From dijjital at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 02:20:15 2011 From: dijjital at gmail.com (Robb Pope) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 02:20:15 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] LED strips? In-Reply-To: References: <75AD610C-1310-497F-B413-BC772B8959D4@dgarcia.net> Message-ID: I'd recommend Elemental LED , they're right down on Park Avenue in Emeryville. I have a lot of their product as I do installations for them so I can vouch for the quality. If you only need a few feet I could probably hook that up for free but you'd have to meet me at the Vulcan in Oakland. Robb 857-205-6052 On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Hephaestus wrote: > I'm working with one of these right now: > > http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2131813_-1 > > You can pick it up from their store south of SF, but their shipping is > usually overnight. A bit more expensive than the competition > considering they're not individually addressable, but if you > absolutely positively gotta have it before the weekend, it's the only > option I know =] > > -- > Heph > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Cliff L. Biffle > wrote: > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Daniel Garcia > wrote: > >> > >> How soon do you need these by? > > > > Saturday! :-) At the moment I'm putting in a few backup orders with > places > > that ship quickly (SparkFun, Digikey). If I wind up with some spare > LEDs, > > so be it. > > > >> > >> if you're using an Arduino to drive them I have a library that supports > >> many of the chipsets out there (though I need to add a few more). > > > > I was planning to control them at the sink side with a ULN2003. > Shouldn't > > need much of a driver. > > > >> > >> I suspect you will want 5v rather than 12v strips, yes? > > > > Ideally! Lower voltage means hanging fewer batteries off the > bellydancer. > > I'm prototyping with a 6V pack of AAs initially, but I may switch to > LiPo > > to reduce weight. > > > > -- > > Cliff L. Biffle > > http://cliffle.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 08:56:24 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 08:56:24 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: Just stopped by the space, didnt even turn alice on, but moving y axis by hand, you can still feel it skipping, so either the underlying problem didnt get fixed, or it re-appeared on its own somehow between then and now :( On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > >> With a bit of love from Cliff and a trip to Home Depot for some bolts, >> Alice is working fine now. >> > > Mostly I just rebuilt the Y-stage. The stepper extruder was working fine > in my tests. > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biff at cliffle.com Wed Jun 1 09:07:43 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:07:43 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:56 AM, David Rorex wrote: > Just stopped by the space, didnt even turn alice on, but moving y axis by > hand, you can still feel it skipping, so either the underlying problem didnt > get fixed, or it re-appeared on its own somehow between then and now :( > The Y axis is still glitchy when being moved by hand, but I wasn't able to reproduce this when driving the stepper (presumably because the belt tension is different). Mostly what we did was to rebuild the y axis so it'll be easier to adjust in the future. (Both MakerBots are using the wrong bolt for the y pulley.) -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Wed Jun 1 09:28:40 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:28:40 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: <69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> We made it better. We didn't entirely eliminate it. On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:56 AM, David Rorex wrote: > Just stopped by the space, didnt even turn alice on, but moving y axis by hand, you can still feel it skipping, so either the underlying problem didnt get fixed, or it re-appeared on its own somehow between then and now :( > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > With a bit of love from Cliff and a trip to Home Depot for some bolts, Alice is working fine now. > > Mostly I just rebuilt the Y-stage. The stepper extruder was working fine in my tests. > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 09:41:33 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:41:33 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: <69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> References:

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<69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: Yeah, I just ran it from the control panel, and it definitely seems less, but not eliminated. Probably be good enough that you can print most things now, with just a minor imperfection, instead of before, where plastic dripped all over the place. Also another oddity...from the control panel, the extruder functions correctly (forward --> plastic comes out), but when I go to print, it appears to be inverted, it just starts reversing the filiment, even from the very beginning at the test extrusion. My guess is that this means the firmware is fine, since it works from control panel, but there's a skeinforge setting somewhere that's reversed. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > We made it better. We didn't entirely eliminate it. > > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:56 AM, David Rorex wrote: > > Just stopped by the space, didnt even turn alice on, but moving y axis by > hand, you can still feel it skipping, so either the underlying problem didnt > get fixed, or it re-appeared on its own somehow between then and now :( > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Cliff L. Biffle < > biff at cliffle.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Al Jigen Billings < >> albill at openbuddha.com> wrote: >> >>> With a bit of love from Cliff and a trip to Home Depot for some bolts, >>> Alice is working fine now. >>> >> >> Mostly I just rebuilt the Y-stage. The stepper extruder was working fine >> in my tests. >> >> -- >> Cliff L. Biffle >> http://cliffle.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org >> >> http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 09:43:42 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:43:42 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] laser printers Message-ID: So the toner I bought only works in 1 of the 3 laser printers...and that's the printer WITHOUT a network adapter (there's a suspicious hole on the side of the machine where a network adapter should be). So I just ordered: 1) A funky "mini centronics" cable so we can hook it up over the parallel port -- should be here by tomorrow (yay cheap overnight shipping from monoprice) 2) Another off brand toner that will work in either of the other 2 printers worst case, we sell the toner with the printer, and make back as much money (to donate to the space of course) as I spent on the toner itself -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Wed Jun 1 10:20:18 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:20:18 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Prusa Mendel Parts Message-ID: <4DE674D2.4060309@openbuddha.com> I've purchased a full set of non-printable parts for a Prusa Mendel. I think I may hold off on building it for a little while. I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in purchasing the parts (threaded and unthreaded rods, bearings, screws and bolts, makergear nice extruder, etc) from me. I can price it out but it is around $700 or so of parts. RAMPS electronics too. Since people