Lowrider V4 with Laser for kite building

Hiho!

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 dig it! Somewhere in here I have a thread about doing something way less awesome with an old laptop.

I know your thread! It’s well done!

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.

This is the console for my 3D-Printer:

-oO(Yeah, my man cave just looks a bit like a mess!)

This OctoDash, and AddOn for OctoPrint an Raspberry Pi 4B.

Yeah, it’s a bit of an overkill sizewise of the screen, but my eyes getting older and my finger thicker.

And yes, it’s really and old Prusa MK3S+, and I printed all parts for the Lowrider with it. It’s still a very reliable printer.

And I have to put some of this little people on my new screen. :slight_smile:

I wouldn’t go that far lol. But yes, touch screens are nice for sure.

Come on! Making a Atom Processor running a modern system is great work! I gave up on this systems and send them to the next archaeological museum!

Hello!

Time for some news from my build! I found someone with a pickup truck, who brought my wood to my home. Finaly, the build could go on.

Now is stop again, I used the last screw. I will buy some new ones tomorrow.

Here some impressions from my build until now:

(Don’t look at the interior design, it’s my parents old living room! :laughing:)

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.

I couldn’t go… :downcast_face_with_sweat: But I figure you are from Germany, too?

Ja, bin ich! - Yes I am! :laughing:

Reading the profile sometimes helps… :sweat_smile:

:grinning_face: And I bought the site plates and a collet at your store! Yes, that was me!

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… :smiley:

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. :slight_smile:

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. :stuck_out_tongue: