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Finishing a 3D-printed part: ABS smoothing and coloring without chemicals

May 5, 2013

When printing with a FDM printer, such as our Solidoodle, the surface becomes kind of “liny”. We use this priniting technology to create different system parts, where surface appearance is not of importance. But what to do if you want a smooth…

Creating a 3D printed spare part

April 14, 2013

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

3D Printing Projects

Printing out already created models downloaded from sites like Thingiverse is great, but what to do you do when you cannot find the part you need/want there? In my case I needed a new shower handle holder. Because of a leak in…

Impressions from a couple of months with the new Solidoodle 3D printer

April 7, 2013

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

First Impressions - Hardware

After a long time waiting we finally received a Solidoodle 3 3D printer for a couple of months ago. After countless hours research on the web we knew a lot about its capabilities and limits, so we felt ready for…

Hydroponic Gardening, Part 5: Lighting

March 18, 2013

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Hydroponic Gardening

The plants need some form of artificial lightning to thrive in Norway in the winter.After consulting Windowfarms.org, we decided to try with some 8W E27 socket led bulbs. The light output measured in lumens is about the same on a 10…

Hydroponic Gardening, Part 4: Plants and Nutrition

December 9, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Hydroponic Gardening

After the mechanical system was created, it was time to introduce living organisms =) Nutritients A hydroponic nutritient solution containing all the elements that the plant normally would get from the soil is of essence in such a system. I…

Hydroponic Gardening, Part 3: Water Lift System

November 18, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Hydroponic Gardening

I want to drip a nutrient solution onto the top plant. And to accomplish that I’m going to use an air lift. Water in the pipe is displaced with air, making the total weight within the pipe less than the…

Hydroponic Gardening, Part 2: The Pots

October 14, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Hydroponic Gardening

Suspension A typical Windowfarming system is driven by water raised to the top by an air lift system. Thereafter, by the help of gravity, flows the nutrient solution down through the pots, and ends up in the reservoir again. I…

Automated beer brewing – part 2

October 11, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

After a period of planning, reading numerous forum posts about brewing and scouring the websites of a range of chinese valve manufacturers, we have finally started the building process. We settled on a design using a frame made out of…

Hydroponic Gardening, Part 1: An Overview

October 9, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Hydroponic Gardening

What is Hydroponics? Hydroponic gardening, also called hydro-farming, is a method of growing plants using mineral nutrient solutions, in water, without soil [Wiki]. A subset of hydrofarming is named Windowfarming. This naming comes from the movement Windowfarms, lead by Britta Riley. They offer…

Drawing Machine Time Lapse from Technoport Access Water

October 1, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Events

Technoport arranged some quizes in conjunction with the “Access Water” event. The drawing machine, now named “Liny” draw images to the winners. We had also arranged a poll to give the machine a name. The machine is now named Liny =) The…

Preparing the Drawing Machine to Technoport Access Water

September 25, 2012

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

Drawing Machines

We are now preparing to have our Drawing Machine exhibited on Technoport Talks: Access Water conference that will find place in NTNU Realfagsbygget tomorrow (26.sept 2012). The Drawing Machine will stand outside of R8 from 08:30 to approx 13.00. If you are nearby you could catch…

Automated beer brewing – part 1

September 18, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Misc. Other Projects

First of all, hi! During the coming months, my self and Bernt-Johan will be joining Ragnar and Gunnar at Norwegian Creations. Here we will try to share some of the projects we are working on between studying, and running our…

Building a Tea Dipping Machine

May 6, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Mechatronics

Are Halvorsen and I decided to build a machine to prove the ease of making tea compared to coffee. How complex the Coffe Machine problem is can be watched here: Coffe Machine at Omega Verksted

LaserKey v.1.1

April 30, 2012

Gunnar Ranøyen Homb

Lasers

Last week I did an upgrade of the LaserKey. The temporary control box that I made in the last edition is now replaced with a more sturdy plastic box. Part 1: The upgrade Mounted switches and LEDs The Jack plug for the…

The Game Show System 2012

April 22, 2012

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Events, Misc. Other Projects

You can read more about the system and how it was developed here. Just as last year, Gunnar was controlling the light =) NTNUs Rector Torbjørn Digernes Default lighting correct answer Wrong answer Focus on the answering team Thinking… Logo in…

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