From Box to Cube Non-stop
Posted in Uncategorized on November 28th, 2009 by admin
One thing I love more than anything else is building something but this sometimes comes with unforeseen peril. You never know exactly what you getting into and sometimes you end up with a half finished project or one that just is never going to work or any level in between. Welcome to “From Box to Cube Non-Stop”.
I have ordered a Cupcake CNC Deluxe kit from MakerBot Industries from batch #3 and in a perfect world I will have it before December 5th. If you don’t know what a Cupcake CNC is then let me quote the wiki.
“CupCake CNC is our pride and joy. It’s a rock solid open source 3D printer that is easy to build, easy to run, and easy to use. Its 100% open source, built to be hacked, and beginner friendly.”
Go check out the site at http://www.makerbot.com or if you want to read up on the details check out the wiki at http://wiki.makerbot.com
So I will be doing a webcast from box to cube in order to show every single step of the process. No cut to commercial, no montage, no payoff shots. I will not open the kit till I start broadcasting and once I open the kit I will not stop working or broadcasting till I have made a small cube. Hence the name “From Box to Cube”.
I will go through the entire build process and then get it up and then figure out all of the software. I work with 3D software as part of my day job but only for the entertainment industry so I have no idea about Skeinforge, Gcode,ReplicatorG, Blender,SketchUp which is my goal to start figuring out the open source software on the day of the build.
I’m also looking for other Cupcake owners and guest to help fill dead air time so if you’re interested in helping or have suggestions please contact me at cupcake@avidquestion.com
So what is the date and time? Well if shipping goes according to plan then it will be Saturday December 5th but if shipping is delayed then Saturday December 12th. Either day I want to start at noon pacific time and it goes till its done. If it doesn’t come in time for December 5th it will be a rough week of me hovering around a box like a kid at christmas.
More details coming as it get closer as I’m building out the room to build and host it in. So be sure to stop by and say hello. I think its going to be a fun day of building, playing, learning together.