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EDIBLE ART FROM A ROBOT PANCAKE PRINTER - Hackaday
In case you didn’t know it, pancake art is a thing. People are turning out incredible edible artwork using squeeze bottles and pancake batter. But even if you’re not terribly artistic, you can still amaze your breakfast buddies withthis robotic pancake printer.
At its simplest – and in our opinion its most impressive – pancake art involves making patterns with thin batter on a hot griddle. The longer the batter is cooked, the darker it becomes, and art happens. To capitalize on this, [Trent], [Kevin], [Sunny] and [Isaac] built a 2-axis gantry with a working area the size of an electric griddle. A bottle is pressurized with a small air pump and controlled by a solenoid valve to serve as a batter extruder, and an Arduino controls everything. Custom pancake design software lets you plan your next masterpiece before committing it to batter.
Hackaday Useful Tools Links
So I am an avid reader of Hackadayfor a long time now and they have been putting out a lot of great introductions to tools and processes to get makers up to speed on the resources that are available. This is just a splattering of links that I have found lately that you guys might be interested in.
- DC Motors
- Lessons in Small Scale Manufacturing
- Grinding Gears: Figuring out gear ratios
- Tools of the trade: Injection Molding
- Are todays engineers worse?
- How to nail a technical presentation
- Tools of the trade: Vacuum Forming
- The Art and Science of Bending Sheetmetal
- A how-to of designing, fab, and assembly with structural framing systems (t slot)
- Machine learning foundations
- A machine shop in a box
- How to: Cold resin casting
- Join the GUI generation: Qtcreator
Do you guys have any other great resources that you’d like to share and/or are you enjoying this type of content?
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The Othermill is something else - Hackaday
Hackaday has done a terrific write up of the engineering behind the Othermill cnc machine. In the article, which is way too long to post, they compare it to another generic desktop CNC kit, but at the same time they point out all the key areas that the designers had to take into account in order to build the machine. One detail is the hdpe frame vs aluminum extrusion that results in greater machinabililty (yep, it is a word), lighter weight, and cheaper cost of goods. It’s a great demonstration of how engineering doesn’t happen in a vacuum. There are many factors that have to be taken into account like materials, vibrations, loose material, wiring, fasteners, cost of goods, and ease of use.
While Hackaday is mainly an electronics and software blog, they occasionally branch out into the mechanical area. Definitely check it out.
Note: Just like Hackaday, we have not received any form of compensation for posting this from Othermill, I just think its a well designed machine.
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