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Project Pool
This page is a collection of projects that we've got planned and not yet gotten around to tackling or that are recurring events.
We want to anodize aluminum. Materials, chemicals, and equipment are all available.
We've got a Stepcraft 600 CNC milling machine with multiple tool heads (HF spindle, drag knife, pen holder) and assorted equipment (mills, engraving bits, knifes, ...). The machine is good for small aluminum works and for processing wood, plastics, etc.
However, the toolchain is lacking:
- We want to try out f-engrave.
- Importing SVG into FreeCAD is not working properly
- Using FreeCAD for CAM is.. lacking
- Possibly set up a Windows machine for Fusion360?
- Generally set up a dedicated CNC controller PC or RPi
We've got a Prusa i3 MK2.5 with gen 1 multi-material upgrade.
Things to work on:
- Air moisture proof multi-material feeding (equipment to implement this is at hand)
- Octoprint dedicated slicer/controller PC or RPi
Put a perfectly flat mirror finish on metal. Lapping compound and optical flat are present, we also have a small sodium lamp for use in conjunction with the latter.
We've got multiple webcams and board-level HD cameras as well as RPis and battery packs. It needs some love for putting it together and a bit of software fiddling. A proof of concept using logitech C270 cameras, RPi, and a central motion server to collect streams is already working.
- Bringup of board-level HD cameras
- Marry camera, RPi, Wifi dongle, dual-18650 battery packs
- Automatic transcoding pipeline (currently semi-manual batch process with a shellscript)
- Automatic upload to off-site server
- Setup peertube service for publishing
This has severe health implications.
- We need dust extraction for: miter saw (there is a hose connector but no dust chute), band saw, bench grinder, drill press. (The plunge saw already has a hose connector.)
- Measure air quality, so we can tell if we need more/better filters.
- Fume extractor for soldering station
Perhaps we could buy a big cyclone and find an affordable motor on ebay.
Help bronsen understand circuit layouts.
Learn how to weld!
We've got a TIG/MMA welding machine and equipment. Various metals are on hand.
Learn how to operate the metal lathe!
Learn to safely use power tools. For example how to change tool parts (bits, blades, discs); where to position hands when operating; what protective gear to wear.
- Power Drill
- Impact Drill
- Drill Press
- Angle Grinder
- Bench Grinder (Schleifbock)
- Pneumatic Nailer
- Table Saw
- Chop Saw
- Band Saw
- Multitool
- Random Orbit Sander (Exzenterschleifer)
- Pneumatic Shears
- Spraypaint Gun
- Pressured Air
- Hand Router
- Table Router
How to mix/use; When to use
- Epoxy resin
- Grease and greasing
- Blueing or browning (Brünierung)
- Isoprop
- Aceton
- Thinner (Nitro-Verdünnung)
- Primer (Grundierung)
- Lacquer
- Oils