were building Prusas, theoretically, I thought someone might want these or they can wait for me to get around to it. Al From hephaestus at antipunk.net Wed Jun 1 10:23:45 2011 From: hephaestus at antipunk.net (Hephaestus) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:23:45 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] laser printers In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: leetsauce! PCB fab here we come =] -- Heph On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM, David Rorex wrote: > So the toner I bought only works in 1 of the 3 laser printers...and that's > the printer WITHOUT a network adapter (there's a suspicious hole on the side > of the machine where a network adapter should be). So I just ordered: > 1) A funky "mini centronics" cable so we can hook it up over the parallel > port -- should be here by tomorrow (yay cheap overnight shipping from > monoprice) > 2) Another off brand toner that will work in either of the other 2 printers > > worst case, we sell the toner with the printer, and make back as much money > (to donate to the space of course) as I spent on the toner itself > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > From biff at cliffle.com Wed Jun 1 10:28:07 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:28:07 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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<69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:41 AM, David Rorex wrote: > Also another oddity...from the control panel, the extruder functions > correctly (forward --> plastic comes out), but when I go to print, it > appears to be inverted, it just starts reversing the filiment, even from the > very beginning at the test extrusion. My guess is that this means the > firmware is fine, since it works from control panel, but there's a > skeinforge setting somewhere that's reversed. Your assessment sounds right to me. Someone may have been fiddling. I find myself wanting this in version control. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 10:29:11 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:29:11 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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<69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: a github for makerbot profiles exists: https://github.com/acemonstertoys/makerbot-profiles but the alice mk6 stuff is not in there yet. the bob profile in there is the one i use & it works pretty well On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:41 AM, David Rorex wrote: > >> Also another oddity...from the control panel, the extruder functions >> correctly (forward --> plastic comes out), but when I go to print, it >> appears to be inverted, it just starts reversing the filiment, even from the >> very beginning at the test extrusion. My guess is that this means the >> firmware is fine, since it works from control panel, but there's a >> skeinforge setting somewhere that's reversed. > > > Your assessment sounds right to me. Someone may have been fiddling. I > find myself wanting this in version control. > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From me at robbiet.us Wed Jun 1 10:30:42 2011 From: me at robbiet.us (Robbie Trencheny) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:30:42 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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<69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: I can easily rename that repo to something else and create a new one. -- Robbie Trencheny On Wednesday, June 1, 2011 at 10:29 AM, David Rorex wrote: > a github for makerbot profiles exists: https://github.com/acemonstertoys/makerbot-profiles > > but the alice mk6 stuff is not in there yet. the bob profile in there is the one i use & it works pretty well > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:28 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:41 AM, David Rorex wrote: > > > Also another oddity...from the control panel, the extruder functions correctly (forward --> plastic comes out), but when I go to print, it appears to be inverted, it just starts reversing the filiment, even from the very beginning at the test extrusion. My guess is that this means the firmware is fine, since it works from control panel, but there's a skeinforge setting somewhere that's reversed. > > > > Your assessment sounds right to me. Someone may have been fiddling. I find myself wanting this in version control. > > > > -- > > > > Cliff L. Biffle > > http://cliffle.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto:Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From romanian at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 10:37:54 2011 From: romanian at gmail.com (Stefan Hristu) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:37:54 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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<69E0376F-7CC3-4F4B-8C49-9BA45F709C80@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: This is exactly what I observed with the extruded. Thanks for confirming. On Jun 1, 2011, at 9:41 AM, David Rorex wrote: > Yeah, I just ran it from the control panel, and it definitely seems less, but not eliminated. Probably be good enough that you can print most things now, with just a minor imperfection, instead of before, where plastic dripped all over the place. > > Also another oddity...from the control panel, the extruder functions correctly (forward --> plastic comes out), but when I go to print, it appears to be inverted, it just starts reversing the filiment, even from the very beginning at the test extrusion. My guess is that this means the firmware is fine, since it works from control panel, but there's a skeinforge setting somewhere that's reversed. > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:28 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > We made it better. We didn't entirely eliminate it. > > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 8:56 AM, David Rorex wrote: > >> Just stopped by the space, didnt even turn alice on, but moving y axis by hand, you can still feel it skipping, so either the underlying problem didnt get fixed, or it re-appeared on its own somehow between then and now :( >> >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:35 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: >> On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: >> With a bit of love from Cliff and a trip to Home Depot for some bolts, Alice is working fine now. >> >> Mostly I just rebuilt the Y-stage. The stepper extruder was working fine in my tests. >> >> -- >> Cliff L. Biffle >> http://cliffle.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org >> http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biff at cliffle.com Wed Jun 1 10:40:18 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:40:18 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stefan Hristu wrote: > This is exactly what I observed with the extruded. Thanks for confirming. > Well, at this point I can confirm that it doesn't appear to be a *hardware* problem. On that note, apparently some people have been knocking my MK6 work on Alice. I'd like to point out that the methods I used are now on the official MakerBot wiki -- the bot is not "hacked," it's using the upstream firmware and a semi-supported cable design. