CNC Blowout, Rockets…
March 26th, 2007 in News.
I’ve been using the mill succesfully for a few weeks now making several PCBs. It’s really been great being able to design a board and have it in my hand within an hour. Unfortunatly, the Z-axis motor appears to have bit the dust. I came back from the other side of the shop to some bad-sounding noises, and the bit was quite embedded in the pcb… so no boards until I can take a look at that.
I made several boards for my friends MQP (a kind of senior thesis project at WPI). His team is making a large rocket with an onboard computer and needed a wireless control. I designed and built him a transmitter and receiver from Lynx chips. They seem to work amazingly… more on that after the launch.
My and Ryan just after testing the range. We look oh-so-happy:
Very slow progress continues on the new 44″x22″ mill, but what little time I’m not doing school work I’m doing the rocket project. Hopefully things will clear up a bit soon.