Category: AMT Projects

Expanded PVC

Expanded PVC (also know as foam PVC) is an easily machinable plastic that can be sanded, painted, and glued. It is frequently used in sign-making and retail displays. Some common brand names for expanded PVC are Trovicel® and Sintra®. ==Sourcing== Members have purchased this material from [http://www.tapplastics.com/shop/product.php?pid=343& Tap Plastics] (their store locations have a wider …

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Book Scanner

=Parts in this kit= {| class="MsoNormalTable" style="width: 100.0%; border-collapse: collapse; border: none; mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-table-lspace: 9.0pt; margin-left: 6.0pt; mso-table-rspace: 9.0pt; margin-right: 6.0pt; mso-table-anchor-vertical: page; mso-table-anchor-horizontal: page; mso-table-left: 88.9pt; mso-table-top: 117.05pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.75pt 0in 7.9pt; mso-border-insideh: .5pt solid windowtext; mso-border-insidev: .5pt solid windowtext" width="100%" border="1" align="left" |- style="mso-yfti-irow: 0; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; …

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Change Project

We great a lot in the 2015-2016 fiscal year and we will be on a growth arch until about August 2017. Some of the big changes were: *Grew by 55% *Took on 6 Major projects *Added over 6 major tools *Added 1 major program *Extended capabilities significantly accross programs and platforms *Launch a new website …

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Cupcakes

== Overview == In the interests of inter-[[hackerspace]] collaboration, Ace Monster Toys is building a robot to deliver delicious delicacies to [[Noisebridge]]. We understand Noisebridge has a robot too, and we are preparing to defend ourselves against any robot-delivered treats it may attempt to deliver to our space. == The Rules == * Whichever hackerspace …

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Cut-Storage Tables

A Plan… cause we need to have tables and storage for Pete’s sake. == Supplies == *Table Tops (2x) – [http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80251358/ http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80251358/] *Plywood – Decent Grade ($34 per sheet) – Cut down to 78 3/4×23 5/8" with notches in the corners and edges routed to avoice snags *Frame wood – Needs to be calculated. I imagine …

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DIY BookScanner

[[Category:NA]] AMT has a DIY Book Scanner in the space. It was developed from gamma level plans published by Daniel Reetz. It is located on a high upper shelf to the left of the electronics bench upstairs. It could use some love and refurbishment and if you are so inclined, please take it down, get …

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DIY LaserCutArt

== Creating art for AMT’s LaserCutter ==   === Software === I use a free program called [http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en Inkscape] which is available for both Mac and PC.  It’s a little tricky to use, but there are excellent step-by-step tutorials available online if you get stuck.  You will want to save your work as a .svg or …

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Drawbot

Parts: Lightobject gantry USB Control board / stepper drivers (arduino w/ grbl + two mini stepper driver boards) Solenoids for pens Raspberry pi Webcam LCD Buttons Power supply Idea: Webcam takes image of user, with LCD showing stream so you can position correctly. Raspberry Pi runs filters on image to turn it into gcode, sends it …

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