Arrival: Tormach Lathe!
Torchmate Plasma Table First Light
Extraordinary first cuts made with the new Torchmate 4800 plasma table in the Draper & Maynard Makerspace. The plasma torch is used to cut materials, such as steel plate, up to 1″ in thickness. Using an electrical arc, compressed air is sent through to the tip where the atmosphere itself is ignited, creating plasma. Generating temperatures five times the heat of the surface of the sun,
Automation Spotlight: Sanding Cobot!
Audels Shipfitter’s Handy Book
Audels Machinists and Tool Makers Handy Book
Linux Build Updated
Welcoming Iron Irwini (IRON) and Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy Jellyfish (JAMMY). Our recommended Ubuntu Linux workstation build, featuring ROS (Robotics Operating System) and Gazebo simulator for this academic year. You can use these systems to program robots, Arduinos, Pis, for your projects and test your ideas. “Iron” Release Information: https://docs.ros.org/en/iron/Releases/Release-Iron-Irwini.html ROS 2 Documentation: https://docs.ros.org/en/iron/index.html
Iron Irwini (IRON) ROS 2
F1RST Robotics Annual Governor’s Cup – 2022
D&M Makerspace Layout in 3D
507 Mechanical Movements
“First light” on ShopBot celebrated.
Experimental Design for Biologists
David J. Glass writes about the four elements of experiment design: the framework, the system, the experiment, and the model. Based on his course, the work is very concise. A part of our on-site lending library. Just ask! Here is a review at the NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4280443/