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 10:51:01 2011 From: michaelshiloh1010 at gmail.com (Michael Shiloh) Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 10:51:01 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] LED strips? In-Reply-To: References: <75AD610C-1310-497F-B413-BC772B8959D4@dgarcia.net> Message-ID: <4DE67C05.3050300@gmail.com> My friend Benny runs Cool Neon and imports a great deal of LED products. He says: Hi- We have RGB LED strips in 5M rolls with solder/cut points every 4 inches or so. They run @ 12VDC and we have $20 IR controllers that are small, and run a variety of colors and patterns http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl/c.ACCT88394/it.A/id.973/.f?sc=2&category=268 Benny Feel free to contact him directly. I've copied him on this email. Michael On 06/01/2011 02:20 AM, Robb Pope wrote: > I'd recommend Elemental LED , they're > right down on Park Avenue in Emeryville. I have a lot of their product > as I do installations for them so I can vouch for the quality. If you > only need a few feet I could probably hook that up for free but you'd > have to meet me at the Vulcan in Oakland. > > Robb > 857-205-6052 > > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:10 PM, Hephaestus > wrote: > > I'm working with one of these right now: > http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10001_10001_2131813_-1 > > You can pick it up from their store south of SF, but their shipping is > usually overnight. A bit more expensive than the competition > considering they're not individually addressable, but if you > absolutely positively gotta have it before the weekend, it's the only > option I know =] > > -- > Heph > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:52 PM, Cliff L. Biffle > wrote: > > On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Daniel Garcia > > wrote: > >> > >> How soon do you need these by? > > > > Saturday! :-) At the moment I'm putting in a few backup orders > with places > > that ship quickly (SparkFun, Digikey). If I wind up with some > spare LEDs, > > so be it. > > > >> > >> if you're using an Arduino to drive them I have a library that > supports > >> many of the chipsets out there (though I need to add a few more). > > > > I was planning to control them at the sink side with a ULN2003. > Shouldn't > > need much of a driver. > > > >> > >> I suspect you will want 5v rather than 12v strips, yes? > > > > Ideally! Lower voltage means hanging fewer batteries off the > bellydancer. > > I'm prototyping with a 6V pack of AAs initially, but I may > switch to LiPo > > to reduce weight. > > > > -- > > Cliff L. Biffle > > http://cliffle.com/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- Michael Shiloh KA6RCQ www.teachmetomake.com teachmetomake.wordpress.com Interested in classes? Join http://groups.google.com/group/teach-me-to-make From tewing at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 11:54:06 2011 From: tewing at gmail.com (Terry Ewing) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 11:54:06 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] laser printers In-Reply-To: References:

Message-ID: <251A0221-DDD7-48E8-B1F6-85B80FB0C5F4@gmail.com> Ahh. I hadn't realized these were going to be toner transfer printers. Awesome. Is anyone interested in getting one of the Epson printers that can print onto a CD and retrofitting it to print directly onto a PCB? http://hackaday.com/2009/09/02/direct-to-pcb-inkjet-printing/ On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > leetsauce! PCB fab here we come =] > > -- > Heph > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM, David Rorex wrote: >> So the toner I bought only works in 1 of the 3 laser printers...and that's >> the printer WITHOUT a network adapter (there's a suspicious hole on the side >> of the machine where a network adapter should be). So I just ordered: >> 1) A funky "mini centronics" cable so we can hook it up over the parallel >> port -- should be here by tomorrow (yay cheap overnight shipping from >> monoprice) >> 2) Another off brand toner that will work in either of the other 2 printers >> >> worst case, we sell the toner with the printer, and make back as much money >> (to donate to the space of course) as I spent on the toner itself >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org >> http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hephaestus at antipunk.net Wed Jun 1 12:10:30 2011 From: hephaestus at antipunk.net (Hephaestus) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:10:30 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] laser printers In-Reply-To: <251A0221-DDD7-48E8-B1F6-85B80FB0C5F4@gmail.com> References:

<251A0221-DDD7-48E8-B1F6-85B80FB0C5F4@gmail.com> Message-ID: Woah. That might be the coolest thing I've ever seen. There's one for sale right now on craigslist for $100: http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/sys/2404567868.html I'll throw in a third of that. 2 more people and we have an awesome PCB printing system =] -- Heph On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Terry Ewing wrote: > Ahh. ?I hadn't realized these were going to be toner transfer printers. > ?Awesome. > Is anyone interested in getting one of the Epson printers that can print > onto a CD and retrofitting it to print directly onto a PCB? > http://hackaday.com/2009/09/02/direct-to-pcb-inkjet-printing/ > > On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:23 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > > leetsauce! PCB fab here we come =] > > -- > Heph > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 9:43 AM, David Rorex wrote: > > So the toner I bought only works in 1 of the 3 laser printers...and that's > > the printer WITHOUT a network adapter (there's a suspicious hole on the side > > of the machine where a network adapter should be). So I just ordered: > > 1) A funky "mini centronics" cable so we can hook it up over the parallel > > port -- should be here by tomorrow (yay cheap overnight shipping from > > monoprice) > > 2) Another off brand toner that will work in either of the other 2 printers > > worst case, we sell the toner with the printer, and make back as much money > > (to donate to the space of course) as I spent on the toner itself > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > From slick at rebelbase.com Wed Jun 1 13:04:17 2011 From: slick at rebelbase.com (slick) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 13:04:17 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] laser printers In-Reply-To: <251A0221-DDD7-48E8-B1F6-85B80FB0C5F4@gmail.com> References:

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<251A0221-DDD7-48E8-B1F6-85B80FB0C5F4@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Terry Ewing wrote: > Is anyone interested in getting one of the Epson printers that can print > onto a CD and retrofitting it to print directly onto a PCB? > http://hackaday.com/2009/09/02/direct-to-pcb-inkjet-printing/ > I actually own one of these that I'd be willing to consider donating. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From romanian at gmail.com Wed Jun 1 20:24:17 2011 From: romanian at gmail.com (Stefan Hristu) Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 20:24:17 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Rovios for parts Message-ID: <3D138689-C523-4E8B-B7C3-C9F4A02F556E@gmail.com> http://cgi.ebay.com/Used-non-working-WowWee-Rovio-Mobile-Webcam-/110693466888?