K40 Laser Cutter Rebuild (12x24in)
Intro If you are reading this post, you most likely already know about the cheap 40 Watt CO2 Lasers available from China which are commonly referred to as K40s. There are several sub variants of the K40 but generally they are in a white and blue or red steel case and have a cutting area of 12 x 8 in […]
ASTROMECH SERIES TWO KINEMATICAND OPERATION MODEL REPORT
INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION ASTROMECH SERIES TWO KINEMATIC AND OPERATION MODEL REPORT AUTHOR: TIM SHILLING DATE: 18 DEC 2017 – INTERNAL DESIGN DOCUMENTATION – PROPRIETARY, FOR INTERNAL & EDUCATIONAL USES ONLY, NOT FOR PUBLIC RELEASE WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT Contents 1. BACKGROUND 2 2. PURPOSE 2 3. DESCRIPTION OF SYSTEM 4 4 4. SCOPE 5 5. TASK / CONFIGURATION […]
Magic Semi-Rigid Tether Deployment Damping Experiment
A Demonstration and Optimization of a Nanosatellite‘s Mechanically Actuated Gravity-Induced Control (MAGIC) Semi-Rigid Tether Release System and Tip Mass Slow-Down Mechanism A Part of the Deployment and Intelligent Nanosatellite Operations (DINO) Nanosatellite Project Author: Timothy Shilling 3/26/04 Based on and Portions From the Work of: Timothy Shilling Jeffrey Parker Michael Martinez Grayson McArthur Original Concept: […]
CAD Hardware Selection
I usually don’t include bolts and nuts in my CAD assemblies, but this was mostly do to not having CAD files for these things readily available. I decided to fix that and create nut and bolt sets: Metric Button Head: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3402872 Metric Socket Head: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3402887 Metric Nuts: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3402714 Each set contains *.STL, *.F3D and *.STP files and have been optimized for […]
New Printrbot Plus V2 – Scrap Built
If you have followed, I tried adding a plastic extruder to my CNC Router. The results were less than desirable. Not horrible all of the time but terribly unreliable. So, I finally decided to build my own 3D printer. Having studied RepRap and many other printers I settled on something that I could build with the tools I had, a […]
Life Clock – Escape from New York
In 2007 I was approached to produce two life clocks from the movie Escape from New York. In the movie, the main character is given 24hrs to live and a watch to show how much time he had left. From reference photos and constraints of the required electronics I was able to generate some design files. The final piece was […]
1911 Grips
I don’t currently own a 1911 but that doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate what can be done to customize them. A friend and fellow aviator came to me looking for a set of grips with aviator wings carved in. I was happy to help. The grip texture proved to be the most difficult part. I tried setting up a grid […]
Halo AR
I have to be honest upfront that I am not a big video game player and have only played Halo enough to do research on the gun. Seems like a cool game, just too many other hobbies to take up my time. I found the AR interesting as it is similar to the pulse rifle from Aliens in function and […]