I got handed a box of old gimbals from a movie set! I love gimbals! Most of them are very slightly broken in very repairable ways. I left, like, 5 for other people to fight over, and grabbed two for myself. One of them was in great shape, the other had some loose… Read More: Imbles of Gimbals »
During my research on how others have handled the sparking circuit in an EDM, I’ve been fairly unimpressed. Off the top of my head, there was one 555-based pulsing EDM circuit, one purely analog circuit that was never built, and one hand modulated system attached to a drill press. It’s hard to tell exactly what… Read More: First Burn »
Other than wanting to spend very little money on this project, the scope of it is huge enough that I’ve been trying to use as many prebuilt components as possible. If I have the majority of the project build with discrete, modular components, then I can start drilling down and replace the weakest links, one… Read More: Start small. »