Mais duas Impressoras 3D, um Servo-Motor gigante, uma Impressora 3D profissional, e Ímanes Monstros! Muháháhá!

Mais uma Impressora 3D!
Esta, em kit, custa-vos à volta de 500 Libras, e permitir-vos-há expandir o Kite de uma Cabeça de Impressão, para 3:

 

New RS Ormerod Full 3D Printer Kit

The RepRapPro Ormerod is one of the most versatile 3D printers available. Its primary design goal is to offer a printer which is easy to expand in functionality, fast to replicate, and fast to assemble and commission. This new model builds on the already established RepRapPro product portfolio which has undergone brisk development and heavy testing since inception in 2004.
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The RepRapPro Ormerod is a monochrome 3D printer configured to work with one type of plastic at a time. However, the RepRapPro Ormerod head is fundamentally designed to work with three deposition heads and an upgrade kit will be available soon for this machine.

• Full open-source self-replicating RepRap
• New 32-bit Arduino-compatible Duet electronics enable control via a web-browser
• Wiring loom for simple plug-in connection – no soldering
• IR probing for self-aligned printing – no bed adjustment required
• Build volume: 200x200x200mm
• Overall size: 500x460x410mm
• Printing materials: ABS, PLA, 1.75mm diameter thermoplastic.
• Build surface: PCB-heated bed to reduce complexity of assembly and to ensure parts do not warp.
• Computer interface: USB
• X-carriage: Three Z-adjustable deposition head mounts; one head supplied
• Motion: Linear ball bearings on X and Y axes, Igus low friction bushings on Z axis.
• Pre-soldered electronics with built-in microSD card slot for standalone printing.
• Enhancements to the printed parts to improve the ease of assembly of the X and Y axes

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/products/7933506/

 

Se querem é comprar uma, já feita, os nuestros hermanos, também as fazem, mais caras, é claro, mas com uma data de coisas boas, como uma cabeça dupla:

Especificaciones WITBOXprinter

Las nuevas impresoras de escritorio WitBox, están dotadas de las ultimas tecnologías electromecánicas del mercado, consulta todas sus prestaciones.

Main Features:

• Special Dual Extruder
• SD-Controller with LCD Display
• Heated 3-Point-Printbed (200mm x 200mm)
• Layerhight, adjustable: from 0,1mm up to 0,3mm
• Teflon-coated Fibonacci Filament Guiding System
• Smooth 3D printing with: PLA, ABS, NYLON, PVA, LAYWOOD, LAYBRICK (1.75mm)
• Rigid Metall-Housing with chrome coating
• Special printspace-door for safety 
• Own Software: WitSoft (under development)
• Also compatible with  Repetier Host, Pronterface, Cura, ReplicatorG, Slic3r
• CE safety certified

Availability: 3-4 Weeks

€2.249,00 Incl. VAT

http://www.marchatechnology.es/

Dos nossos amigos da Pololu, eis um Servo-Motor para grandes Projectos...

E se seguirem um link, abaixo, ainda há maior!!!

Power HD Ultra-High-Torque, High-Voltage Digital Giant Servo HD-1235MG

Overview

The HD-1235MG is a giant-scale (also called 1/4-scale) digital servo from Power HD can deliver nearly twice the torque of our strongest standard-size servo, offering up to 560 oz-in at 7.4V or 490 oz-in at 6 V (if you need even more torque than this, check out the much larger Torxis monster servos). The picture on the right shows how the giant-size 1235MG compares to our popular 1501MG standard-size servo.

The entire gear train is metal, and the output shaft is supported by two ball bearings for improved performance. Unlike typical hobby servos, the 1235MG has an operating voltage range of 6 V to 7.4 V. This servo works with standard RC servo pulses at frequencies up to 333 Hz. The 12″ (300 mm) lead is terminated with a standard “JR”-style connector, which is Futaba-compatible.

http://www.pololu.com/product/2375

E porque podem um dia criar uma Empresa, ou ganhar o Totoloto, eis uma Impressora 3D em grande, que mistura Materiais, e Materiais de primeira, para criarem um Objecto com as características que queiram!!!

