Comments for Pleasant Hardware

Comment on Pleasant3D is now open source by hugomatic

hugomatic — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:22:04 +0000

Pleasant 3D is a great software,

And its source code is full of gems (I especially like the use of OpenCL kernels). What an incredible gift… thank you for sharing!

Hugo

Comment on Pleasant3D is now open source by Zaggo

Zaggo — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:10:03 +0000

You're welcome! (BTW, thanks for the warm welcome to the open source club. However, this isn't the first project of mine going open source. See https://github.com/zaggo for my other projects.).

Comment on Pleasant3D is now open source by Far McKon

Far McKon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:54:47 +0000

Yeah! Welcome to the Open Source club. It’s great to see people contribute their code to the community. I’ve enjoyed seeing some Mac folks inside MakerBot tinker and print from your project, and I’m going to doubly enjoy reading some source code and checking out your design.

Thanks again, for me and on behalf of all kinds of users, for sharing your code!

hack on,
- Far McKon
Nerd Herder for MakerBot Software Dept

Comment on Flat Teardrop by triffid_hunter

triffid_hunter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:46:20 +0000

I use these, which seem simpler to me:

// truncated teardrop
module teardrop (r=8, h=20) {
render()
rotate([-270, 0, 90]) {
cylinder(r=r, h=h, $fn=64);
translate([-(r * sqrt(2)) / 2, 0, 0]) cube([r * sqrt(2), r * sqrt(2) / 2, h]);
difference() {
rotate([0, 0, 45]) cube([r, r, h]);
translate([-r, r, -1]) cube([2 * r, r, h + 2]);
}
}
}

// tapered truncated teardrop
module teardrop2(r1 = 10, r2 = 5, h=5) {
difference() {
cube([r1, r1, h]);
translate([r1 * sqrt(2), 0, 0]) rotate([0, 0, 45]) rotate([0, -atan((r1 - r2) / h), 0]) translate([0, 0, -r1]) cube([r1 * 2, r1 * 2, h * (r1)]);
translate([r1, r1, 0]) rotate([0, 0, 90]) rotate([0, -atan((r1 - r2) / h), 0]) translate([0, 0, -r1]) cube([r1 * 2, r1 * 2, h * (r1)]);
translate([r1, -r1, 0]) rotate([0, 0, 0]) rotate([0, -atan((r1 - r2) / h), 0]) translate([0, 0, -r1]) cube([r1 * 2, r1 * 2, h * (r1)]);
}
cylinder(r1 = r1, r2 = r2, h=h);
}

Comment on Flat Teardrop by whosawhatsis

whosawhatsis — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:22:12 +0000

For the record, the projection script was trying to solve a problem that i’m not sure really existed, to minimize the teardrop shape to exactly what was required to avoid overhangs > 45 degrees. There was originally a bug in the projection code that made rendering take a long time, I fixed that bug, but in hindsight, my second solution using polygons was probably better.

The best way to turn my teardrop shapes into truncated ones is to intersect them with a square, but I’ve moved on from teardrops to hexagons and octagons because they have a more predictable relationship between the inner and outer diameters, with fewer variables to worry about.

Comment on Reflow Soldering Controller by Toaster oven reflow control without modifying the oven « Gadgets « The Depot of Talk

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 04:02:25 +0000

[...] the heating element. He put his microcontroller programming experience to work and came up with an add-on module that controls the oven by switching the mains [...]

Comment on Reflow Soldering Controller by Toaster oven reflow control without modifying the oven - Hack a Day

Toaster oven reflow control without modifying the oven - Hack a Day — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:07:25 +0000

[...] the heating element. He put his microcontroller programming experience to work and came up with an add-on module that controls the oven by switching the mains [...]

Comment on Pleasant Future by Trying PyPy with ReplicatorG | Michael Cook's Place

Trying PyPy with ReplicatorG | Michael Cook's Place — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:03:42 +0000

[...] look at the gcode Skeinforge makes to look for errors. While reading about the software, I found a blog entry by the author describing how he got tired of waiting on Skeinforge and then ported the gcode gene [...]

Comment on The mill’s soul by roboticsound

roboticsound — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:21:46 +0000

Hi again,
I just wanted to ask a couple more questions. First off all I was wondering how you were getting on with this and if all is still going well? Secondly, is the LCD programed to work as a serial or a normal LCD? and lastly I’m sure I had previously opened the firmware in the arduino IDE but I can no longer seem to do that, I notice it is all written in C but was wondering how then you compile it for the seeeduino?

Well thats all for now ;) Thanks again for your help and a great machine.

Regards,

Comment on Printed Jig by naMretupmoC

naMretupmoC — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 01:22:50 +0000

I have access to a mill at work, and was thinking a similar solution to all the hand dremel work :)
For my purposes I plan on tweaking your hub design a bit, and if I just almost fill in the roller area, I Think that it might even sturdy up the part and print a bit faster too! Thank you for your work on this so far, good luck with further testing, and I’ll post any revisions that work for me on your Thingiverse page.
-C