Mads Aasvik

Mads is interested in mechatronics and different CAD-related activities. He also does a lot of 3D printing and prototype building.

Posts by Mads Aasvik

Making a Ping-pong Ball Visualizer System for Technoport – Pt. 2: The Building Phase

April 22, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics, Woodworking Projects

Be sure to read part 1 where we talk about the design phase of this installation! Mechanical and Structural CNC-Milling As in this project, we had to utilize our new CNC-milling machine, and the upright plywood pieces on the…

Making a Ping-pong Ball Visualizer System for Technoport – Pt. 1: The Design Phase

April 15, 2015

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Mechatronics, Woodworking Projects

This project is really something else. Technoport 2015 hosted a Live Crowdfunding event in Storsalen in Studentersamfundet, Trondheim March 18th 2015. For this event we were tasked to create a pysical installation which would be set up on the stage…

Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 2: The Building Phase

April 9, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

Be sure to read part 1 where we talk about the design phase of this installation! Mechanical and Structural The new CNC mill in our Makerspace proved vital when building this installation. Milling the parts (they had to be…

Making an Interactive Multimedia Installation for Technoport – Pt. 1: The Design Phase

March 26, 2015

Mads Aasvik

Arduino Projects, LED Projects, Raspberry Pi Projects

For Technoport 2015 we were tasked to create an installation which would be displayed in the lobby at the event. Its main task would be to work as a gathering point and an ice-breaker for the attendees. We wanted it…

MakerCamp Fosen

December 10, 2014

Mads Aasvik

Events

Norwegian Creations went to Brekstad November 21st-22nd to attend the first ever Makercamp Fosen, an event organized by Trondheim Makers. We brought along our dear plotter which we also brought to Trondheim Maker Faire. Both young and old got to…

Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 4: Software and firmware

November 7, 2014

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Drawing Machines

Getting an image to the machine from somewhere else might at first seem like the most challenging aspect of a drawing machine like this. However, as soon as you get a grasp of some basic fundamentals, the road from some…

Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 2: Structural & Mechanical

October 23, 2014

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Drawing Machines

As stated in the Overview post, we wanted to base our core design on the previously built Laser Engraver. That implies using the same basic frame principle as well as stepper motors for actuating the machine in the XY plane…

Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 1: An Overview

October 2, 2014

Mads Aasvik

3D Printing Projects, Drawing Machines

We thought it would be fun to build an old fashioned plotter which could be both interactive by duplicating what is drawn on a computer, as well as being able to draw vector graphics. All the actual drawing would be…

Top 5 Hardware Tools for FDM 3D Printing

July 23, 2014

Mads Aasvik

Maker Tutorials

There are quite a few hardware tools out there which make your 3D printing days easier. Here are our top five.

Tutorial: Using free SketchUp software for 3D printing – considerations and useful tools

June 30, 2014

Mads Aasvik

Maker Tutorials, Software Tutorials

Why Sketchup? Not everyone can afford the most powerful 3D modelling/CAD software such as Inventor, Solidworks or NX. Many people, like myself, might want to look elsewhere for less expensive options for 3D printing purposes, and fortunately those exist. One…