Thank you for everyone who came out to Maker Festival to support us and the greater maker community! It’s exciting to see amazing projects like stair climbing robots, hyper fast bikes, and leather origami. It was great to get so much interest, feedback, and ideas. For everyone who have asked to place orders, we will […]

I went out to laser cut the frame on Friday and put the machine together today to see how it looks and test it out. The machine is designed to have 1 inch thick material for the frame (either wood or HDPE) but I just wanted to make a quick frame mock up using 1/4 […]

Our 3D printer is up and running and has been printing furiously for the last 2 days. Here’s the setup and a Y axis gantry we got printed: As well as some test prints:

Our 3D printer has finally arrived here in Waterloo all the way from Guangzhou! It’s a Tevo Tarantula that we picked up for just under $400 CAD. We’re moving into exam season so the project will be slowing down for a few weeks until we can move into working on it full time, but hopefully […]

I’ve been working on improving stiffness in all of the axis. Here’s a 3D render of the X and Z axis assembly. I found that the biggest issue with the previous iteration was that it was difficult to reach the fasteners, so it was a bit tricky to get everything as tight as possible. We […]

We’ve entered the 2016 Hackaday Prize! Our project page is public. Please check it out and like/share our page! The Hackaday Prize is a competition synonymous with creating for social change. Using your hardware, coding, scientific, design and mechanical abilities, you will make big changes in peoples’ lives. It’s time to leverage your talent and […]

Hi everyone! We’ve put together a prototype and it looks pretty, but there’s a couple of things we want to touch up to get the best performance out of our machines, so we’re going into the second full round of design. Our new 3D printer is due to come in the next week or two, […]

Tim and I needed a new 3D printer, so we ordered one online last night. Can’t wait to make some new prototypes and new machines! It’s a cheap one we got online for about $310 CAD. 3D printers have gone down in price a lot over the last few years. I’m excited to see what […]

The rotary tool came in the mail today, and so Chris and I printed a mount for it. We did a pretty good job of it because the tool is super snug and there’s absolutely no play. We’re just gonna have to work on wire management, perhaps put an outlet at the top of the […]

So we’re still waiting on our aluminum shaft couplers and lead screws to come in the mail, so in the meantime, I hooked up a shaft coupler that I made at the machine shop and a 1/4″ threaded rod to the Z axis to see how things are working. Things look pretty good! Since I […]