Robotic arm 6 DOF & Maestro servo controller

By Mecha15 May 26, 2016 562 Views 0 Comments

This robotic arm kit started out life as an ebay special but I modified it with a little longer reach and more powerful servos. The arm kit has 6 DOF and was about $40 (the servos are not included). The kit is not the best quality, some of the parts were warped and had signs …Read More >>

Simple CNC / Plotter made with salvaged printer parts

By Mecha15 May 23, 2016 688 Views 0 Comments

I saved some parts from a teardown of a couple of cheap old Lexmark printers. I got many different parts out of them that I can use for various applications, the printer head transports came in handy for this project. Although these have regular DC motors instead of stepper motors, it was still fun to …Read More >>