{"id":459,"date":"2011-03-08T19:21:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T02:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/?p=459"},"modified":"2011-11-14T20:22:32","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T03:22:32","slug":"progress-update-3810","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/08\/progress-update-3810\/","title":{"rendered":"Progress Update &#8211; 3\/8\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven't been posting any projects, but I've definitely been working on stuff!\u00a0\u00a0 If you don't follow my Thingiverse posts, I've leaned a little about character modeling in Blender and made me a ceiling cat for the shop:<\/p>\n<p><noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:5522\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-460\" title=\"ceiling_cat_resized_preview_medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/ceiling_cat_resized_preview_medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/noindex><\/p>\n<p>I also made some spools for jumper wire that fit in my trusty electronics tackle boxes:<\/p>\n<p><noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:6381\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-461\" title=\"spool_resize_preview_medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/spool_resize_preview_medium.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/noindex><\/p>\n<p>I've also been working on a set of parts that'll attach to a standard Cupcake CNC to add fume hood functionality for a fellow Makerbot operator.\u00a0 It's not done yet, but the parts I have done make it look like a little oven, which I think is pretty awesome:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fume_hood_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-462\" title=\"fume_hood_resized\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fume_hood_resized-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fume_hood_resized-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/fume_hood_resized.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I've also been working on the CNC router at CCCKC, which has had a few successful test cuts and should help me finish a few long-running projects I've had on the back burner.\u00a0 Check out this <noindex><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/blog.cowtowncomputercongress.org\/2011\/02\/20\/ccckc-cnc-101\/\">CCCKC blog post<\/a><\/noindex> for video and some more info.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I've been working on my self replicating <a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/18\/next-project-yet-another-homebrew-cnc-mill\/\">CNC project<\/a> again.\u00a0 I've decided to make this project even more ambitious and I've acquired most of the hardware that I think I'll need to finish it up, or at least get it off it's feet.\u00a0 I'm also learning OpenSCAD and doing all my initial design and prototyping in OpenSCAD.\u00a0 I'm going to try and use OpenSCAD to model all the milled components in 3D and then use OpenSCAD's 2D rendering capabilities to generate the DXF files that will eventually be used to generate tool paths to actually mill the parts.\u00a0 I'm trying to make the design very parametric and well organized so it'll be easy for me to tweak and easy for others to modify use the parts they have on hand or make new\u00a0 derivatives.\u00a0 The CCCKCCNC being up should help prototyping as well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/scad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-465\" title=\"scad\" src=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/scad-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/scad-300x173.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/scad-1024x591.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.built-to-spec.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/scad.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven't been posting any projects, but I've definitely been working on stuff!\u00a0\u00a0 If you don't follow my Thingiverse posts, I've leaned a little about character modeling in Blender and made me a ceiling cat for the shop: I also made some spools for jumper wire that fit in my trusty electronics tackle boxes: I've 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