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19c5d84308#ht_499wt_1159 For those interested in making rc robots, this may be a good deal. They have 8. From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 11:31:39 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen BIllings) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:31:39 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect is here but I still need $$$ from three more people! Message-ID: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> So, I went ahead and bought a used kinect through an Amazon prime shipping reseller for $103. It's waving at me in its box on my desk. So far, I have pledges from: * me * Terry * Louise * David Rorex I'd like to get pledges from another three people. That would make seven of us, which would bring it down to $14.72 each (or call it $15). Do I have any takers? Al From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 11:42:36 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen BIllings) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:42:36 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect is here but I still need $$$ from three more people! In-Reply-To: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> References: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: Ok. I have one more. Two to go! Come on! :-) Al On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:31 AM, Al Jigen BIllings wrote: > So, I went ahead and bought a used kinect through an Amazon prime shipping reseller for $103. It's waving at me in its box on my desk. > > So far, I have pledges from: > * me > * Terry > * Louise > * David Rorex > > I'd like to get pledges from another three people. That would make seven of us, which would bring it down to $14.72 each (or call it $15). > > Do I have any takers? > > Al From romanian at gmail.com Thu Jun 2 11:43:42 2011 From: romanian at gmail.com (Stefan Hristu) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 13:43:42 -0500 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect is here but I still need $$$ from three more people! In-Reply-To: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> References: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: Sure, ill put 15 down. On Jun 2, 2011 11:31 AM, "Al Jigen BIllings" wrote: > So, I went ahead and bought a used kinect through an Amazon prime shipping reseller for $103. It's waving at me in its box on my desk. > > So far, I have pledges from: > * me > * Terry > * Louise > * David Rorex > > I'd like to get pledges from another three people. That would make seven of us, which would bring it down to $14.72 each (or call it $15). > > Do I have any takers? > > Al > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 11:50:52 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen BIllings) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 11:50:52 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect is here but I still need $$$ from three more people! In-Reply-To: References: <703D68CD-483F-409A-89E8-205BC632C842@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: Just one more needed! :-) On Jun 2, 2011, at 11:43 AM, Stefan Hristu wrote: > Sure, ill put 15 down. > > On Jun 2, 2011 11:31 AM, "Al Jigen BIllings" wrote: > > So, I went ahead and bought a used kinect through an Amazon prime shipping reseller for $103. It's waving at me in its box on my desk. > > > > So far, I have pledges from: > > * me > > * Terry > > * Louise > > * David Rorex > > > > I'd like to get pledges from another three people. That would make seven of us, which would bring it down to $14.72 each (or call it $15). > > > > Do I have any takers? > > > > Al > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From drorex at gmail.com Thu Jun 2 17:35:34 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:35:34 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: Hrm...I think it may actually be a firmware problem. After testing several times, it seems like running the same exact gcode will occasionally make the stepper go in reverse instead of forwards. Once I even hit 'forward' on the control panel, stepper went in reverse, i hit 'reverse', kept going in reverse, then i hit 'forward' again, and it went forward this time! I looked through the gcode, and it appears to have the correct forward & reverse commands in the right places as well, so I don't think it's a skeinforge problem. So I think it must either be a bug in the firmware somewhere, or a problem with the actual stepper driver. On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stefan Hristu wrote: > >> This is exactly what I observed with the extruded. Thanks for confirming. >> > > Well, at this point I can confirm that it doesn't appear to be a *hardware* > problem. > > On that note, apparently some people have been knocking my MK6 work on > Alice. I'd like to point out that the methods I used are now on the > official MakerBot wiki -- the bot is not "hacked," it's using the upstream > firmware and a semi-supported cable design. > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 17:43:05 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen BIllings) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:43:05 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: <0E71D716-D9DA-4381-B0F1-3D7F0970E5BE@openbuddha.com> Cliff did find that there is a firmware update for the gen3 electronics with the mk6 extruder now. We did not try applying it. On Jun 2, 2011, at 5:35 PM, David Rorex wrote: > Hrm...I think it may actually be a firmware problem. After testing several times, it seems like running the same exact gcode will occasionally make the stepper go in reverse instead of forwards. Once I even hit 'forward' on the control panel, stepper went in reverse, i hit 'reverse', kept going in reverse, then i hit 'forward' again, and it went forward this time! > > I looked through the gcode, and it appears to have the correct forward & reverse commands in the right places as well, so I don't think it's a skeinforge problem. So I think it must either be a bug in the firmware somewhere, or a problem with the actual stepper driver. > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 10:37 AM, Stefan Hristu wrote: > This is exactly what I observed with the extruded. Thanks for confirming. > > Well, at this point I can confirm that it doesn't appear to be a *hardware* problem. > > On that note, apparently some people have been knocking my MK6 work on Alice. I'd like to point out that the methods I used are now on the official MakerBot wiki -- the bot is not "hacked," it's using the upstream firmware and a semi-supported cable design. > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biff at cliffle.com Thu Jun 2 17:43:41 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:43:41 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM, David Rorex wrote: > Hrm...I think it may actually be a firmware problem. After testing several > times, it seems like running the same exact gcode will occasionally make the > stepper go in reverse instead of forwards. Once I even hit 'forward' on the > control panel, stepper went in reverse, i hit 'reverse', kept going in > reverse, then i hit 'forward' again, and it went forward this time! > Interesting. I'll be there tonight to debug. Thanks for the details. > So I think it must either be a bug in the firmware somewhere, or a problem > with the actual stepper driver. I can't rule out a bug with the firmware, particularly since problems with the stepper driver shouldn't result in it reversing direction. (For it to be moving at *all* a lot of hardware has to be functional.) One of my complaints about the Gen3 electronics is the large number of points of failure: the issue could be in Gcode parsing in RepG, S3G passthrough in the mobo (unlikely), noise on the '485 line, or a bug in the '168's firmware. Should be able to distinguish them if we can just get this reproduceable. