Today I finaly ordered something I have wanted to try for a long time. Some call it a replacement for the mouse. Others say it it is just an alternative to the mouse. Still others simply hate it. It is a Wacom pen tablet. I ordered the very cheapest version of this highly rated brand name product. Total cost under $70.00 and is called the Bamboo. If I realy get hooked on this pen input...
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American Radio Relay League 40 Years
You know your getting old when they send you one of these. I have been a licensed amateur radio operator and a member of this association since 1969. I was about 22 years old back then. Most of the following forty years I have been a life member of this group. I think the life membership cost was 20 times the yearly dues, a lot of money back then. That was BK (before kids) but I was married to...
Continue reading...HB2 Lives!
I was able to fire up the HB2 CNC router under its own power today. All I had to do was the tedious task of making up the motor cables. When that was done (actually when the first one was done) I was able to turn on the new power supply and get the steppers to run, just one at first. You have to be a scratch builder to appreciate that very first “come alive”...
Continue reading...PS2 Power Supply is HOT
I was able to fire up the HB2 (dubbed the PS2 in title) power supply and get a DC voltage reading. For the pictures visit http://thmsblog.tedatum.com/?p=776 . Electronically this power supply / CNC controller is almost exactly the same as the firsts one I built. The HobbyCNC controller is a newer version but all the rest is the same. This one sports a new and smaller cabinet to house all the circuitry and I am using...
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