RobertC.
Member Since: November 30, 2009
Country: United States
Profile
Bio
Moved out here to go to CU for engineering. Didn’t like that, transferred to business. Wasn’t too keen on that, transferred and finished up with a degree in psychology. Owned a high-end audio business for 5 years. Got tired of that. Got hired at SparkFun as a production tech. Moved up to tech support. Then became manager of product catalog.
Role
Product Catalog Manager.
Spoken Languages
Inglish
Universities
CU Boulder, BA Psychology
Interests
photography, urban exploration, travel, CNC
Websites
http://www.flickr.com/photos/genericprofilename/
High-powered LEDs, an audio kit from Moog and more. Check out the new stuff for this week.
Even though we released a bunch of new products mid-week, we're back with even more new products. What is Friday without new stuff? I don't wanna know.
New products for your Raspberry Pi B+, and our very last New Product Post Video shot at our old building. :-(
We have a few new things this week. Check out the post and we can point you in the right direction.
This week we have not only a few new products, but a puppy. Check out the cuteness.
This is a big week. We've got a great video and a bunch of new products. Come check them out.
This week we have yet another music making kit, a logging board, and power. Check it out.
EL wire, power supplies, and some beginner electronics kits. Check out the goodies for this week.
Stuff for your single board computer, LEDs, and a book for learnin'. Check out what's new this week.
Prepare yourself, we have a bunch of new products this week. And a tank. Check it out.
We have a couple of new Raspberry Pi shields and a bigger flexible speaker. Check it out.
AVC is getting close, and it's time to check out the course revisions for this year.
We've got new stuff this week. There's a biometric development board, a cool solar charger, and a couple of clearance items.
We're back and we have some new products and an energetic guest engineer. Check out the goods for this week.
Bubble displays, a new barometric pressure sensor, and more! Check out what we have this week for new products.
Not only do we have a lot of cool new products, we also have another SparkFun Dumpster Dive! Check it out.
New products for all you single-board-computer enthusiasts as well as some other goodies.
Registration is open for AVC 2014! We're also announcing some new rules and changes for this year.
We have a whole lot of new products this week included some new RedBot components, revisions, and more!
A new Simon game, some product revisions, a new pressure sensor, and more. That's what we have for this week.
This week we have our biggest New Product Post ever! Check out the new Actobotics product line.
LED panels, a wireless access point for your Arduino, and more! Check out what we have for this week.
Products, products, products! We've got a whirlwind of new products this week, and a special guest engineer explaining his new shield. Check it out.
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Yeah, this is my 3rd conversion, so I was a bit more prepared this time. Here’s a video of the new mill. I’ve rebuilt the spindle, so now it can do ~7500 RPM, and has better bearings too.
The Shapeoko is a great machine. We might have some news regarding them in the next few months…
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In this case, it’s not so much yak shaving. there’s really no other way to build some parts for a CNC conversion, other than having a CNC mill already. So I bought the cheap X2 clone off craigslist for a couple hundred bucks. Using our laser cutter and some basic hand and power tools, I was able to make really terrible motor mounts. I kept the original screws, and just used oversized motors to drive the X and Y axes. The motors eventually went on the bigger mill. Since they were so oversized, I was able to really clamp down on the ways, allowing for relatively smooth and tight motion with the original screws. I still had a lot of slop and backlash, but I designed my parts so that it didn’t matter on the critical components. I ended up getting about 0.0005" backlash on the bigger mill using these parts, which is pretty good. tool deflection and other factors will be a bigger factor.
sometimes the shortest route between two points isn’t necessarily a straight line :-)
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Thanks. I actually build that stand just for that mill. Then, I converted that mill to CNC, so it could build the parts for a bigger mill, to convert to CNC :-) The smaller one is now sold and I have a much more capable CNC mill. It was all part of my grand plan. haha.
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I don’t see why not.
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Yeah, the drawers might get hard to open after adding some weight. I currently use this cabinet for all my machine tools, measuring and layout tools, etc. It’s actually surprisingly well built. It’s just a side cabinet, but I modified it to have casters. Ignore the last picture, that’s my old mill ;-)
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ah yeah, I’ve seen that before. those are nice. I always like buying something once, especially for tools.
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Yeah, I use just basic drawer liners in my cabinets for my machine tools. it works well. I use stationary organizers (for office stuff) for my smaller tools.
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Those look pretty nice, I’ve been wanting to get some Listas for awhile, but they’re pretty spendy. I have a lot of machine tools so I need very sturdy drawers.
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For anyone interested in home workshops, you should check out the forum over at Garage Journal. They have a lot of tool reviews, workshop builds, and more. Be prepared to empty your wallet and bank account though…
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Sorry, no green :-(
