Grant has taken some time to document how to turn a standard 81:1 GM10 pager gear motor and turn it into a 9:1 version. Why would you want to do that? You tell me - I'd love to know what project you build with a speed demon like that! Read More...
Check. This. Out.
Don from Ontario sent this video our way, of a marble catapult machine he made that uses the GM18 30:1 Mini Metal Gearmotor. He goes into great detail on the mechanics and engineering, and the action starts around the 3:37 mark. We can't believe how intricate the design is, and can't even fathom the insane amount of tuning needed to get this working just right. The video pretty much shows off everything there is to say, but we're absolutely blown away. Further proof that we have some pretty awesome customers. If anyone else is working on a project they'd like to let us know about, give us a shout - we'd love to see it.
In other news, are you reading this newspost? We're going to guess 'yes'. Now the tricky part, are you reading this from Vancouver or the BC lower mainland? If the answer to that is yes... GO TO THE MINI MAKER FAIRE ALREADY! Some of us may still be in Calgary holding down the fort, but most of the staff are at the Faire as we speak, running a FREE ARDX workshop. Drop in, say hello, learn some Arduino... There'll be tonnes of other neat stuff going on all weekend too, so you don't got no excuse.
Now, the thing about being a busy company is that things get... Busy. Some people get busy buyin' new stuff, which keeps us on our toes. The problem is when the yokels like me who write these news posts get busy themselves with other stuff, and don't do their newspostin'. As a result... We've brought in oodles of new products and items over the last several months, and none of them have made it to the front page. Just so that we don't overload your brain with sheer amounts of awesome, we'll be breaking down the list into smaller chunks over the next couple weeks. It'll go a lil' somethin' like this:
One last tidbit: We apologize to all of our customers who have been affected by the current postal strike. Hopefully it will be drawing to an end soon, and all of the back orders and shipments stuck in transit can get moving. The problem is completely out of control, but we know how much it sucks when the stuff you want/need isn't going anywhere. Although we hope that the Canada Post workers will find a swift resolution with their employers, this is just a reminder that shipping via Purolator/UPS is the best way to go until the strike ends.That's it everyone, have a good weekend!
Grant has taken some time to document how to turn a standard 81:1 GM10 pager gear motor and turn it into a 9:1 version. Why would you want to do that? You tell me - I'd love to know what project you build with a speed demon like that! Read More...
Yours truly is about to teach a mixed media class and wanted to try making some stamps to enhance my (and my students') collaging experience. Stamps are used to create background patterns and give interest to surface design in 2d mixed media techniques. There is a variety of stamps available both online and in craft […]
Well, we've found the ringleaders in this little impromptu telecommunications insurrection and took them out back, where we switched from our standard 'beat with a metaphorical hammer' to 'beat with an real hammer'. Which worked so well, actually, that our phones are now back up and behaving themselves. We can now take calls without any […]
Solarbotics has been a regular at the Calgary Comic & Entertainment Expo for quite a few years now. Throughout the years we've shown off multiple projects that we created ourselves and in collaboration with some brilliant costume and prop designers. Here is a recap of the most impressive projects. We are always happy to assist […]
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