Nate Log

February 2015

Goals:

• Help new contributors getting involved quickly
• Define processes and definitions for version management

Tasks done:

• Edit wiki pages for new contributors: Wiki instructions, Template:RequiredReading, Getting Started Guide
• Create wiki pages for GVCS machine version management: GVCS Machine, Naming and Identification, Master Index, Master Index Software‎
• Discuss with Marcin about the need of a visible Team, especially community manager role

June 22, 2013: Task 10, CNC Circuit Mill Spindle

Please coordinate between John Log, Leo Log, Tim Boyd, and Nate Log - all work related to HydraFabber

Carriage with X_Carriage_QuickGuide and X_SingleExtruderMountOffset

Basic Idea: Carriage with X_MillSpindleMount. If we remove spindle mount, we can also mount the laser diode head.

Goal

• Have a mount on the TAZ to attach the existing CNC_Circuit_Mill_Spindle by MIT
• This mount must be 3D printable using TAZ

Log

• Clarify goal and task details
• Write email to creator of spindle asking for missing drawings/CAD files
• Find relevant TAZ parts from [1]
• Basic idea:
  • Remove X_Carriage_QuickGuide and X_SingleExtruderMountOffset
  • Add new part X_MillSpindleMount and attach it to X_Carriage
• Install FreeCAD
• Tried unsuccessfully to add this to TK0_Assembly.fcstd (how to add new parts to an assembly file?)
• FreeCAD undo bug: http://opensourceecology.org/wiki/FreeCAD#Temp (or am I doing something wrong?)
• I stop here and hand over to John

Files

• Draft of spindle mount: File:X MillSpindleMount v0.1.FCStd (FreeCAD)
  • Note: This serves as an illustration only. Size, holes, scaling are all wrong

• Spindle file from Ilan Moyer via John Log from Solidworks into STP: File:Spindle assy.stp

Next steps, open questions

• Find correct dimensions of spindle
• Draw nice CAD part that makes sense mechanically and that looks printable
  • How to fix the spindle in z-axis?
• Add holes and match to TAZ