Welcome to New Stuff Friday, where we show off a smattering of the latest inventory we've brought in. How is this different from a usual Friday at Solarbotics? We've moved our other news/announcements to other days of the week (such as Project Monday and Cool Links Wednesday), so you just get the goods on the […]
Wednesday Links: Helical Springs, Electr...
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April 16, 2014
Did you see the lunar eclipse on Monday night? I wish they had it rescheduled for Sunday afternoon, so all of us night-owls-who-have-to-get-up-early could watch that. But noooOOoOO. But at least the internet will save us. At least from information deficit.
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Laser Cut Helical Springs I wonder if zigzag helical springs can still travel down the stairs... Or they use the elevator? |
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Egg-Bot Wax Painting Upgrade ..called Electro-Kistka, where Kistka means brush. The device looks nothing like a brush, but produces wicked egg resist drawings nevertheless. (Via Hackaday) |
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Self-Stacking Building Blocks These are awesome and need some sound proofing. But I guess this is not a concern... (Via Gizmodo) |
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Tattoo Machine Out of 3D Printer This looks much better than the same done with a laser engraver! Less painful at least... (Via Dangerous Prototypes, video 1 and 2) |
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New Saturn Moon Continuing with a lunar subject matter, this might be one of the last Saturn's newborn moons.(Via LiveScience) |
It will not save from raptors, amnesia, junk mail and cat fur though.
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Moved In and Headin' Out
What a cah-razy week we've had. We're officially all moved in at our new location. There are still mounds of boxes to unpack and things to organize and some renovations to finish, but, all things considered, it went pretty well. If you happen to know where my USB extension cable went, though, I'd love to […]
New GM11-14 mounting screws
BOY those are strange little screws on the face of the GM11-14 series of gear motors! 1.7mm diameter x 0.35mm thread pitch ain't a common bolt, but we found some 4mm long that we've made available for those of you looking for a precision method of mounting the motors. Check out part M1.7x0.35!
Sherline Price Increase
We've just got our official notification and new price list from Sherline. Implementation date is October 1st, so if you've been on-the-fence thinking about getting a Sherline machine to build your own custom parts, now's the time to do it! After October 1, Sherline parts and accessories are expected to see a 5-30% price increase. […]
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