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 17:52:17 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen BIllings) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:52:17 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Message-ID: <9CE1C406-28E6-4C01-B41F-54620D18912E@openbuddha.com> On Jun 2, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:35 PM, David Rorex wrote: > Hrm...I think it may actually be a firmware problem. After testing several times, it seems like running the same exact gcode will occasionally make the stepper go in reverse instead of forwards. Once I even hit 'forward' on the control panel, stepper went in reverse, i hit 'reverse', kept going in reverse, then i hit 'forward' again, and it went forward this time! > > Interesting. I'll be there tonight to debug. Thanks for the details. > > So I think it must either be a bug in the firmware somewhere, or a problem with the actual stepper driver. > > I can't rule out a bug with the firmware, particularly since problems with the stepper driver shouldn't result in it reversing direction. (For it to be moving at *all* a lot of hardware has to be functional.) > > One of my complaints about the Gen3 electronics is the large number of points of failure: the issue could be in Gcode parsing in RepG, S3G passthrough in the mobo (unlikely), noise on the '485 line, or a bug in the '168's firmware. Should be able to distinguish them if we can just get this reproduceable. Gah. Part of me wonders if we have a first candidate for your new electronics. Al -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 2 17:57:04 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:57:04 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Prusa Mendel Parts In-Reply-To: <4DE674D2.4060309@openbuddha.com> References: <4DE674D2.4060309@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: <4DE83160.8040102@openbuddha.com> I take it that no one is interested? On 6/1/11 10:20 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > I've purchased a full set of non-printable parts for a Prusa Mendel. I > think I may hold off on building it for a little while. > > I was wondering if anyone else would be interested in purchasing the > parts (threaded and unthreaded rods, bearings, screws and bolts, > makergear nice extruder, etc) from me. I can price it out but it is > around $700 or so of parts. RAMPS electronics too. > > Since people were building Prusas, theoretically, I thought someone > might want these or they can wait for me to get around to it. > > Al > From biff at cliffle.com Thu Jun 2 17:58:01 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 17:58:01 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: <9CE1C406-28E6-4C01-B41F-54620D18912E@openbuddha.com> References:

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<9CE1C406-28E6-4C01-B41F-54620D18912E@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: <4DE831C8.9040001@openbuddha.com> On 6/2/11 5:58 PM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Thu, Jun 2, 2011 at 5:52 PM, Al Jigen BIllings > > wrote: > > Part of me wonders if we have a first candidate for your new > electronics. > > > The first candidate is in my basement. If she survives, yours can be > next. > > ^^^ This statement is very creepy out of context. Everyone wave to the NSA. Al -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From romanian at gmail.com Thu Jun 2 18:01:20 2011 From: romanian at gmail.com (Stefan Hristu) Date: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 18:01:20 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Memorial Day In-Reply-To: References:

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Current nominations are: 1. Me 2. Christian 3. David 4. Robbie 5. Stefan It would be nice if we avoided a soviet style election and had more candidates than seats, of which there are five. You can nominate over e-mail and nominated parties can always decline (as Mike G. has done, deciding one term on the board is enough). Al From me at robbiet.us Fri Jun 3 14:58:50 2011 From: me at robbiet.us (Robbie Trencheny) Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 14:58:50 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Oakland Bar Camp is Tomorrow! Message-ID: <16E4DA2791BA4586AB3ACAA0CB63972A@gmail.com> Hey everyone, Short notice I know but there is a Code For America/Oakland Barcamp event, sponsored by the FCC, The Knight Foundation, the City of Oakland and many corporate partners. If anyone wants to join me and my business partner Jesse, we would love to have you! More info: http://codeforoakland.eventbrite.com/ -- Robbie Trencheny -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <9DBDC3F0-8497-471F-B987-FDC4861D3A21@openbuddha.com> References: <9DBDC3F0-8497-471F-B987-FDC4861D3A21@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: Looks hilarious: http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/toys/detail-page/B001UEUHCG-2-lgm.jpg On Sun, Jun 5, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > I found a Mind Flex toy at goodwill for $15 that looks like it might be fun > to hack. I'll bring it and the kinect to the space tomorrow. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myles at tenhand.com Sun Jun 5 19:16:11 2011 From: myles at tenhand.com (myles) Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:16:11 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Mind flex! In-Reply-To: <9DBDC3F0-8497-471F-B987-FDC4861D3A21@openbuddha.com> References: <9DBDC3F0-8497-471F-B987-FDC4861D3A21@openbuddha.com> Message-ID: <872D8223-7281-4D93-84C7-D562716C0BCD@tenhand.com> From one of the seattle hacker lists: > I hacked 3ric's mindflex to an arduino tonight following this super awesome > guide: > http://frontiernerds.com/brain-hack > It was shockingly easy. The folks at frontier nerds who did all the hard > work, did their job well. On Jun 5, 2011, at 5:47 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > I found a Mind Flex toy at goodwill for $15 that looks like it might be fun to hack. I'll bring it and the kinect to the space tomorrow. > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In-Reply-To: <4DEE478B.2020701@gmail.com> References: <4DEE478B.2020701@gmail.com> Message-ID: <0B82C4D4FFAF459E89FA7F1120E1D14E@gmail.com> Yes, we're doing it Saturday the 18th per our previous discussion. We can do it Sunday, if you prefer, but someone other than me will probably need to play host as I have a reoccurring conflict on Sunday afternoons. -- Al Jigen Billings http://www.openbuddha.com On Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Michael Shiloh wrote: > can't do it this weekend anyway, but perhaps the following sunday, june > 19, if you all are ok with this. > > m > -- > Michael Shiloh > KA6RCQ > www.teachmetomake.com (http://www.teachmetomake.com) > teachmetomake.wordpress.com (http://teachmetomake.wordpress.com) > Interested in classes? Join http://groups.google.com/group/teach-me-to-make > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto:Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From albill at openbuddha.com Tue Jun 7 10:34:46 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 10:34:46 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Fw: New AlgaeLab.org DIY Algae Workshop: Sunday June 12 in Oakland, CA! In-Reply-To: References: <90962661-FC30-45BA-A17B-4084AEE8A356@earthlink.net> Message-ID: Workshop this weekend (apparently). I just added it to the calendar and a blog post to the site. -- Al Jigen Billings http://www.openbuddha.com Forwarded message: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Aaron Wolf Baum aka Dr. Friendly > Date: Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:50 AM > Subject: New AlgaeLab.org (http://AlgaeLab.org) DIY Algae Workshop: Sunday June 12 in Oakland, CA! > To: contact at algaelab.org (mailto:contact at algaelab.org) > > > Hello fellow algae enthusiasts, > Things are going swimmingly in the AlgaeLab world -- we are setting up our new lab in the attic of my new house in Oakland (which has excellent southern exposure for