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* Get a deeper understanding of electronics - I'm still not happy with my mental model of semiconductors at the molecular level and that bothers me | * Get a deeper understanding of electronics - I'm still not happy with my mental model of semiconductors at the molecular level and that bothers me | ||
* Improve the CNC facilities of the Hackspace | * Improve the CNC facilities of the Hackspace | ||
* Welding - have done arc welding but not mig. Want to try welding aluminium and also learn brazing. | |||
* Want to learn about the care and feeding of liquid nitrogen | |||
* Want to learn more about resin casting | |||
* Want to try powder coating to finish parts | |||
* Want to try anodising aluminium to finish parts | |||
* Learn to work with glass - like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-84Sdq7jaE | |||
== Project plans and speculative ideas == | == Project plans and speculative ideas == | ||
* Do some [[Dust Extraction Experiments]], hopefully ending in one or more useable dust collectors/separators | |||
* Build a bunch of CNC machines for the Hackspace | * Build a bunch of CNC machines for the Hackspace | ||
* Practise bot - to learn about gcode, movement, how to crash, how to fix | |||
* medium accuracy A4 size mill - for pretty accurate wood and plastic | |||
* mini mill CNC converstion - for metals. As accurate as the base mill | |||
* super accurate mill - for isolation routing of fine PCB, for making moulds for fine pitch resin cast gears and similar parts. Fairly small - less than A4 size | |||
* medium size plasma cutter - for Steel plate and various stock up to 20mm (depends on the plasma torch). Bed about 1m square - like this used by Keith Fenner http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IUYJ7Sj8PE | |||
* large full size sheet mill - able to cut 1400 x 2400 sheet goods. 1/2" router based plus dedicated dust collection | |||
* various 4th axis devices - rotary tables, etc. | |||
* Build a decent aquaponics system | * Build a decent aquaponics system | ||
* Solar powered lawn munching swarm of robots | * Solar powered lawn munching swarm of robots | ||
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* Build a chalk drawing robot | * Build a chalk drawing robot | ||
* Do some experiments with quadcopters and tricopters | * Do some experiments with quadcopters and tricopters | ||
* Wind powered compost assist | |||
* Horizontal router table, like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=QqCIZVEuH-A | |||
* Make some wooden tools - like these | |||
* wooden bar clamps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnUPXr43Ad4 | |||
* deep wooden c clamp: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhqKVvZTdtc | |||
* wooden edge clamps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdJnF4do3f8 | |||
* Luthier clamps: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVhkt3imxbM | |||
* 1" belt sander: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kU2veNhyKI | |||
* Make a disc sander: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ao1UwIYQCg | |||
