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Automatic MakerBot Camera Pt. 2 – Wiring it up!
Recently (thanks to the Internet), I figured out how to remote control a digital camera over USB using CHDK. However, if I wanted my MakerBot to be able to automatically control that camera, I needed a...
View ArticleDesktop Fabrication Presentation @ Dorkbot Pittsburgh
On Thursday, March 25th, I spoke about desktop fabrication and the MakerBot Cupcake CNC 3D printer at Dorkbot Pittsburgh. After some slides, I gave a printing demo with my Cupcake, Makerbot #131....
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MakerBot #131 Makes a Mendel!
Like many MakerBot owners, I feel compelled to help spread desktop 3D printing throughout the world. So, for the past several months, MakerBot #131 has been hard at work printing parts in 3D to make...
View ArticleAutomatic MakerBot Time-Lapse Photography!
It works! Using a Canon SD300 with CHDK, and some firmware hacks, Makerbot #131 has learned how to make time-lapse videos of all of its prints! More details (and a how-to!) coming soon! And thanks to...
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Automatic MakerBot Camera Pt. 3 – Updating the MakerBot Firmware
In the previous post in this series, I figured out how to wire up my hacked Canon SD300 with CHDK. I chose to use the “D9″ port on the Extruder controller board, thinking that should make the software...
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Automatic MakerBot Camera Pt. 4 – Updating ReplicatorG
In the previous posts in this series, I hacked up a Canon camera to take pictures with an electronic trigger, built a cable to connect the camera to my MakerBot, and hacked the MakerBot’s firmware to...
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MakerBot #131 Gets a MK5 Plastruder!
Actually, all sorts of new and exciting nonsense has happened to MakerBot #131. I was excited to order get my MK5 Plastruder kit and join all of the cool people who have left the pinch-wheel and...
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Experiments with PLA 4043D
As I said in my last update, I finally upgrade MakerBot #131 with a MK5 extruder because it reportedly works great with the new PLA 4043D. I’ve been having fun printing with the various colors of ABS...
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