Hi folks,
   Now that more tinyBot kits have hit the streets, I thought I'd post a few assembly tips.

First off, don't over tighten! The screws only need to be slightly more than finger tight. The plastic the robot is made of can compress if screws are over tightened, causing binding.

Second, double check all orientations during assembly. Make sure nothing is upside down or backwards. Everything should move freely and sit flush, so if anything is binding or appears to be sticking up, chances are something is upside down or backwards.

Third, it's important to keep the servos in position while installing the arms and the rotating base, but after that you can move them all you want!

If you have any questions, post here!

I was thinking of posting some ramblings on my still wishful thinking CNC ornamental turning 4th axis router, but there's no appropriate section.  Maybe a CNC section with subsections for routers, mills, lathes, and other?

Kirk

Hi All,

I deleted a user who registered as Shammi999 (or similar).

In my investigation, I did not find any association this person might have with maker or 3D printing interests - but I did find numerous indications that this was a known forum spammer.

Just trying to keep the noise to a minimum

Back to your regularly scheduled programming.

Admin

Hi All,

I totally failed in my admin duties - I completely missed a post by rezasulaiman that was awaiting moderation (all first posts are moderated).

This was in the queue since September (where's an 'embarrassed' emoticon when you need one?).

I don't know how I missed it, and I apologize - hope this user stops back someday - they probably think the site is broken... which I guess it is since I missed it.

Once again, my apologies.

Admin

Hi All,

Google has once again screwed up our email setup. The site is unable to send registration emails. My apologies - I will work through this asap.

Admin

Hi All,

We acquired an Oculus Quest to help my son enjoy the pandemic a little more .

Eventually, I heard about Gravity Sketch. OH MY GOD - this program is awesome!

It's hard to express just how magnificent this is in comparison to regular 3D modeling programs (which are fundamentally 2D in how they display things on a screen).

With Gravity Sketch - YOU are in the space with the model. You can walk around your design, or through it. When you draw, objects are created where your hand moved in 3D space.

You can draw a complex 3D curve simply by moving your hand in three dimensions - and then, you can create a complementary curve by threading your stroke right through and all around the first one.

It exports to .obj, and most if not all operations produce manifold objects - so it's quite suitable for producing output for 3D printing. It imports as well, if you want to start from existing objects.

As if that wasn't mind blowing enough (and it is, believe me) - the price of the software right now is $22. Yep, twenty two dollars. Now, for best effect, you need a Quest or other VR headset as well - but take my word for it - this is the best deal I've ever heard of for 3D modeling software.

If I didn't impress upon you how different and fantastic this is, feel free to ask questions. Is it perfect? No. Does it have every feature just the way I want it? No. But at the moment I can't imagine modeling in anything else (although, starting something in OpenSCAD might be useful to get engineering scale more easily at the start).

Everyone - if you have a VR headset - buy this immediately. If you don't have a headset, consider if the price of the best 3D software ever were $522 for a lifetime license. It would still be a steal - go buy a Quest too, if you do modeling. I don't think you'll regret it.

Stan

Hello,

To anyone who can see this message...

I checked the site today, and there were 18 users active in the last 5 minutes. Of course, likely none of those users was real - the vast majority were hack attempts.

Heck, for all I know, they've been succeeding. The forum software is fairly out of date, and updating will be complicated.

So, I turned on "Login Required". You won't see this unless you log in - and the only person I know who actually logs in is Mooselake (Hey Mooselake   ).

I will probably leave things this way for a bit to give any would-be attackers time to pick a new target.

Sorry for the inconvenience, if any.

Since you logged in, whoever you are, why don't you make a post a start a conversation here?

I hope all are faring well during the pandemic.

Adminstrator

Hi All,

I totally missed the registration of our newest user - I'm lucky I saw it when I did.

I just didn't see the email, so there was quite a delay before they were activated.

My apologies!

Stan

Hi All,

I believe that our site email problems are solved, so therefore I have re-enabled new user registrations.

Let us know if you see any issues with the site sending email.

If you do notice a problem you should be able to send to us at: fabric8rsite@gmail.com

Thanks,
Admin

Hi All,

While I work out our site email issues, I've disabled new user registrations.

Anyone trying to register wouldn't really make it through the process anyway.

I expect this situation will last for at least several days, but more likely a week or two. It's an area I'm not super familiar with, and I just don't have the time to put into it.

Registrations will re-open as soon as possible.

Sorry for the inconvenience,
Stan