Comments on: Lego NXT cnc mill http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/ Fresh hacks every day Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eliseo http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-32003 Eliseo Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:24:36 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-32003 Informative Article... AWESOME. Informative Article… AWESOME.

]]> By: greenarrow http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-32002 greenarrow Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:04:21 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-32002 It's a nice design and I hope it works, but from my experience, even with some fairly decent closed loop control it's pretty hard to get the NXT motors to stop exactly where you want them. I've been working on Lego cartesian robots for a while for reprap (www.reprap.org). My latest attempt is here: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenarrowdev/" rel="nofollow">http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenarrowdev/</a> I ditched the NXT motors for some steppers from and old dot matrix printer. A bit of epoxy later and they work perfectly with lego. Hopefully in not too long I will be able to print 3D objects It’s a nice design and I hope it works, but from my experience, even with some fairly decent closed loop control it’s pretty hard to get the NXT motors to stop exactly where you want them. I’ve been working on Lego cartesian robots for a while for reprap (www.reprap.org). My latest attempt is here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/greenarrowdev/ I ditched the NXT motors for some steppers from and old dot matrix printer. A bit of epoxy later and they work perfectly with lego. Hopefully in not too long I will be able to print 3D objects

]]> By: totokan http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-32001 totokan Thu, 28 Feb 2008 00:23:54 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-32001 Definatly continue this project. your Lego cnc looks promising from the pictures, although the video is down. Definatly continue this project. your Lego cnc looks promising from the pictures, although the video is down.

]]> By: Billy Topley http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-32000 Billy Topley Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:29:51 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-32000 Wow, I had no idea anyone was interested in this. Maybe I should get it out the drawer and continue? Bit of a surprise when I saw myself on here... Wow, I had no idea anyone was interested in this. Maybe I should get it out the drawer and continue? Bit of a surprise when I saw myself on here…

]]> By: sly http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-31999 sly Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:15:42 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-31999 legos... great small scale prototyping material. changes are easy... durability not so easy... but who cares if you're just trying to flesh out ideas. legos… great small scale prototyping material. changes are easy… durability not so easy… but who cares if you’re just trying to flesh out ideas.

]]> By: Skyler Orlando http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-31998 Skyler Orlando Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:54:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-31998 Lego CNCs... next thing you know, we'll have a lego robot with self-repair capabilities. Or a lego replicator. Or a lego fabricator... builds models based on LDraw models.<br><br>I've got to get my hands on an NXT. ;) Lego CNCs… next thing you know, we’ll have a lego robot with self-repair capabilities. Or a lego replicator. Or a lego fabricator… builds models based on LDraw models.

I’ve got to get my hands on an NXT. ;)

]]> By: däniel http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-31997 däniel Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:31:36 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-31997 looks cool, too bad the video is down.<br><br>wish i had the time to continue working on my lego cnc (using rcx though, not nxt)...<br>you can see what i've done so far here: <a href="http://formatc.co.nr/robocnc.asp" rel="nofollow">http://formatc.co.nr/robocnc.asp</a><br><br>man, university takes away too much of my spare time.. looks cool, too bad the video is down.

wish i had the time to continue working on my lego cnc (using rcx though, not nxt)…
you can see what i’ve done so far here: http://formatc.co.nr/robocnc.asp

man, university takes away too much of my spare time..

]]> By: Jose Diaz-Gonzalez http://hackaday.com/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/comment-page-1/#comment-31996 Jose Diaz-Gonzalez Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:21:16 +0000 http://hackaday.iheartcashews.com:8181/2008/02/26/lego-nxt-cnc-mill/#comment-31996 the video in that link is down. A cursory glance finds nothing. the video in that link is down. A cursory glance finds nothing.

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