We discovered that flat material really matters when your laser is new/focused properly. Here is a little movie that demonstrates. (sorry about the sound and the shakes… I am learning!)
Made at AMT-June 2019
Learn Something New with 3D Printing
Last night, I went to my first 3D Printing 101 class at AMT. It took me about a month to finally let go of all my excuses and commit to this intro class, but I’m glad I did. As a new member, I was sold on how much I could gain from the facilities and …
Plushie Rainbow Friends made at The Golden Gate Library
This free workshop was a super fun pride project held on June 15th at the Golden Gate Library.
Fixing the CNC’s rounding of corners.
There have been some troubles with the CNC not following Gcode paths exactly and rounding corners. In this first picture of the Mach4 screen you can see the green lines which are the path the CNC should follow, and the white lines which are the path the CNC actually followed. (ignore the blue lines) The …
Designing a replacement tool grip in Fusion 360
This is what our filament nippers looked like in 3D printing. The work fine, but one of the rubber grips has almost split in two. A few weeks ago, Evan made a valiant effort at saving them: But, alas, the patch quickly broke off. It’s a great excuse for another Fusion 360 3D printing article! …
Stanley Black and Decker and DeWalt Donation of Awesomeness
The morning of January 17th was jam-packed with activity at AMT. Coworking was fun and I had appointments back to back for AMT Office Hours. Around the end of the morning, I got this mysterious call from a lost truck driver trying to find us. I thought to myself “We haven’t ordered anything… what could …
Custom built Sanding Station for the AMT Shop
Exciting news as a slightly late X-Mas present to the shop I have built us a dedicated sanding station with dust extraction! This project did not cost a single dime and built entirely from things found in the space. The dust collection is thanks to @TechCurious who hooked us up with a donated Shopvac and …
EBMMF 2018 – Bats! Bats! Bats!
it’s Way Back Wednesday – and waaaay back in October (the 21st, to be exact!), some of our volunteers here at AMT were teaching East Bay Mini Maker Faire-goers how to bend paper to their will to make spooky origami LED bats! Their glowing red eyes struck fear and ‘awwws’ into the hearts of hundreds. …
Laser Cut Surface Case
This case was made with boxes.py then modified in LaserSoft to add openings.