So, one project I've been working towards over the last few weeks (well, a bit over a month, on and off) has been a 3D printer. It works by "squirting" out molten (ish - plastics behave oddly) plastic through a nozzle, and working upwards in layers. I spent a fair amount of yesterday writing that up in typical DT coursework style. Progress so far is that I have a set of motors (3 NEMA 17s and a NEMA 23), nozzles, materials for the extruder, electronics (some still in the post), and a fairly decent idea of a design in my head. More on this to follow in upcoming posts...
The weekend before last, I took some time and finally rebuilt an old laptop I had lying around. I wasn't too fond of the original scratched and worn red look, so I might have made some small alterations. Before, the laptop started as a (particularly horrific) shade of red. Now, nearly 2 cans of spray and a good few hours of work later:
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| Because Photoshopping (badly) is easier than tidying your desk... |
The ugly scratches on the lid are because I didn't lacquer-coat it afterwards. Overall, I'm pretty happy with how that turned out. In future, I won't leave out the protective after-coat though!
Apart from that, I spent a pretty straightforward weekend at a family meeting of sorts, attempting to tidy, and accomplishing a fair amount of coursework.
Until next time,
Charlie
PS The sun hasn't risen yet, so no slaps owed ;)
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