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The folks at Null Space Labs bought a 40W CO2 laser tube in order to build their own laser cutter. Unfortunately nobody really wants to build a laser cutter; they just want to play with a laser cutter. So they ended up biting the bullet and ordering a $4000 model from China. That's it hovering in midair. This is the story of acquiring the unit and playing around with it once it arrived. Check … [Read more...]
We get a ton of tips about Kickstarter projects. Here is a great example of what we need to see in order to feature one of them. This LED Blinky Ball developed by Null Space Labs is the target of a rather ambitious fundraising campaign. But in addition to the fundraising write-up they've shared extensive details about the prototype. The ball is made up of sixteen slices; each is its own circuit … [Read more...]
It looks like Null Space Labs has a new pick and place machine. This immense repair job began when [Charliex] and [Gleep] found a JukiPlacemat 360 pick and place machine. The idea of having their very own pick and place machine proved intoxicating, possibly too much so because the didn't return the machine when they found out it wasn't working. After a ton of work that involved adding a … [Read more...]
Why build a pick and place machine from the ground up when you can start with a full featured, but non-functional unit, and bring it back to life. That's exactly what [Charliex] is doing with this Juki 360 rebuild. A bit of background is in order here. [Charliex] is working alongside other hackers at Null Space Labs to restore this hardware. The Los Angeles based hackerspace sponsored the … [Read more...]
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