by Toglefritz | Sep 18, 2016 | 3D Printing
How to Run Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi Zero Introduction Using Octoprint running on a Raspberry Pi 2 or 3 is a setup many Makers have to enable remote use and monitoring of their 3D printer. I have been running Octoprint on a Raspberry Pi 2 for quite a while because I...
by Toglefritz | Sep 12, 2016 | 3D Printing
A Bit About the E3D Titan What is the E3D Titan? The E3D Titan is an innovative extruder from 3D printer part manufacturer, E3D. The Titan extruder features a compact and light-weight design that manages to squeeze a 3:1 geared drive mechanism into basically the same...
by Toglefritz | Sep 10, 2016 | Laser Cutting
Use SVG Nest to Minimize Laser Cutting Cost The Costs of Laser Cutting Whether you are fortunate enough to own a laser cutter, or rely on a laser cutting service like Ponoko, when it comes to the cost of laser cutting, you are basically paying for two things: the...
by Toglefritz | Jun 24, 2016 | 3D Printing
The Ultimate Guide to Customizing Cura Chapter 1: Introduction If you’ve spent much time at all working with 3D printing technology, you’ve almost certainly heard of Cura. Cura is 3D printing host software created by David Braam. The software is currently...
by Toglefritz | Jun 16, 2016 | Robotics
Hexapod Inverse Kinematics Equations Hexapod Leg Layout and Leg Parts Controlling hexapod robots requires the use of a type of mathematics called inverse kinematics. This post contains all of the inverse kinematics calculations for a hexapod robot consisting of a...
by Toglefritz | Jun 14, 2016 | Robotics
Inverse Kinematics for Walking Robots, an Introduction From the Wikipedia page on Inverse Kinematics, Inverse kinematics refers to the use of the kinematics equations of a robot to determine the joint parameters that provide a desired position of the end-effector....
