#Maker Faire
39 postsIdea 073 - Glowing tentacle eyeball monster
Glowing tentacle monster made out of flexible vinyl ducting and LEDs
Read postNov 2018 brain dump
November 2018 bookmarks on Wobble Garden, PCB art, SI playing cards, sand tables, and Islamic geometric design books.
Read postVancouver Maker Faire 2017
What I brought to Vancouver Maker Faire 2017: the LED Pillar rhythm game, laser kaleidoscope, fox mask, thunderstorm cloud, and more.
Read postCNC Zen Garden - Vancouver Maker Faire 2016 Post Mortem
Post mortem of the CNC zen garden at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016: shorts, skipped steps, and fixes that worked.
Read postDay 52 - Set up at maker faire
Photos from setting up the LED panel booth at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2015.
Read postDay 36 - Arcade button panel
An arcade button panel for the Pocket Universe dome, wired to lights and sounds and rebuilt after Maker Faire.
Read postDay 25 - Maker business card
An abandoned maker business card design after the Maker Faire print sponsorship fine print proved unworkable.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Problems
Status check on the Giant Claw one week before Maker Faire: claw and joystick done, gantry pulleys still slipping.
Read postBreaker Faire - May 25th 10am-5pm
Breaker Faire at VHS on May 25, 2013: smash a car, eat pancakes, play the giant claw game, proceeds to Vancouver Mini Maker Faire.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Relay H-Bridge and Circuit Design
Building a relay H-bridge for the Giant Claw gantry motors after the L298 driver could not handle the current.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Controls System
Fighting mismatched salvaged drill motors, undersized L298 drivers, and slippery pulleys to get the claw gantry moving.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Gantry System
Switching the Giant Claw from a four-motor skycam to a two-motor CoreXY gantry with eight pulleys on top of the cube.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw, Prototype 3
Claw prototype three adds a geared motor, longer prongs, limit switches, and the wooden frame cube it lives inside.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw, Prototype 2
Second claw prototype built in wood with brass hinges that actually grips play balls and holds them while swinging.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - The Claw Research, Version 1
First cardboard and laser-cut attempts at a three-prong claw for the Giant Claw Game, plus links to designs that inspired the next pass.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Controller
Laser-cut controller box for the Giant Claw Game with an arcade joystick, a fire button, and an RJ45 pigtail.
Read postThe Giant Claw Game! - Vancouver Maker Faire 2013 project
Kicking off a giant claw crane game for Vancouver Maker Faire 2013, with research notes on cable rigs and XY tables.
Read postThis has been a great year.
Year-end notes on VHS hitting 110 members, board work, Maker Faire prep, and house hunting in Vancouver.
Read postGeo Caching with Wooden nickles
Trying to seed laser-cut wooden nickel geocoins across New York and Toronto caches, with mixed results and a stop at Adventure Box.
Read postI visited HACK Manhattan Hackerspace
Visiting HACK Manhattan on an OLLO robot workshop night, with a brass lock build on the lathe in progress.
Read postI visited NYC Resistor hackspace
A quiet evening visit to NYC Resistor after World Maker Faire, with stickers dropped off and photos of the space.
Read postSimple acrylic pendants
Quick laser-cut acrylic Hibiscus and ukulele pendants as gifts for the family stops on my World Maker Faire trip.
Read postThe last batch of GeoCoins
The final batch of laser-cut wooden geocoins for the New York trip, plus a printed Nautilus Gear from Thingiverse.
Read postFirst test of making GeoCoins with the laser cuter
First laser-cutter tests for homemade geocoins at VHS, with acrylic QR codes failing and wooden nickels reading just fine.
Read postI got a RaspberryPI (a few months ago)
First impressions of the Raspberry Pi a few months after getting it, plus thoughts on the 35 dollar price point and case options.
Read postLook what I made - Compass table
A Vancouver Maker Faire build using a thrift store table, two sheets of acrylic, and 1000 ten-cent compasses from Alibaba.
Read postVancouver Maker Faire - Call for Makers
Vancouver Maker Faire opens its call for makers, with 48,000 square feet at the PNE Forum on June 23 and 24.
Read postVancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
Notes from Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011: sign posts, a spin-art box, the milk jug dragon, and the Mondo Spider.
Read postVancouver Mini Make Faire 2011 - Timelaps
A one-frame-per-minute timelapse of Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011 shot on a Canon S90.
Read postSpin Art - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
Rebuilt the giant spin art box with a belt drive and splash guard three days before Maker Faire, then ran out of paper by noon day two.
Read postSign Posts - Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011
150 hand-painted directional signs mounted on four posts for Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2011.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Status update and mechanical issues
Twelve days before Maker Faire the 6-foot POV ring bent under stress, so the build shrank to a bicycle rim.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - LED test
Video of five OctoBrite CYANEA boards wire-wrapped in series and driven by an Arduino off a PC power supply.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Software
Software progress on the POV globe with a frame buffer class, bluetooth serial loading, and an ADXL345 accelerometer.
Read postStatus update May 12, 2011
May 2011 update covering a burned out spin art motor, a DC trip to HacDC, and progress on the POV globe.
Read postGiant spin art - Maker Faire 2011 Vancouver
A giant spin art box built in a weekend from a junkyard washing machine motor for Maker Faire Vancouver.
Read postUpcoming events for this summer
List of Vancouver events through spring 2011, ending with Mini Maker Faire on June 25-26.
Read postRGB LED POV Globe - Research
Research notes for a 64 RGB LED persistence-of-vision globe big enough to stand inside, with shift registers and motor planning.
Read postStatus update Feb 15
Mid-February update: Ray Gun Revival launched, a Maker Faire spin-art rig in planning, and the outdoor sensor logging sunrises.
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