by news | Aug 24, 2014 | Engineering
I figured out how to make a pattern of the omnichain, which looks pretty good. I’m not sure I can get it to animate though, just doing this was a struggle. I need to complete a base to lift it up though otherwise everyone will think that the sphere will be...
by news | Aug 21, 2014 | Engineering
I was thinking about how to hold the panels together since I really didn’t want another special panel to make. I can for production but for the prototype I want to keep it cheap and easy. One of the simplest methods is to print out some curved plastic shims,...
by news | Aug 18, 2014 | Engineering
Not many 140rpm motors on ebay and the 160rpm ones drop to 120rpm under load. Quite a few 200rpm ones though and some quite reasonably priced. The one catching my eye is 8.6 kg cm for less than half the price of the 15kg cm one… Now, how many do we...
by news | Aug 17, 2014 | Engineering
Ok , so if I want 90 degrees per second rotation how quick is that and how fast would the motor have to be? The radius of the sphere is 700mm and C equals 2πr. The circumference is 4398.23mm. Divide that by 4 and we get our 90 degree slice of the sphere. 1099.5575, or...
by news | Aug 14, 2014 | Engineering
I just emailed 16 laser cutting companies in the UK. I really hope I can just find one place who could do the whole job but this might not be possible. The lead time for the quote I received today was 4 weeks, which means I get the uncut plates, send them to the laser...
