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The Winch Cutting Jig
In our recent article, The Making of the WaterColorBot, we walked through the manufacturing process of the WaterColorBot, in which we make use of a number of specialized jigs, with varying levels of...
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Ryan Lane posted a couple of short videos of the WaterColorBot drawing a Storm Trooper and Seattle with markers. He traced a photo of the Storm Trooper and applied a half-tone filter before plotting...
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WaterColorBot with Lasers
Via @programmer1200 on twitter, “…adding a microswitch and an @arduino in preparation for a laser addition.” We’ll be keeping our eyes on this WaterColorBot!
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WaterColorBot kits: In stock, and new accessories
We’re very pleased to announce some updates on the WaterColorBot project— the watercolor-painting pen plotter that we designed in collaboration with Super-Awesome Sylvia. First and foremost: kits are...
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A Compendium of Watercolor Paint Pan Palettes
As part of the documentation for the WaterColorBot project, we’ve put together a compendium of information about commonly available watercolor paint palette sets. For each of the sets, we’ve tested...
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Moss and Algae Painting with the WaterColorBot
Gregg posted on twitter: WaterColorBot experiments: moss+yogurt and algae+iron paint. With William Jennings. We’ll be looking forward to seeing followups on these experiments!
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Help wanted: RoboPaint
James “techninja” Todd writes that a few more hands might be helpful on the RoboPaint project: RoboPaint is an open source app for controlling painting/drawing robots, made for my daughter’s award...
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A WaterColorBot Water Clock
We built a evaporating-hand water clock using a WaterColorBot fitted with a Buddha Board. The Buddha Board is a black board with a gray ceramic coating that becomes transparent when wet, so you can...
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Addie and Whisker of @tymkrs just posted video from their recent epic road trip including a visit to our shop. The video starts off in Colorado and wends through Arizona before getting to the bay...
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The Incredible Computer-Controlled … Computer!
A guest post by Daniel Gentleman About a year ago, I started working on a project that used robotics to control a Surface Pro tablet. Not long after I started, I got my first glimpse at the the...
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