bd2ee&attachmentid=1194891&stc=1&d=1440498964

Desktop Water-jet, sim, cortar TUDO em casa! e Velleman, um Site a ver, imprimir 3D em Teflon(!), um Kit de Sobrevivência, e um Robot expansível!

Em cada Garagem, uma Fábrica? 

Agora sim.

Com uma Máquina CNC de corte por Jacto de Àgua, corta-se prácticamente, tudo, e a partir daí, é só cortar e montar...

Mas custam 100.000 Dólares!

Não esta pequena maravilha, uma Máquina como essas, mas topo-de-mesa, e a custar 6.000 Dólares. E que funciona a corrente normal, de habitação, pronta a ligar e a trabalhar.

De tal maneira, que o Kickstater rendeu 10 vezes mais que o pedido, e agora, é só comprar.

WAZER - The First Desktop Waterjet

Tom Spendlove 

Nisan Lerea and Matthew Nowicki met at Penn Engineering working on the Formula SAE design competition vehicle, and did undergraduate research in manufacturing. One research topic was low-cost waterjet prototyping, and Lerea and Nowicki quit their jobs in 2015 to develop and refine their waterjet cutter. Along with their team of manufacturing, industrial, mechanical and electrical engineers the pair is currently running a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. Their product is WAZER, the first desktop waterjet cutter.

WAZER uses a high pressure water stream and abrasive particles to cut through a workpiece using micro-erosion. Garnet is the abrasive that is used in the cutter, and is non-toxic and easily disposed. The water comes from any tap source and needs to be pumped down a drain after use in the machine.

...

Even after these early Kickstarter units are sold, this waterjet cutter will start at a price point of $6000. This is incredible compared to currently available units. The Kickstarter page looks polished and the design and prototyping work look to be well done. If we give WAZER the benefit of the doubt and assume they can deliver this low cost and high quality product on time this is going to be a huge leap for maker technology. 

http://www.wazer.com/

Rebuscando na tralha que tenho por aí, encontrei algo que vale a pena partilhar, porque é algo que vai sempre fazer jeito a um Engenhocas, para Protótipos etc.
Um Kit da Velleman, que vos permite ter um motor, e algo como um servo-motor básico, com rodas dentadas inter-cambiàveis que se podem mudar para terem a velocidade e potência que precisam.
Mas eles têem muito mais, como kits Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Breadboards, kits para tudo, por isso vão ver...

GEARBOX 2 IN 1
Features 

use the contents of this set to change the speed of your existing sets
Specifications
contains: motor, 2 set gears, metal shafts, gearbox and other accessories
powered by: 2 x AA batteries (not included)

http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/view/?id=351258

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http://www.vellemanusa.com/products/list/?id=523008

Imprimir em 3D, em Plásticos de alta resistência, como o Teflon, que fazem parte de tudo o que é Indústria e Engenhocas, vai ser possível, graças à 3M.

Isto torna-se cada vez melhor!

3M Patents Technology To Print With Flurocarbons

Admin 

New 3D printing technologies are being developed at such a rapid pace that it’s easy to imagine a near future in which there isn’t anything that can’t be 3D printed. We can already print living tissue, and recently a patent application was filed for a 3D printer that prints diamonds. What’s left? As it turns out, there are still quite a few materials that haven’t made it to the 3D printer yet – but companies like 3M are working steadily at getting them there.

Fluorinated polymers, aka fluoropolymers / flurocarbons, may not be as glamorous as diamonds, but they’re an integral material in numerous manufacturing processes. The fluorocarbon-based plastics are distinguished by their high-performance durability and resistance to harsh chemicals and high temperatures. Used in everything from aerospace and defence applications to non-stick cooking surfaces, fluoropolymers are everywhere, except for in 3D printers.

Feature-PTFEThat may soon change, though, as product development company 3M has filed a patent for a new type of 3D printing technology that would allow for the additive manufacturing of fully fluorinated polymers. The technology will mean that complex structures can be manufactured quickly and cheaply, whereas the same parts would often be prohibitively expensive to produce with other manufacturing techniques. 

http://printme3d.com/tribelife/archives/content/3m-patents-technology-print-flurocarbons

Para tudo o que possa aparecer por aí, temos agora este conunto de coisas que vos podem salvar a vida, um dia, por isso, mal não fará, ter isto à mão...

Apocalypse - Survival Prep: Bug-out bag - EDC

chadovision 

Are you prepared?

This Instructable will give you the building blocks to come up with your own tools, kits, gear, and survival items you may need in a survival situation.

Any of the kits to follow can be used alone but as a group you are almost unstoppable.

There are no rules here. You can use anything you wish to make your survival kits. You will be surprised how many ordinary household items you already have that when you put them in one place could mean life or death, or at lease give you comfort when in a bad situation.

I have collected, built and purchased these items to give me a little back up for those times when you need a little extra help out there. When me and my crew of friends and family go off the beaten path they are always l counting on me to have that little item they forgot.

I really hope this helps you build your survival kits, Every Day Carry (EDC), and must needed tools.

DISCLAIMER:

Never put yourself in a survival situation on purpose. Nothing is guaranteed. You could have every survival tool in the world and still not make it out. 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Apocalypse-Survival-Prep-Bug-out-Bag-EDC/

Um Robot que usa o Arduíno, e a que se pode ir juntando coisas, e qualquer um pode montar, é bom!

Por isso, vejam este Vídeo, em que estes 2 bacanos analizam o bicho... 

Ben and Felix Review the ALLBOT Expandable Robot System!

tariq.ahmad 

Ben and Felix review the ALLBOT expandable robot system. The ALLBOT is a modular robot system with Arduino compatible robot shields. Find out what's included in the kit and how easy it is to assemble using an Arduino board as the "brains" of the robot.

Watch as they take you step by step through unboxing, assembly, and give an honest assessment of what you can expect if you are interested in using this kit to build a robot of your own! 

https://www.element14.com/community/docs/DOC-83463/l/ben-and-felix-review-the-allbot-expandable-robot-system