As my title says I'm the new guy. I've always loved robotics and electronics but never really dove into the robotics side as far as taking on projects. I've been looking at a lot of your projects and all I can say is "WOW!", it all looks very impressive.
I'll try and give you a little bit of my background and maybe, by chance, I'll be able to help someone out now or in the future :slight_smile: First of all, I was a Laser& Electro-Optics major in college and also studied Electronics Technology. The two both went really well hand in hand. I went to work straight out of college for the government (DoD) and have been doing so ever since. I'm involved in a wide area of things within the government (i.e. night vision, lasers, field rapid development) but have been primarily focused in military lasers and applications. I'm currently stationed in Afghanistan with and will be returning home in the next few weeks. I won't go into detail on all that of course, but I will say there's a LOT of robotics coming into the field of battle I've been noticing. And some of you guys (actually all) are paving the future in this field.
Some of my abilities/skills are:
-Solid Edge 3D design and modeling
-Photoshop
-Molding (all sorts of objects)
-Electronics
-Anything that has to do with light or lasers
I’m sure there’s a few things I didn’t mention but I tried to get everything out there so I can help, I’d really love to be a part of something. I’m not a billionaire, but if you need a partner and or investor let me know, I don’t want to see an amazing idea never get implemented because someone needed a little help and couldn’t get it. I’d loved to get involved on some projects, especially aircraft ideas!
Also in the near future I plan to start a Laser Engraving business on the side, more of something I enjoy than something I want to make a bunch of money with. The machine (75w Epilog) I plan to go with will have the engraving bed of 24x18x8 and I’ll be able to remove the front plate to “poke” larger items in to be engraved. I see a lot of projects that would probably benefit from carbon fiber chassis/parts and I’ll be able to cut and engrave pieces like that as well. I’ll be charging a fee of course for most of my work, but if you need help or a test done on something I’ll be happy to work something out or maybe even FOC, like I said I want to help honestly. Please let me know if any of you guys may need some of those services in the future!
Lastly (I know I’m long winded) please contact me at anytime with questions or anything you want to discuss, I want to learn all I can about robotics and hopefully take on a project or two P.S. I’m worthless with computer programming or code writing, no knowledge whatsoever. Thanks guys!
Very nice resume and good on you for the helpful atitude .
I doubled with physics and mechanical engineering focusing in controls and mechatronics. Some of my experience includes: SolidWorks, CNC milling, mathematical modeling of mechanical systems, programming (I’m decent, some of the guys on here are amazing, you’ll figure out who the big dogs are pretty quick ). And, I’ve got industry experience in machine design: I design high speed printing machines for a living. If you ever need help in these areas I’d be more than happy.
Coincidentally, I’ve been designing a Y6 config hexacopter as a side project. I’ve got a big interest in walkers and flyers but I won’t allow myself to start building my Y6 until I finish my main project which is a quad lynxmotion.net/viewtopic.php?t=7256. However, I do expect to need some cutting around January and it looks like I’ve found the guy! What kind of tolerances can you hold with your engraving machine? Would I need to consider laser diameter in my drawings or does your control software handle that?
P.S. I just dove into C++ and was ready to ask you about it. Then I saw the last line of your post. Haha. Again: Welcome!
Nice to meet you! I’d love to help in anyway I can. I’m not entirely sure of the exact tolerances but I do know however it’s more precise than say a CNC (although I’d like to get one and learn how to run one properly) where I believe many tolerances are to .010? Also I do not have the laser in my possesion yet, I’m still trying to get the one I want for the price I want as well lol. The laser diameter shouldn’t be a concern, we’re talking like a 1mm wide beam. If you like ,check out the machine (Helix 24) and it’s abilities here: www.epiloglaser.com it’s very impressive stuff in my opinion, I’ve been messing with this stuff since I was in college. I looked at your link as well, I must say you’re very good with SolidWorks and that concept looks awesome! And no, unfortunately I dont have knowledge of programming I’ll be home soon from the sandbox so hopefully I can go and test out a machine or two and get ready to get going!
Also, the 75w laser should be able to cut .030 thick carbon fiber and maybe thicker with more passes. Wood/Acrylic/Plastics and other materials can be cut and engraved at MUCH deeper depths. There’s a lot of trial and error I’ll have to do with some materials. Most of the drawings people used are done in AutoCAD or CorelDraw then imported to the machine. Nice to meet you and good luck with that bot. Anything I can help with just ask!
I was speaking along the lines of laser engraver systems having tighter tolerces than say a DIY/Cheaper CNC that cuts outs pieces of plastic or something of that nature using a routing bit. Don’t understand what you mean by engraving not having a spec?
P.S. I’m worthless with computer programming or code writing, no knowledge whatsoever. Thanks guys!
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). And, I’ve got industry experience in machine design: I design high speed printing machines for a living. If you ever need help in these areas I’d be more than happy.
I’ll be home soon from the sandbox so hopefully I can go and test out a machine or two and get ready to get going!