Another great day, as Makers of all ages flooded into the Bay Area MakerFaire to see an incredible array of projects and connect with like minded folk. Both the Laser Controller and Personal Particle Accelerator consistently received great comments like ‘very cool’ and ‘awesome’. It was really satisfying to hear so many like minded people […]
Huge. Just Huge. And it was only a half day ! Photo of the day – Paul discusses laser etching quality while a group of students check out the Personal Particle Accelerator Some great highlights (more photos coming : A lady rushed up to the stand and said ‘My son and I’ve just come back […]
Today, our intrepid Aussie adventurers set up their demos at the Bay Area MakerFaire. We’re pretty sure they haven’t seen a particle accelerator before ! First, Jo constructed a display case for the particle accelerators – we gotta keep little fingers off this complex equipment !!! (Photo taken before the protective backing plastic was peeled […]
In the lead up to the big MakerFaire show where we demonstrate our model particle accelerator and laser controller, we’re doing all the touristy things. First up were bagels and coffee, at Daniel’s cafe… Josephine wanted to take advantage of San Francisco’s ‘thrift stores’ to find some awesome clothes. She went into Vacation thrift store with her […]
Now we’re settled in San Francisco for the flagship Bay Area Maker Faire, it’s time to unbox and test the Particle Accelerators arrived from Sydney, Australia. Looks like the guys from Pack and Send did a great job, no breakages at all ! 3 out of 3 particle accelerators working !! We call the yellow […]
Hi All, after an uneventful 13 hour United Airlines SYD-SFO direct flight, we’ve landed in San Francisco to show our Personal Particle Accelerator to the world at Bay Area Maker Faire. Here’s Jo posing next to the famous cable cars. And the great view as we ascend California St. Tough work, all this touristy stuff, […]
I always wanted to build a Dinosaur and with the upcoming Makerfaire there is no excuse for me to not get my hands dirty to fulfill this childhood dream of mine. Also, I have taken the opportunity to give my blog a name after my friend Dan from awesome.tech suggested to use a keyword in […]
Engraving review K40 with Moshidraw engraving These engravings were done by someone else since I never got Moshidraw engraving to work on my machine and I really don’t want to reinstall the troublesome winseal, Moshidraw and the NanoM2 controller to find out that it does not work again. So, I can’t tell if these engravings are the best […]
My journey with the Arduino PCB’s began a year ago when I purchased Chinese K40 Laser cutter and engraver from EBay which I upgraded with a Grbl controller based on the UNO R4. After experimenting with a stock Arduino UNO R3, I decided that I needed a better Arduino with at least one additional […]
Installing the R4 Controller Tools: All you need is a pair of pliers to cut one wire (optional), a screw driver to connect one wire and install the L shaped corner profile adapter for the opto coupler. Tips: Take photo’s of the existing NanoM2 board/endstop so you know what and how it was connected. […]