Yay! First print with ABS that didn't warp it's way off the print bed within the first 5 layers.
In fact, it finished, and came out great!

Still in the realm of "black magic" until I can make it happen repeatedly, though.


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All those cables and connectors I mentioned in my last post. This project is far enough along at this point to mention it here. Here's a video of the side hobby project i've been working on off and on over the last couple of years.

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[music by ENSMB. Buy their new CD. Just Sayin']

now, off to Baitcon!

The first aerial rig i built for someone *else* has just left my hands and entered the customers hands. It was taken home this afternoon after an orientation session with the new owners ( Read more... )

completed tonight: 8 brackets made from 2"-.125 square hollow steel section.

112 .375-inch holes
32 .5-inch holes

320 manual tool changes; 3 separate jig/hold-down setups. 4 trips to the drill sharpening station.

Tomorrow, the welder.

So, i'm currently in the process of building Aerial Rig number 3. It's another aluminum rig, that will be capable of being set up in either a 4-leg 19-foot height, or a three-leg 24-foot height. The 4-leg configuration will be able to be set up by three or four people in less than 15 minutes. the 3-leg configuration should be able to be set up with ( Read more... )

A small load no longer on my back; i finished and sent off the aerial rigging description/diagrams for the upcoming ENSMB/MadCapRumpusSociety show to the manager of the BU Dance Theater.

Documenting something can take almost as long as *doing* it sometimes. And boy, am i being Posty McPostyPants lately.

almost a year ago I wrote about This. Well, there is still a fair amount to do until it is complete, but as of yesterday, it managed to produce its first test part! Nothing too complex, just a simple pocket cut out of mahogany. But that pocket was modeled in Solidworks, then run through VisualMill to generate toolpaths, then handed off into The ( Read more... )

Let it be publicly known, that on September 21, Year of Our Lord 2007, 12:53 PM, that klingonlandlady opined that it would be a good idea if we had a kitchen trebuchet, for launching compost into the compost pile in the back yard.

So if/when it gets built, she ASKED for it.

It has a long way to go, but the form is starting to take shape.

Today we broke some rock climbing slings.

( Cut to spare folk who aren't aerialists or rock climbers, and who probably don't care much. If you're interested, clicky for details )