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The Etch-a-Sketch was a popular toy, but a polarizing one. You were either one of those kids that had the knack, or one of the kids that didn’t. [Micah] was pretty …read more Continue reading Roboticizing An Etch-a-Sketch
Hackaday.io user [mabe42] works during the week away from their home city and rents a small apartment locally to make this life practical. However, the heating system, a night-storage system, …read more Continue reading 2024 Home Sweet Home Automation: SMS Controlled Heating
When using a manual machine tool such as a lathe or milling machine, there can be a lot of pressure to read the position and feed the axes at the …read more Continue reading Roll Your Own DRO With An Added Twist
Parol 6 is a 3D-printed six-axis robot arm created by [Petar Crnjak] as a combination of the principles from a few previous projects. Aside from a pneumatic gripper, each axis …read more Continue reading Hackaday Prize 2023: PAROL6 – A GPL Desktop Robotic Arm
For the last ten to fifteen years, optical drives have been fading out of existence. There’s little reason to have them around anymore unless you are serious about archiving data …read more Continue reading Laser Engraver Uses All of the DVD Drive
[legolor] brings us a great, cheap rotary axis to add to your small 3 axis CNC mills. How are you going to generate G-Code for this 4th axis? That’s the …read more Continue reading This $12 CNC Rotary Axis Will Make Your Head Spin
Magnetic loop antennas are great if you are limited on space since they are just a potentially small loop of wire. The problem is, they are sharply tuned. You normally …read more Continue reading Mag Loop Antenna has a Brain
We’re no strangers to unusual clocks here at Hackaday, and some of our favorites make time a little more tangible like [Kyle Rankin]’s knitting clock. Inspired by our coverage of …read more Continue reading Tempus Nectit, a DIY Knitting Clock with Instructions
The low-cost servo motor in [Clough42]’s lathe’s electronic leadscrew bit the dust recently, and he did a great job documenting his repair attempts ( see video below the break ). …read more Continue reading Stepper Killer Killer Killed, Repair Attempted
A major challenge of robotic arms is the weight of the actuators, especially closer to the end of the arm. The long lever arm means more torque is required from …read more Continue reading 3-DOF Robot Arm Wrist Without The Motor Weight