I still have no table. The car rental doesn’t answer my request. I’m afraid, they are in their holidays.
But I was in the mood to do something for my Lowraider. I sourced a touchscreen (13,3 Zoll, FHD 1920×1080) on amazon. And I got me an old computer from work. They don’t have to pay for the recycling, and I get a computer for free.
With Ubuntu on it, autologin for an unprivileged user, and autostart of chromium into fullscreen, this gives a nice console for my Lowrider. FigUI looks great (demo mode in the image, bit it works on my Lowrider too).
Yes, I did some vinyl cutting on my brother plotter.
I’m thinking about changing the monitor arm. The one in use is one I borrowed from the office. I may print something smaller for the small monitor.
I really can’t wait to do the first cuts! It’s really fun to build something else then kites. And I can’t wait to use it for my kites. I’m full of ideas!
I tried first with an old laptop to. But I didn’t like the feel of using a touchpad and keyboard. I have a very similar construction with a touchscreen for my old 3D printer, and I love a touchscreen for maschine control. It just feels so natural.
If I hadn’t the opportunity to source an old pc for free, I would have stayed with the old laptop! But rescuing the computer from the landfill and giving it a second live seams a good idea to me.
(Don’t look at the interior design, it’s my parents old living room! )
I don’t think, this is the last table I will build for the lowrider. But it will do for the first steps.
The only thing I don’t like is: I had to use 3 boards for the table top, and 2 tubes for the railing. And there are some minimal jerks, when the gantry is crossing the connection points. But I believe, this will be no problem! fingers crossed
And I visited the Maker Faire in Hannover, and talked to some vendors about lasers, and got very interesting and friendly contacts.
Oh, nice! I can’t usually match the forum nicknames to the orders and since there are soooo many names and dates in my “real” job, I forget a lot of things…
I am really a fan of the collets, Elaire’s quality is top notch. It’s really a satisfying sound opening a back with 10 of them in it.
The aluminium plates do their job but aren’t too nice, you really have to give it to LDO (Ryan’s supplier for the kits) - their plates are beautiful on both sides.
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But I figure you are from Germany, too?
And I bought the site plates and a collet at your store! Yes, that was me!
