fabrication
This is all from a while back.
The tower got finished and the event was a blast. That was in May or June of 2017.
And Guy Buybo made a short film about the construction of the tower, the preview of which is above.
Back in August I assembled a Prusa i3 MK2S kit. It took about 8 hours in total - I think I read somewhere the world record was 4 hours? Anyway, I took my time with it and it was pretty enjoyable. The instructions were easy to follow, and after doing the initial calibration, the printer told me "you did a good job!" This printer now lives at a new makerspace in Kyoto called Kyoto Makers Garage.
Here's a time lapse of the build.
Looking forward to one day putting together an MK3!
I'm starting a new two-part project involving digital fabrication and drums. The first challenge is to design and build fully laser cutter-able drum shells. The first prototype isn't finished yet but it's already looking pretty cool so I had to post a few pictures of the process of putting it together.
The 340 pieces that will eventually make up this 14 inch snare drum were cut from 6mm plywood on a laser cutter. Each layer of wood is staggered so that the joints where the pieces lock don't form a weak point on the shell. I designed the drum in Illustrator to be assembled without having to use glue, the idea being that, with the interlocking pieces, the 4mm dowels, and the pressure of the hoops when they go on, everything will hold together. We'll see if that turns out to be true or not, but at this point it's already feeling pretty solid.
For the hoops, lugs, and hardware I'll be recycling some parts from a rusty old snare drum my friend bought for ¥360 (a few bucks). Part of the idea behind this was to come up with a super cheap way to DIY make a drum, and at this point I'd estimate the total cost is going to be around $30.