ProJet^® 5500X

Professional 3D Printer

Multi-material composite materials 3D printer
Large, high-quality multi-material parts in a single build.
3D Systems’ ProJet® 5500X delivers the highest quality, most accurate and toughest multi-material composites based on 3D Systems’ latest MultiJet Printing (MJP) technology. The ProJet 5500X simultaneously prints and fuses together flexible and rigid material composites layer by layer at the pixel level in a variety of colors and shades including opaque, clear, black or white and numerous shades of gray. 3D Systems’ printed multi-material composites result in stunningly realistic, functional, large and small prototypes and products for a wide range of manufacturers, designers and engineers.

http://www.3dsystems.com/3d-printers/professional/projet-5500x#.UqBkNdeye4B

Isto é só para homens de barba rija... E um pouco loucos! Muaáháhá!
Claro que também servem para tirarem dúvidas duma vez por todas, quanto a Ímanes MESMO Fortes, nos vossos Protótipos ou Engenhocas em geral...
De qualquer das maneiras, TENHAM MUITO CUIDADO, isto pode-vos trilhar os dedos, ou pior...

Macho set

Case with 40 super magnets

In order to entice Mr. Macho Man to read the warning label, we printed it on glossy paper and added many visuals - just like he is used to from his favorite "magazines."
The brochure is translated into 6 languages and uses direct and straight-up wording - from one man to another. It's easy to comprehend, even for someone who normally ignores warning labels as a matter of principle.

http://www.supermagnete.de/eng/Z-10?lid=n37_2604_1&vc=244SRRPVE&img=4

Uma Bússola no Smartphone? E uma Super-Funda, um separador de moedas em Lego, Construíndo Repraps, e um Gato

K&JMagnetics surpreende-nos com este Artigo, onde nos ensina que há Apps para aproveitar os sensores magnéticos desses Smartphones, para detectar o Norte, a força dum campo Magnético, e mais....

iPhone Magnetic Measurements

Modern smartphones have internal magnetic sensors that can detect magnetic fields.  Learn more about how the output of these sensors can be useful in finding north, identifying the direction of the earths’ magnetic field, identifying poles of magnets and checking compliance with air shipment regulations.

Detect Earth’s Magnetic Field In our earlier article, The Earth is a Magnet, we described the earth’s magnetic field.  As most of us know, we can measure the direction of this field with a compass to figure out which way is north.  Most smartphones come preloaded with a compass application that does exactly that.

While most folks aren’t using this compass to figure out which way to go, they are using magnetic information indirectly.  When using an iPhone for directions, the phone considers not only the GPS sensor data, but also the magnetometer and accelerometers.  That’s part of how it can tell which direction you are pointed in.

The magnetic field sensed by the internal compass is not actually pointing to the north pole.  In fact, unless you live near the equator, it is probably pointing mostly down into the ground!

http://www.kjmagnetics.com/blog.asp?p=iphone-fun

Mais um momento de Muáháhá, eis algo que parece vir da Série Futurama, mas o certo, é que funciona!

Uma Funda para lançar carga para Órbita!

Genial!

Há um Vídeo a apresentar o Conceito, mas passemos directamente para este barulhento Protótipo, que isto é que anima um Engenhocas!

Slingatron to hurl payloads into orbit

David Szondy

People have been shooting things into space since the 1940s, but in every case this has involved using rockets. This works, but it’s incredibly expensive with the cheapest launch costs hovering around US$2,000 per pound. This is in part because almost every bit of the rocket is either destroyed or rendered unusable once it has put the payload into orbit. Reusable launch vehicles like the SpaceX Grasshopper offer one way to bring costs down, but another approach is to dump the rockets altogether and hurl payloads into orbit. That's what HyperV Technologies Corp. of Chantilly, Virginia is hoping to achieve with a “mechanical hypervelocity mass accelerator” called the slingatron.

http://www.gizmag.com/slingatron-space-payload-orbit/28463/

Querem ficar satisfeitos convosco próprios, fazendo algo de espectacular, mas simples?

Façam este Separador de Moedas...

EM LEGO!

