The Mechatronics Guy

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If you'd like to email me about anything on this site, my address is:

the dot mechatronics dot guy at gmail dot com

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Now with 'Donate' button on the off-chance there's philanthropic millionaires out there! :)

Dozens of people told me I should patent or make a business selling Light Scythes. I'm not really into that (but it's open source, so feel free to make your own!) But if you want to sling me cash, I promise to spend it on nifty projects.

Home

Welcome to my site. It's pretty spartan, but has some info and documentation on projects that might be handy.

Updates:

Sep 2011 - Thanks to my friend Madox for registering 3DPrintersAnonymous.org and pointing it here. I swear I don't need an intervention!

June 2011 - Added writeup of the Light Scythe

April - 26: Some photos of my homemade Standing Desk.

Aug - 8: Start of a new regular feature. Cool Thing of the Week. And the first episode, Microwave Hot Spot Measurement.

July - 5: XR-210 Robot Vacuum Cleaner Hacking

Apr - 10: Single page Arduino Cheat Sheet

July - 09: Making a Priority Board.
July - 09: Posted info on the Makerbot table here.

Jun - 09: Added info on the making of cheap whiteboards.
Jun - 09: Updated with information about machining a new idler wheel for the extruder on the Makerbot troubleshooting page.

May - 09: Added troubleshooting of the makerbot page.
May - 09: Added examples of printed objects to the Makerbot page.
May - 09: Finished off the build of Makerbot #00003
May - 09: Added some information about the build of Makerbot #00003
May - 09: Added Thermographic images to the Reflow Controller page.
May - 09: Added the Acrylic Bender page

Robot Vacuum Cleaner Hacking:

Instructions on how to make a really cheap whiteboard and also a Priority Board are here.

~~I'm waiting on a~~ My Makerbot Cupcake CNC kit has arrived, and I've started to document the build. I've also got some examples of printed objects here.