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Using Torsion Spring to Tighten Timing Belt
To reduce the slack in the timing belt on any linear actuator, we recommend using a Timing Belt Tension Torsion Spring. Let's take a look at how that little spring can be installed to eliminate the slack in your timing belt.Timing Belt Tension Torsion Spring is available on the OpenBuilds Part Store.
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Oct 14th 2016
HOW TO: Calibrate Your CNC Machine for MACH3 or GRBL
Calibrating your CNC machine is critical to machine performance. We've got some great resources that will show you how to calibrate using MACH3 or GRBL control software. Also included is the Prusa Calculator (as seen in video) and a Speeds & Feeds guide that will really help optimize your machine's output.
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Oct 10th 2016
Turning Trash into Treasure
"The truth is you never know when someone's trash will be the treasure you're looking for"
It's about 100 degrees out and Jose is circling the parking lot yet again to find an open parking space. Wildly outnumbered by Back-to-School shoppers, he's anxious to get those spiders before they sell out.
Jose is not a spider collector but he is starting his first student maker's club. Robotic Spiders just happen to be the focus of his club's very first project. Jose
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Sep 29th 2016
Building up the FairShare Program, One Quanta at a Time
As a fellow builder here at OpenBuilds, I have benefited so
much from the community here sharing their designs, tips, mistakes, feats of
ingenuity and overall experience in my own journey to become a better
CNC’er. One of the things that makes
this community possible is that it is dedicated to cultivating open source
hardware which makes it so fast and easy to iterate ideas and build on other people’s
work while at the same time contributing your own unique aspects back again to
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Sep 2nd 2016
Bitten by the CNC DIY Bug
Bitten by the CNC DIY Bug
A Short Story by Mary Daly
The dog starts barking at the front door. “I’ll be up in a minute” I yell out pushing
even harder on my Allen wrench. The bolt
finally breaks free sending my knuckles skidding across the V-Slot. Hearing another knock on the front door, I
groan. I’m right in the middle of
something big here, if I keep getting interrupted I’ll never get done
today. Then again, if that dog doesn’t
stop barking I may lose my mind. I
reluctantly
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Aug 26th 2016