Não há mais fácil que isto.

LEGO Coin Sorter

sherrycayheyhey

The Design

I wasn't too thrilled about how the case came out but I was happy with the mechanism part. Many of the LEGO coin sorters I've seen require the whole unit to be tilted which I think looks weird so I wanted to make my coin sorter with a sloped ramp with the rest level.

I wanted to enclose the mechanism to create a bit of mystery and get people thinking about how the machine might work. I also liked the idea of being able to see the coins drop so I added a couple of extra layers to make the machine taller.

This machine is made to work with US coins but could probably be very easily modified to work with other coins.

http://www.instructables.com/id/LEGO-Coin-Sorter/

E querem saber como é, montar uma Impressora 3D, neste caso, uma RepRap, antes de a encomendarem?

Aproveitem a experiência de Andrew Back, da Designspark!

Adventures in RepRap Construction

Andrew Back

A report on the first experiences of building a RepRap 3D printer.

Over a weekend back in March my local hackerspace group, Bridge Rectifier, hosted a 3D printing workshop at which we learnt how to construct a RepRap printer and to use a software toolchain for creating, processing and printing 3D models.

For the workshop we were very fortunate to be under the expert tuition of Alan Wood and Mike Beardmore from Thames Valley RepRap User Group (TVRRUG), a 3D printing enthusiast group that has constructed over 100 RepRap printers and designed its own enhancements.

Around 30 people took part in the workshop and following the introductory presentations we split into two groups: one working on printer construction and a second learning the software tools.

The machine we built was a variant of the RepRap Prusa Mendel, provided to us in the kit form as used in TVRRUG's own printer self-build rounds.

http://designspark.com/eng/blog/adventures-in-reprap-construction

E algo de bacano para encantar os filhotes, e/ou a Patroa:

Ginger, um Gato, em Papercraft, obra do nosso amigo Rob Ives:

Ginger - Paper Cat to Download and Make

Ginger, the cute papertoy cat is adapted from the character in a paper animation kit I'm working on at the moment. I'm making this version of the cat available as a quick project for members to download and make. Thanks for signing up!

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

FabLab, Râs, e a RepRap Magazine

 

De visita ao FabLab, onde cortei a Ray-Gun, pude ver este simpático Macaco, feito por esta RepRap, que vos fica por só 500 Euros(!)

Mais este forno para um novo método de criar Circuitos Integrados,

Obra deste Pessoal porreiro, que lá na Fablab, faz das suas, para o Futuro da Fabbing...  

Vão Lá!

Têem até uma página no Facebook, deixem lá umas palavritas, e uns "Likes":

https://www.facebook.com/fablabedp?fref=ts

Porque é preciso sorrir um pouco, eis este impecável Brinquedo, com Râs, à volta numa Gigajoga da Feira Popular da Saparia!

The Flying Frogs

mrigsby

This is the "Flying Frogs," a minor ride in the Froggy World amusement park for adventurous plastic frogs.

This started as a sketch, then the tower and cross bar holder were designed and 3d printed:
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:53059

The frogs were made out of clay, baked, then glued to the cross rod.

http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Flying-Frogs/

E mais uma boa notícia, saíu há dias a RepRap Magazine, da Autoria de Paulo Gonçalves, entre outros!
Vão ver a magazine, que podem descarregar em Pdf, ou ver online, no Issu:

RepRap Magazine

Welcome to the first edition of ! 

This project is brought to you by a small team of enthusias- tic and motivated users, experts and developers of RepRap 3D printers project. 

We aim to develop this project in an open way, working on a close relationship with our readers. 

For this first issue, as our cover mentions, we focus the main article on slicers, but also take a close look at the pro-tip of the issue, as well as the software section where we start a se- ries of articles dedicated to Repetier. While it is hard to choose the highlight of this issue we would have to point to our interview with Adrian Bowyer, the person who started the RepRap project and who was kind enough to give us an interview for our first edition. With all that said, we hope that you enjoy this edition and stay tuned on this project. 

