Project Repository

Starting in the fall of 2019, R2 has been my favorite ongoing project. I'll post a build log later this month. For now, here are some pictures of the process, starting with the grant I got to build it.

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, I saw the need to fill the production gap of factories producing necessary face shields. During the first few months, I produced shields by myself. However, as the pandemic progressed, I quickly realized that I would need help. So I started a team. Dan K. and Viet Q. helped me along the way to produce over 3,000 Face Shields for those in need.

At the start of my 3D printing journey, I knew that the technology was nowhere near perfect. My goal at the beginning of the pandemic was to turn my Ender 3 into a workhorse. When I realized that it was near impossible to do with an ender 3, I looked into corexy machines. An affordable alternative to the oh-so-popular Voron was a Vzbot. Being a machine developed off of a TronXY x5sa, it was built to be affordable and cutting edge. Here is my VzBot build log.

Ever since I got my 3D printer, I have printed and painted tv and movie props. Here are some of my favorite props.

Using a perf board, I soldered a shield that allowed me to automate lights, garage doors, bathrooms, plant watering, humidifiers, etc. It allows input from a sensor to tell a relay to turn on and off (this would connect or disconnect a circuit). I tested this with a lamp, with a sound sensor. I clapped twice and the lights turned on. A use for this would be to turn on the humidifier if the humidity from a sensor was too low. Another example would be to open the garage if a car was detected from a lidar sensor.

This was a prototype of a 4-arm parallel Scara Robot. Using two 9g Servos, I was able to make a working movement loop. Click on the image to see the video demo. Later on, I moved from 4-arm to five-arm, meaning the distance between the motors was increased. I also switched to Nema 17 motors with encoders. Here is a link to the 5-bar forward kinematics demo:

 https://youtube.com/shorts/OOqhQWLuJBs?feature=share

This was a project documented here. Using SimpleCV and OpenCV, we can track objects, faces, bodies, etc. For a demonstration, see here. 

For this system, I used this amp paired with old bookshelf speakers from an uncle. The 4" subwoofer can be found anywhere online. I will post the files soon. 

Using a laser-cut kit, and 3D printed parts, I was able to make a cheap and easy-to-use microscope. Here is (the company's)InfiniteScope's Instagram.

Using cheap 3D printers and free files, I am able to make a system to emulate human emotions through eyes. You can find a demo on our youtube.

These are some prints from my 850mm x 630mm/425mm x 315mm pen plotter from my broken CR10 3D printer.