growing our tiny cousins), and will soon be calling out for volunteers and other sorts of participants for some serious photobioreactor/pond-building. Stay tuned! > > The NASA OMEGA algae project has been taking the bulk of my time the last few months, but many folks have been hoping to take a workshop, so here is a new offering, hope to see you there! > > From the heart of the chloroplast, > Aaron > ALGAELAB.ORG (http://ALGAELAB.ORG/): > DIY Home-Grow Algae for Biofuels and Superfoods > > > P.S. If you are a previous graduate, feel free to come by around 4p.m. to have questions answered and perhaps to share your experience with the class... It would be great to see you! > > (((((( here it is )))))) > > DIY Algaculture Workshop: > Grow your own superfoods and biofuels at home... > Sunday, June 12th, 11-5 pm > Ace Monster Toys (maker's co-op), 6050 Lowell St, Oakland CA 94608 > Sign up now, space is limited! See below for details. > Grow plentiful food and fuel in a small space. > Algae can make impressive amounts of food or fuel but do not require land, soil, or fresh water. They can be harvested every day, producing many times more output than land crops, and some of them (e.g. Spirulina) have amazing health benefits as food. > You can grow algae too ? in your own home ? and I would love to show you how. > Come to the Hands-On Home-Grow Algae workshop series. Go home with your own Personal Photo-BioReactor and everything you need to grow your own Spirulina superfood algae in your own home! > One personal algae photo-bioreactor in one sunny window can provide enough spirulina to significantly supplement the diet of one person every day. Larger installations can provide biofuel and organic fertilizer, and perform important services, such as cleaning up water, and eliminating greenhouse gases from exhaust. > In addition to an introduction to an overview of algae farming, and a discussion of the practicalities of setting up your own farm, we will have an extended hands-on section of the workshop where I will show you how to set up and run your personal photo-bioreactor kit ? it?s easy! > Special offer: along with the workshop, all participants will be able to take home a one liter bottle of live spirulina culture to start your own tank or pond ? this alone is worth far more than the course fee? > > > Course Fees: > $299 for workshop plus PPBR kit (shown in upper right image), including tank, heater, air pump, air diffuser, air tubing, valves, starter and make-up nutrient powder mix, pH testing, harvesting tube, harvesting cloth, clips, plug timer, and 1 liter live spirulina. This is a $50 savings from the online kit price! > $99 for workshop only > Send payment via PayPal (workshops at algaelab.org (mailto:workshops at algaelab.org)), or by mailing a check to: > ALGAELAB.ORG (http://ALGAELAB.ORG/) > 420 Fairmount Ave > Oakland, CA 94611 > To receive the personal photo-bioreactor at the workshop, be sure to pay at least a week before the course date so that materials can be ordered? > > ALGAELAB.ORG (http://ALGAELAB.ORG/): > DIY Home-Grow Algae for Biofuels and Superfoods > From biff at cliffle.com Tue Jun 7 20:47:22 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 20:47:22 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] MakerBot upgrade board sent for fabrication Message-ID: In case anyone's curious: I finished the design for the "Gen3 Harmony" board that adapts our controller board for use with MakerBots. I've sent it off for fabrication and might have it by this weekend. It's not a simple board, so wish me luck! :-) -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ From drorex at gmail.com Tue Jun 7 21:19:10 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2011 21:19:10 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Arduino / AVR class tomorrow night (Wens) 7-9pm Message-ID: Dear Ace Monster Toys Enthusiasts, Tomorrow night I will be teaching a arduino basics class. I'm trying to make it a little more structured, to give beginners an overview of how it works. There will also be time for more advanced students to get assistance / advice with their own projects. When: 7pm 6/8 Where: Ace Monster Toys Global HQ What: I will teach the basics of input / output, reading button presses, reading value from a knob, blinking LED, making a beep. If there is time, I might cover more advanced things as well. -David -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On 06/07/2011 10:08 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > Yes, we're doing it Saturday the 18th per our previous discussion. > > We can do it Sunday, if you prefer, but someone other than me will probably need to play host as I have a reoccurring conflict on Sunday afternoons. > From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 8 11:17:33 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 11:17:33 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] RFID keys (please read, need your response) Message-ID: Hi all, I want to make sure we are keeping track of all the keys to our space -- when the door was first set up, 6 keys were issued but it was not labeled who they belong to. If you've gotten a key directly from me(david), then I made sure to write down who it was given to, so you're exempt, but everyone else: I need you to give me the last 4 digits of the serial number off your keyfob/card (please email me directly and not the list -- the last four digits on their own wont open the door, but don't want to make it any easier than we need to for the haxxors). Any keys I can't identify I think we will disable, assuming they were lost or forgotten, so please get back to me if you don't want that to happen. Thanks David Rorex AMT Treasurer and occasional door maintainer -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From myles at tenhand.com Wed Jun 8 18:10:44 2011 From: myles at tenhand.com (myles) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 18:10:44 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Pre-meeting presentation Message-ID: <774D5549-7B79-48D5-9E72-6D02642575A8@tenhand.com> I'm prepping for a presentation at Source Seattle next week & am looking for guinea pigs. We've already got a speaker after the Ace meeting tomorrow, so I'll get to the space early. If anyone wants to hear about "Who your company should hire next to improve Security" , stop by at 6pm. The talk is about 45 minutes long, and mostly management rather than technical. I want to make sure it's reasonably entertaining for all. Myles From albill at openbuddha.com Wed Jun 8 19:10:43 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 19:10:43 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Pre-meeting presentation In-Reply-To: <774D5549-7B79-48D5-9E72-6D02642575A8@tenhand.com> References: <774D5549-7B79-48D5-9E72-6D02642575A8@tenhand.com> Message-ID: I'll be there! On Jun 8, 2011, at 6:10 PM, myles wrote: > > I'm prepping for a presentation at Source Seattle next week & am looking for guinea pigs. We've already got a speaker after the Ace meeting tomorrow, so I'll get to the space early. If anyone wants to hear about "Who your company should hire next to improve Security" , stop by at 6pm. The talk is about 45 minutes long, and mostly management rather than technical. I want to make sure it's reasonably entertaining for all. > > Myles > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From drorex at gmail.com Wed Jun 8 23:02:25 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2011 23:02:25 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] USB extension cable for USnooBies Message-ID: Some people might find this useful, I know several people now have built usnoobies, and they don't come with a cable (one is not required, can plug straight in, but a cable makes it easier to use) * * *$1.29* with code *S0609RCOZ* free shipping **starts 6/9 8:30 AM PST** * * *http://www.everydaysource.com/product/DD/80653* * * Ships from china or something so will take a couple weeks. 