Paulo Gonçalves 

Editor 

http://reprapmagazine.com/

Prusa i3! Mais, RhinoNEST, Cera de Maquinação, um Mod Player, um Espelho para Brocas, e Visão Nocturna!

Dica da Vectorealism, a Impressora 3D RepRap Prusa já tem uma versão nova, e podem ir buscar os Planos grátis, aqui:

RepRap Prusa i3

Questo file contiene tutti gli elementi strutturali da tagliare al laser per costruire una stampante 3D Prusa i3. Il file è pronto per essere prodotto o con 1 lastraformato P2 di compensato di pioppo spessore 10mm (costo 20€) oppure con 1 lastra formato P2 di plexiglas trasparente spessore 10mm (costo 87€).

http://www.vectorealism.com/product/disegni-per-il-download/reprap-prusa-i3/

Outra dica, esta, do nosso amigo, Affonso Orciuoli, da Digi-FabUSP, para levarem os vossos Projectos em 3D, para a Cortadora Laser, têem a RhinoNEST, e eis um Vídeo demonstrando o Programa:

Rhino 3D - RhinoNEST 

Nesting a simple part with RhinoNEST.
http://www.ob.com

 

 

Eis um Instructable que vai agradar a todos, como fazer aquela Cera de Maquinação que vos permite usar as vossas Fresas CNC para testarem as vossas ideias, antes de começarem a gastar Material bem mais caro...

Mas quando chegar a minha Dremel Trio, acho que vou fazer umas peças assim, mesmo sem CNC!

 

How to make Machinable Wax at home!

rawkstar320

Featured on Hackaday.com!  Woohoo!  But for records sake, my name is Jake: http://hackaday.com/2012/12/29/make-your-own-machinable-wax

A major issue that I ran into when I first started working with my new CNC machine was the cost of raw materials to machine. Sure, a block of plastic is not terribly expensive by itself – but figure in the cost after you mess something up and the cost becomes quite unreasonable. For this reason, I began looking into machinable wax.

Machinable wax is a very hard wax that won’t gum up a cutting tool, is soft enough to machine quickly and most importantly is completely reusable! Since I am cheap, I decided to make my own, which is actually quite simple and could be considered environmentally friendly since we use recycled plastic bags. Be aware that this Instructable is DANGEROUS! We will be melting wax around 300* and this wax will be thick and sticky so it will literally burn your skin off faster than you can say “OUCH!”

http://www.instructables.com/id/Machinable-Wax/

Ainda me lembro do Commodore Amiga, e das Músicas que se faziam, com o OctaMed, e outros, no Formato Mod...

Pois eis uma Raspberry  Pi que se teansforma num Toca-Mods:

 

Portable native MOD player based on Raspberry PI (plays MOD,S3M,IT,XM etc...). Uses BassPlay library. 

Mr.Holub

Description:

Raspberry-PI based native MOD player to play music modules MOD,S3M,IT,XM among others.
It uses command-line player based on bass-play libraries.

Short description of music modules:

Music modules originates from Amiga computers, later were transferred to another platforms.
The main principe is the file containing sound samples and patterns containing information of when and how particular sound should be played.
As there are players for Windows, Linux and other platforms nowadays, portable players can play just mp3 files which was my motivation to construct this player.
 

http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-native-MOD-player-based-on-Raspberry-PI-/

Para que façam furos a 90º, mesmo, eis um Espelho Duplo que vos permite acertar o furo, para não terem o furo a direito, visto de frente, mas inclinado, visto de lado!

Double Mirror Right Angle Drilling Guide 

kentdvm

Drilling a straight hole can be difficult because you can only see one side of the bit at a time.  Without a lot of practice, many of the holes end up perpendicular in one plane and not so perpendicular in the other.  Drilling with a conventional guide (2 blocks at 90°) works in some applications, but when using short bits there's not enough room.  This is quick, cheap & easy drilling guide will help you bore accurate holes even with small bits.  Using two small mirrors, it works similar to a dressing room mirror to help you view the bit from all angles.  When all the bits are parallel, start drilling.  It's that easy.  

http://www.instructables.com/id/Double-Mirror-Right-Angle-Drilling-Guide/

 

E para acabar, por hoje, eis um Periscópio Steampunk, de Visão Nocturna! 

