Thread: Abandoned Workshop Take 2

Nice shop, nice gear.
For those that don't know, the machine that there's a brief look at, at 48seconds into the vid is a slotter. Sort of like a vertical shaper. For doing internal keyways, splines etc as well as external stuff.

thanks for posting the vid

bollie7

Finally back home, (I don't like being away from the workshop for too long... )

The project (for those who are interested) was an artwork consisting of a network of 50 robotic origami flowers with ultrasonic sensor interaction. There is some information here .Airstrip | Art | Oribotics_[futurelab]

Aside from a few parts made on the mill, the more complex parts were 3d printed or laser cut at the Ars Electronica FabLab.

The electronics were pic based custom servo control boards, and purpose designed RS485 Network with an embedded Linux host computer doing the network control, so that all 50 robotic flowers could be controlled to make waves and similar effects.

The 3d printing process is interesting, I can see a lot of applications where it might be a handy tool to have..

Regards
Ray

I thought I had posted in this thread
Glad to hear your back safe Ray, and thanks for posting the video. If only my shed looked like that and had that much space.lol
I hope you enjoyed yourself and had a good time, how did your son go?

Dave