Finally, we assembled the clock. I 3D printed the new arms. The metal arms were not flexible enough to pop in, so I just printed it in a much more workable plastic. After all has been said and done, this clock looks quite amazing. Anyway, link for the clock assembly: Assembly.
“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away” – The Beatles I don’t know about that, but yesterday I did laser cut the Bill Cipher Wheel from Gravity Falls that will serve as the clock face. I really liked how it turned out. I drew the shapes that is associated with the wheel by hand, …
I think this part of the process is pretty self-explanatory. All my work yesterday led up to this job. I finally got it to work with a bit of work and a lot of luck. It still is not even close to a good solution the problems I am having, but that will take some …
Remember when I said this machine is finicky. Well, this is why. The actual XY movement part of the machine worked fine, it was just the laser. The Arduino Board controls the axes (plural of axis) of the machine also acts as the DC power source for the laser. When I connected everything up and …
Last night I was browsing clock faces for anything that caught my eye. I was getting kind of bored after not finding anything out of the ordinary for 15 minutes. I switched over to YouTube, and pulled up one of my favorite cartoon series, the amazing “Gravity Falls” by Alex Hirsch. This was one of …
