One Stepper Motor Running

CNC Machine: Rev 2

Yet another Toast Artist

Put a Smile on Your Toast

CNC Machine Construction

I spent the bulk of today working on the CNC Laser today to cut out all of the pieces necessary to create my CNC machine. Then, this evening, I took some time to fasten it all together. I sit here this evening, in front of my own, man powered CNC machine. Next step, set up the stepper motors so it can really be computer numerically controlled!

Step, Step, Step it Up!

For the time being, these will be the stepper motors I am going to attempt to work with. They look like they will work well. As needed, they are omnidirectional, so they will be able to move my piece back and forth. Here we go!

Bread + Soldering Iron = Stinky, Inedible Toast

Today I was wondering, "What happens to bread if you simply apply a hot iron to it?" Well, it turns out that it creates stinky, terrible tasting toast. Also, it destroys the surface of the toast. I guess a hot iron is not the solution. Back to the drawing boards!

Tamara Can Print

Today I figured out my 20x4 LCD display.

Although the information on it is not dynamic, I am confident that once I figure out how to extract the information from the RSS feed, I will be able to display it.

After that, all I will have left to figure out is how to print....ha ha ha...oh boy.