I had to make a box to hold a switch we were installing on to the laser cutter that would turn the compressed air on and off. So it seemed a good idea to document the process which was really quick and easy.
Category Archives: Techs personal projects
3d Models to prototypes with the Pepakura App
The old art of paper folding comes to the computerised rapid prototyping paradigm with Pepakura Designer. Also if you are creating geometric structure that wont fit in the 3dprinter build space or a complex box that is not the simple ones available at boxes.py then consider exporting your 3d design to Pepakura so it can make you a laser cutting file. Pepakura Designer supports the export in several file formats, including BMP, PNG, GIF, JPG, EPS, DXF, and PDF.
Smaller wearable masks for safer bike travel
Electric tooth brush holder
This project was to create a nice way of holding toothbrush heads for my electric toothbrush.
Kinetic Light Art
I got to extend my skills by building some flyByWire artworks for an Art Festival in Queenstown.
first test flight in basement studio
To create my first Kinetic Art work I had to get used to using the Fablab’s CnC Machine and our Water Jet Cutter. Motor selection and power constraints featured highly as each art work would be at least 8meters up in the trees.
Rear computer Light Display Project
This project was started to address the unattractive back of the PC in the tech office that is one of the first sights to greet guests to the Design Facility.
As well as making the space look better we could display students processing projects that are suitable for low resolution displays. Read More
E-Bike Lighting system WIP
Work in progress!
This is a long term project of mine for my E-Bike a lighting system with headlight, taillight, indicators, alert system/horn/bell, and a control switch pad.
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Router base insert replacement
This part was a replacement and particularly tricky as it had some tight tolerances. It was made with CAD design, Laser cutting and CNC milling.