MUÁHÁHÁHÁHÁ! 

Working Night-vision Periscope. (Steampunked) 

longwinters

This is a project I made while on Holiday for Christmas, it took about 20 hours and was cheep if you can find the supplies at a second hand store.
It is fully functional and works with infra-red quite well, the iris lens cover was a left over from a pair of goggles that were never finished their construction is much the same as found in my steampunk goggle instructable.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Working-Night-vision-Periscope-Steampunked/

Imprimir 3D em Madeira, Tinyduino, e uma Sonda Aquática

Imprimir em 3D, num material  baseado em Madeira?

Já podem!

Obra do Inventor Kai Parthy, este material vem em Rolos, para o RepRap, pode ser trabalhado como a Madeira, e variando a Temperatura, varia-se a cor do objecto, podendo-se assim simular as cores de várias Madeiras... E os Anéis de crescimento da Madeira!

 

LAYWOO-D3 allows for 3D printing of (sort of) wooden objects

Ben Coxworth

Usually when we think of materials that can be used in 3D printers, we think of substances that can be melted, like plastic or resin. What we don't think of is wood. Nonetheless, a new product allows users to create 3D-printed wooden objects ... depending on how you define “wooden.”

Known as LAYWOO-D3, the material was created by inventor Kai Parthy. It’s made up of 40 percent recycled wood fiber, combined with a polymer binder. Like other printing materials, it comes in filament spools that are fed into the printer, where they’re melted and subsequently extruded.

Objects made with the material reportedly won’t warp, and can be painted, ground or cut like wood. It will take on a different shade of brown, depending on the temperature at which it’s printed – this means that by intentionally varying that temperature, users can simulate a tree’s growth ring effect.

http://www.gizmag.com/laywoo-d3-3d-printed-wood/24328/

O Arduino é uma pequena maravilha...
Mas se, ainda assim, precisarem dum Chip Programável MAIS PEQUENO, e mais barato, pois agora, há!

TinyDuino shrinks the Arduino, retains its flexibility

Adam Williams

The popular open-source Arduino microcontroller has been implemented in countless projects worldwide, and this very success has led the hacker community to create several smaller and cheaper alternatives to the Arduino, such as the Digispark. TinyDuino continues in this miniaturization trend but, crucially, does so while promising to retain all the flexibility of its illustrious forbear.

TinyCircuits hacker-in-chief Ken Burns was prompted to create the TinyDuino based on his feeling that the Arduino and Arduino LilyPad were, as much as he loved them, often too big and expensive for use in smaller projects. Therefore, he set about creating a smaller version of an Arduino which maintained the key benefits of expandability and power.

http://www.gizmag.com/tinyduino-arduino-smaller/24295/

E para a Lua de Saturno, Titâ, irá talvez esta Sonda, para explorar os Mares submersos em Gelo dessa Lua:

TALISE aquatic rover may explore a lake on Titan

Ben Coxworth

Titan is Saturn’s largest moon, and it’s said to be one of the most Earth-like celestial bodies in the Solar System. It has a thick atmosphere, and is covered with a network of seas, lakes and rivers – albeit ones made up of liquid hydrocarbons instead of water. Now, a team of scientists are proposing sending a boat-like probe to Titan, that would travel across its largest lake.
The probe, which is still in the concept stage, is known as TALISE – that stands for Titan Lake In-situ Sampling Propelled Explorer, although it’s also an Iroquois word for “beautiful water.” The plan calls for it to land in the middle of Ligeia Mare, which is near the moon’s north pole. It would then set out on a six-month to one-year mission, taking scientific measurements and obtaining samples as it makes its way to the closest shore.

http://www.gizmag.com/talise-titan-lake-probe/24327/

Mais Chips fantásticos, desta vez, notícias do Designspark, têem muitas mais notícias, mas destaco um super Raspberry Pi, ou será, um PC completo encolhido?
Vocês decidam, mas atanção, tanta fruta, paga-se bem!

