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Matt Eargle pays a visit to Ben in Madison so that they can work together on a Zen robot garden using CNC parts.  The build will use a handheld controller, a stepper motor, and a 3D printed Zen garden rake that will draw designs.  A typical Zen garden rake is a flat piece usually made of wood with four large tines coming out of it. The one they print will hook up to the servo and use the mounting points on the servo to make an actuator for the rack and pinion vertical Z.  Felix and Karen help Matt program the code for the Arduino shield and board using the Arduino IDE.   

 

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  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago +3
    Fun fact: Felix really is the voice of my inner monologue. Thanks to Ben, Karen, Felix, Max, and everyone at the Ben Heck Show for having me on! It was a blast even though I was there for only a short…
  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 6 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer +2
    airbornesurfer wrote: ...We originally planned to do something similar to the Sisyphus table, with the a large magnet guiding a ferrous ball bearing from an X-Y gantry beneath the sand... You could have…
  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to beacon_dave +1
    The Sand Clock was really cool; I saw something similar a long time ago (maybe the same one?). We originally planned to do something similar to the Sisyphus table, with the a large magnet guiding a ferrous…
  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    ...Version 2.0 image

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 6 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    And for those liking something a little larger for use on the beach...

     

    Sand Drawing Robot

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7T1esQgRwrM

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  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    Duuuuuuuuude....

     

    I'm going to have to make one now image

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  • DAB
    DAB over 6 years ago

    Nice episode and a great way to bring Matt onto the Bell Heck Show.

     

    It reminds me of an unfinished CNC kit I have down in the basement.

     

    Maybe it is time to bring it up and into a new hack.

     

    DAB

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 6 years ago in reply to airbornesurfer

    airbornesurfer  wrote:

     

    ...We originally planned to do something similar to the Sisyphus table, with the a large magnet guiding a ferrous ball bearing from an X-Y gantry beneath the sand...

     

     

    You could have doubled it up with a physical Pong table image

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTBcxr9KBuQ

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  • airbornesurfer
    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago

    Fun fact: Felix really is the voice of my inner monologue.

     

    Thanks to Ben, Karen, Felix, Max, and everyone at the Ben Heck Show for having me on! It was a blast even though I was there for only a short time!

     

    "We'll see ya next time!"  image

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    airbornesurfer over 6 years ago in reply to beacon_dave

    The Sand Clock was really cool; I saw something similar a long time ago (maybe the same one?).

     

    We originally planned to do something similar to the Sisyphus table, with the a large magnet guiding a ferrous ball bearing from an X-Y gantry beneath the sand, but it wasn't really practical to do in the 2.5 days we had to work! We even had to adjust the plan and make the Y-axis roll independently of a frame due to time constraints! Maybe I'll revisit this one day.

     

    One day....

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  • beacon_dave
    beacon_dave over 6 years ago

    People interested in this project may also be interested in Elektor's 'Sand Clock'

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvFNqYz-ToQ

    https://www.elektormagazine.com/labs/sand-clock

     

    and for those with larger budgets, there are also Bruce Shapiro's 'Sisyphus' tables

    https://vimeo.com/124882379

    https://sisyphus-industries.com/

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  • rivera82falcon
    rivera82falcon over 6 years ago

    "Inspired Designs!

     

    BURN DOWN THE HATCHES!!!"

     

    I really want to know what the inspiration was for that project. image

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