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It worked BEAUTIFULLY for the first 2.5 rods, and then mangled a 1/4" chunk of thread on the third rod =| It's still completely functional, and actuating better than ever, I just wish the threader hadn't crapped out before I could get the last rod done. I ran it along the z-axis a bunch tonight and it seems to have eliminated the z-skipping problem, and quieted the bot down a little too. Let me know if you see any more problems with z-axis skipping, or with the trimmed thread on the back left rod. So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered z-stage for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] -- Heph From biff at cliffle.com Thu Jun 9 08:20:25 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 08:20:25 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered z-stage > for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] I'll help. I've got most of one printed, but I'm not sure I love its design -- with the laser cutter we ought to be able to improve on it. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 9 09:57:23 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 09:57:23 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> Alice needs love too, man. :-) -- Al Jigen Billings http://www.openbuddha.com On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > I just finished installing the z-floats so graciously printed for us > by Gian Pablo at Noisebridge on his very dialed-in cupcake. > > In the process i noticed the m8x1.25 allscrew that operates the z axis > was in bad condition, dinged and very rough, and was likely > contributing to the skipping. So, like a good hacker I tried to fix > the problem by re-threading the rods and nuts. It worked BEAUTIFULLY > for the first 2.5 rods, and then mangled a 1/4" chunk of thread on the > third rod =| > > It's still completely functional, and actuating better than ever, I > just wish the threader hadn't crapped out before I could get the last > rod done. I ran it along the z-axis a bunch tonight and it seems to > have eliminated the z-skipping problem, and quieted the bot down a > little too. Let me know if you see any more problems with z-axis > skipping, or with the trimmed thread on the back left rod. > > So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered z-stage > for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] > > -- > Heph > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto:Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From hephaestus at antipunk.net Thu Jun 9 10:26:29 2011 From: hephaestus at antipunk.net (Hephaestus) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:26:29 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> References: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> Message-ID: Alice has directional issues and until those are fixed I want to focus on Bob, who can then print things for Alice (lowriders all up in this shit, anyone? =) Also, I'm ordering a roll of kapton tape and some bearings so we can build lowriders for both alice and bob. -- Heph On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > Alice needs love too, man. :-) > > -- > Al Jigen Billings > http://www.openbuddha.com > > On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > >> I just finished installing the z-floats so graciously printed for us >> by Gian Pablo at Noisebridge on his very dialed-in cupcake. >> >> In the process i noticed the m8x1.25 allscrew that operates the z axis >> was in bad condition, dinged and very rough, and was likely >> contributing to the skipping. So, like a good hacker I tried to fix >> the problem by re-threading the rods and nuts. It worked BEAUTIFULLY >> for the first 2.5 rods, and then mangled a 1/4" chunk of thread on the >> third rod =| >> >> It's still completely functional, and actuating better than ever, I >> just wish the threader hadn't crapped out before I could get the last >> rod done. I ran it along the z-axis a bunch tonight and it seems to >> have eliminated the z-skipping problem, and quieted the bot down a >> little too. Let me know if you see any more problems with z-axis >> skipping, or with the trimmed thread on the back left rod. >> >> So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered z-stage >> for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] >> >> -- >> Heph >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto:Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) >> http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 9 10:52:20 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 10:52:20 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: References: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> Message-ID: <8BCBA02CA0DA47D08FB5E0D55CB1D91E@gmail.com> What's a "directional issue"? -- Al Jigen Billings http://www.openbuddha.com On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > Alice has directional issues and until those are fixed I want to focus > on Bob, who can then print things for Alice (lowriders all up in this > shit, anyone? =) > > Also, I'm ordering a roll of kapton tape and some bearings so we can > build lowriders for both alice and bob. > > -- > Heph > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > > Alice needs love too, man. :-) > > > > -- > > Al Jigen Billings > > http://www.openbuddha.com > > > > On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > > > > > I just finished installing the z-floats so graciously printed for us > > > by Gian Pablo at Noisebridge on his very dialed-in cupcake. > > > > > > In the process i noticed the m8x1.25 allscrew that operates the z axis > > > was in bad condition, dinged and very rough, and was likely > > > contributing to the skipping. So, like a good hacker I tried to fix > > > the problem by re-threading the rods and nuts. It worked BEAUTIFULLY > > > for the first 2.5 rods, and then mangled a 1/4" chunk of thread on the > > > third rod =| > > > > > > It's still completely functional, and actuating better than ever, I > > > just wish the threader hadn't crapped out before I could get the last > > > rod done. I ran it along the z-axis a bunch tonight and it seems to > > > have eliminated the z-skipping problem, and quieted the bot down a > > > little too. Let me know if you see any more problems with z-axis > > > skipping, or with the trimmed thread on the back left rod. > > > > > > So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered z-stage > > > for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] > > > > > > -- > > > Heph > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Discuss mailing list > > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto:Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) > > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From drorex at gmail.com Thu Jun 9 11:27:54 2011 From: drorex at gmail.com (David Rorex) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 11:27:54 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: <8BCBA02CA0DA47D08FB5E0D55CB1D91E@gmail.com> References: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> <8BCBA02CA0DA47D08FB5E0D55CB1D91E@gmail.com> Message-ID: Sometimes she decides for no particular reason to run the extruder motor in reverse when it should be going forwards. On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > What's a "directional issue"? > > -- > Al Jigen Billings > http://www.openbuddha.com > > On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > > > Alice