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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Test Box Pattern for Laser Cutting
Before I try to cut for an entire robot, I thought I’d try a ‘test box.’ This is an object that has no functional value, but will give me an idea of how slots and tabs fit together in laser-cut … Continue reading
Grisbot color options
Acrylic can really look nice, and who knows, I may want to offer different colors. I’m not exactly in the position of Henry Ford, who told his customers they could have a car in any color they wanted so long … Continue reading
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Split Level Standoffs
The full title of this post would be something like ‘Split Level Standoff Laser Cut Acrylic Casing for Robot.’ Anyhow, I added a level by using another standoff. This was necessary because the voltage regulator is too tall to fit … Continue reading
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Laser cut acrylic robot casing with standoffs
Recently, Maker Shed offered a laser-cut acrylic casing for a geiger counter. Here is a blog entry on the assembly of the casing, which shows how standoffs are used. I thought, “That looks nice,” so it was back to the … Continue reading
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Bolting Laser Bots
Okay, the title is a little bit of a joke, but this is a continuation of my efforts yesterday to conceptualize how laser-cut acrylic pieces can be assembled into a box-like enclosure for a robot. Since the pieces have been … Continue reading
Bolting Together Laser Cut Parts
Plan A was to use acetone to bond the parts of the robot’s laser-cut casing together. However, the overarching goal is to make a kit that can be sold to kids, and it occurs to me that having ‘Buy acetone’ … Continue reading
Crenellated Laser Cut Patterns for Grisbot in Sketchup
After much tweaking, I seem to have crenellated patterns for Grisbot that look like they just might print out on a laser cutter. How do you go from a 3D side to a 2D pattern in Sketchup? Well, it’s not … Continue reading
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Crenelating laser-cut acrylic robot casings
How do you get two pieces of laser-cut acrylic to join at right angles? One solution is to glue them together using crenelations at the edges to increase the joint strength. Crenelations are what they call the pattern on top … Continue reading
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