Category Archives: My Projects

Rebuilding my CNC, Part 5 SUCCESS

Posted on June 4, 2014 by robertwilkie

Success! LinuxCNC seems to work just fine, I slowed down my y-axis as I did before so the gantry doesn’t whobble so much. But I cut the example LinuxCNC in foamboard. What next? Time to learn PyCAM

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My CNC rebuild, Part 4

Posted on June 3, 2014 by robertwilkie

Learned another important lesson. Always make a copy of the documentation of your motor controller (noted below). Apparently in my move some of the jumpers for micro-stepping must have fallen out. So what I thought I was using wasn’t right. … Continue reading →

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Rebuilding My CNC, part 2

Posted on May 28, 2014 by robertwilkie

OK after getting linux up and running. I installed HeeksCAD, or I should say I tried to install it on LinuxCNC. I first downloaded a python script the author refers too. Well it kept bombing out looking for libarea (which … Continue reading →

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Use washing soda to get stickers off bottles

Posted on March 3, 2014 by robertwilkie

I am going to have to try this on a wine bottle. I have been successful cutting bottles now. but getting the stickers off of them is a pain. Especially the glue that is left behind. If this does the … Continue reading →

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I see a possible mothers day present

Posted on February 25, 2014 by robertwilkie

Yes yes, its early to be thinking about that. But with me, I need to think early. This is a pretty simple build but getting the balance right could be a little tricky. http://www.instructables.com/id/Wine-Companion/

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Build your own blog

Posted on February 17, 2014 by robertwilkie

Nice article on how to take a VM from the cloud and build up a website pretty quickly. Oh and cheaply (linux, bitnami, wordpress, etc etc are all opensource projects). http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/signed-ssh-web-hosting-dont-worry-easily-install-web-software-si/

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Nice write-up on hacking TI’s Chronos Watch

Posted on December 3, 2013 by robertwilkie

Nice write-up on the options and tinkering you can do with TI’s MSP430 Chronos watch. I got one of these a while back on sale. I haven’t found a good project for it yet, but this maybe a good time … Continue reading →

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How to turn your RPi into a Media center

Posted on August 22, 2013 by robertwilkie

Basically you are putting on a distro that comes with XBMC. Its a good write-up UNLESS you have an oddball remote you are trying to attach, using analog video out, using analog sound out. So, harder to do to attach … Continue reading →

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What to buy an educational wind turbine kit?

Posted on June 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

Go check out PicoTurbine. They have some nice kits. Why am I interested, I have been attempting to build a kit for kids in my spare time, and I have found tech has changed alot over the past 15 years. … Continue reading →

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Using a BIG CAP to charge and run a pump from solar power

Posted on June 13, 2013 by robertwilkie

I had to look at the circuit to figure out what is going on, basically the solar panel changes the cap til it hits a certain point which the motor engages and then went its low, charges again..i think. Its … Continue reading →

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