Previous articles about this project: part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5 | part 6 After 2 days, my Shapeoko Z-axis bearing locked up again, so while I wait for a replacement, I figured ...Read More
Okay the automated photo booth is now 100% functional and here’show I did it: The heart of this project is an arduino. I’m not very proficient in arduino stuff but I know enough about...Read More
As a follow-up to my previous article, here’s what I did today. First the theory: I designed a base that will hold my stepper motor and gear train. Nothing too complicated. I cut the shape on th...Read More
In order to automate my 360° photobooth, I concocted a gear train with a 36:1 reduction ratio. I had to google gearing 101 because I was totally ignorant on the matter, but I had a working princip...Read More
Today I tried the 123D catch software from Autodesk. It was on my to-do list for a long time, but a Shapeoko forum user encouraged me to try it out (after he saw my 360 degree lightbox blog post), so...Read More
Today I made a lightbox out of mostly surplus materials that weren’t being used anyways. It is going to be used for my 360° rig. I still had a makeshift dust enclosure from back when my Shapeok...Read More
I’ve had this idea for a while now, and finally got around to trying it when I found an unused rotating cheese tray at my mom’s. We bought it at IKEA a long time ago, but never really...Read More