https://www.chrisdagher.io/blog daily 0.75 2023-07-11 https://www.chrisdagher.io/blog/if-the-product-you-want-doesnt-exist-make-it monthly 0.5 2021-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1618168069476-A0IENEHQ1NIFN8FBVRIG/LightDriver.png Blog - If the Product You Want Doesn’t Exist, Make it - To be able to control the lights from my PC, I wrote a small piece of software in Java that I call LightDriver. It auto-detects serial ports and has a dropdown menu to select the port, and then some sliders to adjust the color ad brightness. Not very complicated, but it does what it needs. I think I spent more time trying to figure out how to turn it into an executable because for some reason JavaFX makes the process more difficult than it needs to be, and I don’t want to have my IDE open all the time to run it. It works well enough, although it can’t update the color in real-time because of a limitation with the Arduino serial latency. 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Traces were drawn for aesthetics over perfect function. https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/cherry monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/support-algorithm monthly 0.5 2021-10-26 https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/milk monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/gyrocup monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/vacuum-bed monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594235349939-6ODKR1TTI1XGYQKIXLEG/20170217_131145.jpg Home - 3D Printer Vacuum Bed The first prototype, made from plastic, to test the form and make sure the platform fit well https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594236530968-910GDYAAV1DDOUJZ6227/Vacuum+Bed+Assembly.png Home - 3D Printer Vacuum Bed An early CAD model of the build platform https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/high-five-robot monthly 0.5 2021-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1625238248672-9WZGC7SMA89S24O0T6PN/TheFirstHighFiveRobot.png Home - High Five Robot - Make it stand out A CAD rendering of the first High Five Robot. The actual one is in pieces in my apartment. https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/hangprinter monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594589517011-ZJ128JRQ0W57CQ7ZMWPF/Printer+CAD+Model.png Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) CAD Model for the second really big printer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594761542958-X305CK48O600K8HX6K88/String+Controller+Internals.png Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) The internal parts of a string controller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594498495455-MZZ8E9Z72ZUNRSF7ROEO/20180111_153154.jpg Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) The hotend’s finished heatsink https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594497248740-UEPB6MEWCEPZ9797D7NF/Toolhead+V1+sidebyside.png Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) CAD model for the custom hotend Physical hotend during testing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594762270805-ERUIJ4T2DJ9YK7ZQUHFR/20181023_095038.jpg Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) Maybe halfway through working out the kinematic model around midnight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594761574354-EHNNEI6LBWE3BEVT8XYC/String+Tension+Sensor.png Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) Section view of the string tension sensor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594762042670-GQIS0AGHIYU18LNKRT8I/20200714_172237.jpg Home - A Really Big 3D Printer (And a Second One) The prototype of the build platform leveling bolt https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/turbine monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594329854350-7UKFRQXBHQUE3ES4U5VA/Propeller.png Home - 3D Printed Wind Turbine The airfoils for the wind turbine. In class we determined that 3 blades was the optimal number https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594329561670-P4ILFL6VL8BWCT2RHTWD/Generator+Section+1.png Home - 3D Printed Wind Turbine A section view of the generator https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/brackets monthly 0.5 2020-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594245910408-9JXZ7LZOY48Z3096GSX0/Crude+Bending+Die.png Home - Hopper Mount Brackets & Sheet Metal Bending CAD model of the crude bending die https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1594245218104-0NJQVKG7FWWYX80IW8LS/20180925_160806.jpg Home - Hopper Mount Brackets & Sheet Metal Bending One of the finished brackets before it was painted https://www.chrisdagher.io/projects/material-testing monthly 0.5 2021-10-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1635218352699-ZFC6II0XL2ZPFKJBGOQF/4point_tester Home - Material Testing Machines - Make it stand out 4-Point Bending Tester https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f04b35e4428887ace1559ce/1635218437433-QPEQ8D5ZYR7UXFXFDIYC/3point_tester Home - Material Testing Machines - Make it stand out 3-Point Bending Tester