New Boards on the Block

Earlier this year the Raspberry Pi set the benchmark for low cost and highly capable embedded Linux systems, but what if you needed something more powerful — a lot more powerful...

ODROID-X

The ODROID-X mobile software development platform packs four ARM Cortex-A9 cores clocked at 1.4GHz along with 1M L2 cache, 1G RAM, Ethernet, 6 x USB 2.0 ports, and HDMI and LCD ports.

You don't get something for nothing and, of course, this is much more expensive than a Raspberry Pi, with other considerations including that it won't have anything like the same size of community. However, if you need a high performance embedded Linux system this does look attractive.

http://www.designspark.com/content/new-boards-block

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6 Vídeos, 6 Métodos de Impressão 3D

Dúvidas sobre Impressão 3D?
Pois eis aqui, pela Ponoko, 6 diferentes métodos de Impressão 3D, explicados por Vídeo:

Vai aqui só o primeiro, vão ao Blog para os outros 5:

The different technologies behind 3D Printing

What we call “3D Printing” includes different fabrication methods. It would be more accurate to call it “Additive Manufacturing”. Only one technology works like printing and worth to be called 3D Printing: it’s 3DP.
- Stereo Lithography Apparatus (SLA) use a vat of liquid UV-curable photopolymer “resin” and a UV laser. Exposure to the UV laser light cures, solidifies the pattern traced on the resin. It was developed by Chuck W. Hull (co-founder of 3D Systems) in 1986

http://blog.sculpteo.com/2011/08/08/the-different-technologies-behind-3d-printing/

E os Grafenos estão cada vez melhores:

Graphene's 'quantum leap' takes electronics a step closer
by Staff Writers
Manchester UK (SPX) Jul 27, 2011

Writing in the journal Nature Physics, the academics, who discovered the world's thinnest material at The University of Manchester in 2004, have revealed more about its electronic properties.

Research institutes and universities around the world are already looking at ways to build devices such as touch-screens, ultrafast transistors and photodetectors.

Now the research from the creators of the material promises to accelerate that research, and potentially open up countless more electronic opportunities.

http://www.spacemart.com/reports/Graphene_quantum_leap_takes_electronics_a_step_closer_999.html

Também da Ponoko, para partir o coco a rir, estes carrinhos:

3d printed Mario Kart racers

Bored architect + Makerbot = totally awesome RC turtle shells

Michael Curry (aka Skimbal) has brought Mario Kart gaming nostalgia to life with his remarkably comprehensive Turtle Shell Racers.

I think we can all agree, life would become much more interesting if I launched a turtle shell at you every once and a while.

All of the .stl files are available on Thingiverse, including full assembly instructions and a parts list for the electronics, motor and other RC components needed to get those wheels turning.

http://blog.ponoko.com/2011/08/09/3d-printed-mario-kart-racers/

E já viram o TAMANHO desta Impressão 3D, atenção, do nosso amigo Junior, vejam isto!!!

O nível de detalhe é poreiro...

Este exemplo acima, faz-me lembrar que com o método da Resina permite vários materiais, tal como cera, para Fundição de Molde de Cera Perdida, para Ourivesaria!

Vão ao Blog dele, outra vez:

Designers Portugeses, observem:

Designers, Inventores, Mordelistas, e outros Engenhocas Portugeses, observem:

Já não há mais desculpas para não passarem as vossas ideias do Papel para o Mundo Real:

http://www.ponoko.com/showroom/Whystler/brown-leather-book-4626

Azelha!

À nora, atrás dum programa decente de CAD, no Ubuntu, arranjei  uma data de programas que TALVEZ aprenda um dia a usar...

Apenas para descobrir que o programa 3D Art of Illusion exporta para CAD, cortesia do RepRap:

http://reprap.org/wiki/AoI

DUUUUUHHHH!
Lembrem-se, no Ubuntu Lucid, têem de lançar o AOI como Root, por isso é tempo de teclar umas linhas de comando:

# sudo su
# cd /usr/local/ArtOfIllusion
# sh aoi.sh

...Mas se quizerem andar a procurar programas CAD, eis um Link a ver:
http://www.freebyte.com/cad/cad.htm