has directional issues and until those are fixed I want to focus > > on Bob, who can then print things for Alice (lowriders all up in this > > shit, anyone? =) > > > > Also, I'm ordering a roll of kapton tape and some bearings so we can > > build lowriders for both alice and bob. > > > > -- > > Heph > > > > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Al Jigen Billings albill at openbuddha.com)> wrote: > > > Alice needs love too, man. :-) > > > > > > -- > > > Al Jigen Billings > > > http://www.openbuddha.com > > > > > > On Thursday, June 9, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Hephaestus wrote: > > > > > > > I just finished installing the z-floats so graciously printed for us > > > > by Gian Pablo at Noisebridge on his very dialed-in cupcake. > > > > > > > > In the process i noticed the m8x1.25 allscrew that operates the z > axis > > > > was in bad condition, dinged and very rough, and was likely > > > > contributing to the skipping. So, like a good hacker I tried to fix > > > > the problem by re-threading the rods and nuts. It worked BEAUTIFULLY > > > > for the first 2.5 rods, and then mangled a 1/4" chunk of thread on > the > > > > third rod =| > > > > > > > > It's still completely functional, and actuating better than ever, I > > > > just wish the threader hadn't crapped out before I could get the last > > > > rod done. I ran it along the z-axis a bunch tonight and it seems to > > > > have eliminated the z-skipping problem, and quieted the bot down a > > > > little too. Let me know if you see any more problems with z-axis > > > > skipping, or with the trimmed thread on the back left rod. > > > > > > > > So who wants to help me design a ballscrew driven cantilevered > z-stage > > > > for a cupcake? Ebay has them cheap =] > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Heph > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Discuss mailing list > > > > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org (mailto: > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org) > > > > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From biff at cliffle.com Thu Jun 9 22:12:53 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:12:53 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Status of Bob In-Reply-To: References: <414B3271336E441E812DAC7B8FC7D82C@gmail.com> <8BCBA02CA0DA47D08FB5E0D55CB1D91E@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 11:27 AM, David Rorex wrote: > Sometimes she decides for no particular reason to run the extruder motor in > reverse when it should be going forwards. I managed to reproduce this tonight! There are two separate issues. One: when in RepG, you can get her into a state where the control panel malfunctions. This is a bad interaction between the PWM and RPM settings in the code, and is unrelated to the real problem. Two: during forward motion, she'll occasionally stop and start to go slowly backwards. If you go into the control panel and play with the motor, it will not go forwards: forwards goes reverse, and reverse goes reverse. (Stop goes stop.) I hooked up a scope while she was in this state, and found that the Enable line had gone tristate. I was able to get it unwedged by sending a bunch of commands. This suggests a firmware bug. Will read through the code. -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ From albill at openbuddha.com Thu Jun 9 22:42:06 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2011 22:42:06 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect Works Message-ID: <6D5BED8CEE224FDC9C6788F3DD92F299@gmail.com> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5817478350/in/pool-1704677 at N23/ It is on the main table. Please don't break it. :-) -- Al Jigen Billings http://www.openbuddha.com From biff at cliffle.com Fri Jun 10 10:35:48 2011 From: biff at cliffle.com (Cliff L. Biffle) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 10:35:48 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect Works In-Reply-To: <6D5BED8CEE224FDC9C6788F3DD92F299@gmail.com> References: <6D5BED8CEE224FDC9C6788F3DD92F299@gmail.com> Message-ID: On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Al Jigen Billings wrote: > ?http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5817478350/in/pool-1704677 at N23/ > > It is on the main table. Please don't break it. :-) If you've got red-blue glasses available, the "true" 3D version is much clearer -- you can make out my shadow puppet in the lower right: http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5816912741/in/pool-acemonstertoys/ -- Cliff L. Biffle http://cliffle.com/ From tewing at gmail.com Fri Jun 10 12:54:23 2011 From: tewing at gmail.com (Terry Ewing) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:54:23 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect Works In-Reply-To: References: <6D5BED8CEE224FDC9C6788F3DD92F299@gmail.com> Message-ID: What are y'all looking to do with a Kinect? I've seen some stuff online about how people have hacked them for motion detection applications but I imagine that requires a not-insignificant amount of code writing. On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Al Jigen Billings > wrote: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5817478350/in/pool-1704677 at N23/ >> >> It is on the main table. Please don't break it. :-) > > If you've got red-blue glasses available, the "true" 3D version is > much clearer -- you can make out my shadow puppet in the lower right: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5816912741/in/pool-acemonstertoys/ > > -- > Cliff L. Biffle > http://cliffle.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From albill at openbuddha.com Fri Jun 10 13:16:37 2011 From: albill at openbuddha.com (Al Jigen Billings) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:16:37 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] Kinect Works In-Reply-To: References: <6D5BED8CEE224FDC9C6788F3DD92F299@gmail.com>

Message-ID: <38867731-F806-4BA5-95EC-DCDADC258319@openbuddha.com> 3D printing my butt. On Jun 10, 2011, at 12:54 PM, Terry Ewing wrote: > What are y'all looking to do with a Kinect? I've seen some stuff online about how people have hacked them for motion detection applications but I imagine that requires a not-insignificant amount of code writing. > > On Jun 10, 2011, at 10:35 AM, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > >> On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:42 PM, Al Jigen Billings >> wrote: >>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5817478350/in/pool-1704677 at N23/ >>> >>> It is on the main table. Please don't break it. :-) >> >> If you've got red-blue glasses available, the "true" 3D version is >> much clearer -- you can make out my shadow puppet in the lower right: >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/15432506 at N00/5816912741/in/pool-acemonstertoys/ >> >> -- >> Cliff L. Biffle >> http://cliffle.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org >> http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss at lists.acemonstertoys.org > http://lists.acemonstertoys.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss From slick at rebelbase.com Fri Jun 10 15:05:07 2011 From: slick at rebelbase.com (slick) Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 15:05:07 -0700 Subject: [AMTD] R/C Simulator Message-ID: So I decided to leave my PC with my R/C Simulator at the space so that folks could use it and get some practice. The program is called Real Flight G4.5 . This is just a PC. Please don't install anything on this machine and don't use it for anything other than the flight simulator. -Aaron -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: