Here is! Thanks to Zach, Steve and Erik for delivering the palette racks. Thanks to the members of the board who unloaded the trailer, and thanks to our wonderful volunteers who came in to build the shelving. We will now have more floorspace to add new equipment and have a separated area for a classroom. …
Quick! Our Samba band is doing a special Halloween gig TOMORROW and our band leader says the theme is gonna be “Day Of The Dead”*. Looks like I have to cook up a costume real soon. While I can work out the details with the face paint and hat and other possible hand held …
Quick Costume Idea (Halloween is only 4 days away!) Read More »
The Big Banjo at the Mini Maker Fair in Denver The Big Banjo at the STEAM2 Design Fair in Fort Collins Not too long ago I put together this bass banjo. The drum head is from a 22 inch kick drum and the neck is from various pieces of wood that I had in “storage” …
Welcome to the conclusion of my CNC router saga. I had a newly minted “OX” CNC router, a.k.a. the “Mark 2”, but there were still things to do before I could begin using it for actual projects (like the Crokinole board I wanted to build).
Welcome back to the saga of my CNC router build. To summarize my learnings from my first CNC build: It was very difficult to adjust the bearings. It wasn’t big enough. The stepper couplings to the lead screws need to be isolated from forces along the length of the screws. Using 13 tpi lead screws …
Way back in January 2010, I ordered a book – Build Your Own CNC Machine – that began my journey in learning how to build a CNC router. This journey led me to build not one, but two CNC machines.
Build notes from the construction of and infrasonic subwoofer. Its a folded, tapped horn tuned to 17hz. Built from plans on the AVS forum by lilmike, called the lilwrecker. Also, it’s disguised as everyone’s favorite time machine.
Last year we took a multiplayer snake game to the NoCo Mini Maker Faire. Two of our members collaborated on a set of directional stomp pads to control the game. Here’s how they did it!
The results of our first printed circuit boards made using our vinyl cutter! Click HERE for more info.
One of our newer pieces of equipment at the Fort Collins Creator Hub is a Vinyl Cutter. It’s like a big computer controlled plotter except instead of using a pen to draw a picture there is a sharp knife blade that can cut paper or vinyl designs. Mostly these cutters are used for making signs …
