Hackaday editors Mike Szczys and Elliot Williams have found a critical mass of projects this week that wouldn’t be possible without 3D printers. There’s an absolutely astounding model roller coaster that is true to the mechanisms and physics of the original (and beholden to hours of sanding and painting). Adding sheet material to the printing process is a novel way to build durable hinges and foldable mechanisms. Elliot picks out not one, but two quadruped robot projects that leverage 3D-printed parts in interesting ways. And for the electronics geeks there’s a server rack stuffed with Raspberry Pi, and analog electronic wizardry to improve the resolution of the WS2811 LED controller. We wrap it all up with discussions of flying boats, and adding Bluetooth audio to old car head units.
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Episode 129 Show Notes:
What’s that Sound?
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New This Week:
Interesting Hacks of the Week:
- Modified 3D-Printer Solders Through-Hole Components
- Cool WS2811 Trick Makes LED Art Installation Smooth
- Raspberry Pi Server Cluster In 1U Rack-Mount Case
- See This Hybrid Approach To Folded 3D Printed Mechanisms
- 3D Printed Roller Coaster Looks Pretty Darn Fun
- Instagram album: Train car detail
- Instagram album: Launch mechanism
- Servo-based walkers:
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I’ve been catching up on Hackaday Podcasts this past week while driving hundreds of miles on vacation. My spouse knows not to ask “what do you want me to pull up on your playlist?”. She knows I’ll just say “the next one from Mike and Elliot!”.
Thx for putting these out each week, guys. ALWAYS enjoy them.
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