Comments on: CD drive as X/Y table? http://jeelabs.org/2009/08/20/cd-drive-as-xy-table/ Computing stuff tied to the physical world Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:55:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jcw http://jeelabs.org/2009/08/20/cd-drive-as-xy-table/#comment-214 jcw Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:43:20 +0000 http://news.jeelabs.org/?p=2558#comment-214 <p>Maybe this could be used / adapted... http://www.thingiverse.com/image:4316</p> Maybe this could be used / adapted… http://www.thingiverse.com/image:4316

]]> By: Rex http://jeelabs.org/2009/08/20/cd-drive-as-xy-table/#comment-198 Rex Sun, 30 Aug 2009 04:57:44 +0000 http://news.jeelabs.org/?p=2558#comment-198 <p>I have tried similar "crazy" ideas :P before I finally bought a Taig 4 axis bench top CNC machine.</p> <p>I have combined an old scanner and an even older Epson dot matrix printer for the X-Y table. http://acholic.turningaway.net/pics/XYPlot.jpg</p> <p>The main problem I see is controlling the solder paste. The kind that I have is really thick and usually requires a substantial effort to manually dispensing it out of a syringe even after adding a fair amount of thinning paste flux.</p> I have tried similar “crazy” ideas :P before I finally bought a Taig 4 axis bench top CNC machine.

I have combined an old scanner and an even older Epson dot matrix printer for the X-Y table. http://acholic.turningaway.net/pics/XYPlot.jpg

The main problem I see is controlling the solder paste. The kind that I have is really thick and usually requires a substantial effort to manually dispensing it out of a syringe even after adding a fair amount of thinning paste flux.

]]> By: Andreas Kupries http://jeelabs.org/2009/08/20/cd-drive-as-xy-table/#comment-184 Andreas Kupries Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:24:50 +0000 http://news.jeelabs.org/?p=2558#comment-184 <p>If this doesn't work out you might wish to try Lego Technic, or fischertechnik.</p> If this doesn’t work out you might wish to try Lego Technic, or fischertechnik.

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