kryton9
14-02-2012, 05:27
I thought I would start this thread for us to post finds in new materials used for construction or for hobby projects of all kinds.
I am old enough that my childhood was pre-computer era. I was also lucky enough to live in a neighborhood in Ohio with nice woods, a big apple and cherry tree in our backyard and passed the woods what became an American staple, the shopping plaza. So as kids we would get sticks and downed trees and build lots of things. And the plaza was a gold mine with all that they threw out. So I always had a love for making things from scrap.
I love computing and since moving to Florida got into making virtual worlds, learning 3D programs, paint programs etc and with the help here in other forums getting into 3D coding. But lately I missed building in the real world, but apartment life does not really allow for it. I got into my dome tests with pipe cleaners and paper cutouts and lastly with bendable soda straws, but I soon saw, there is no room in an apartment to keep these things around or to even buy any real tools. So I will head back to the virtual world for now.
But I still love to watch videos on different materials and processes and lately have been interested in small CNC machines (Computer Numerical Control). They usually are 3 axis tables built with parts from old printers and scanners. I noticed a lot of hobbyists cutting on plastic sheets, not acrylic but pvc type material. Finally I found out what they have been using. Here is a link to some of these neat new relatively inexpensive materials that make from great projects.
I hope others post neat materials here to or videos showing the neat materials being used.
I'll get it started with : http://www.ocip.com/plastic_sheet/expanded_pvc.htm
Here is a project with a cnc making a cnc. http://revision3.com/tbhs/cncmachine if you look at the video track bar, there are 3 longer sections. The first and last long section are for the cnc. During these times in his show he had a longer project that he would show in the middle section. Luckilly, at least in the latter episodes he moved away from this annoying format.
Here is another material I used while in Ohio, it is really cool stuff and does what it does really well, my brand I used was different something available local to me, but it works just as this video shows. My Mom had mice coming into her house, so I used this spray to fill all gaps anywhere I found, and it solved the problem. It cuts really easily too and you can find videos of sculpters using it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RSnFJgTiDI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23TM-z0OXk&feature=related
I am old enough that my childhood was pre-computer era. I was also lucky enough to live in a neighborhood in Ohio with nice woods, a big apple and cherry tree in our backyard and passed the woods what became an American staple, the shopping plaza. So as kids we would get sticks and downed trees and build lots of things. And the plaza was a gold mine with all that they threw out. So I always had a love for making things from scrap.
I love computing and since moving to Florida got into making virtual worlds, learning 3D programs, paint programs etc and with the help here in other forums getting into 3D coding. But lately I missed building in the real world, but apartment life does not really allow for it. I got into my dome tests with pipe cleaners and paper cutouts and lastly with bendable soda straws, but I soon saw, there is no room in an apartment to keep these things around or to even buy any real tools. So I will head back to the virtual world for now.
But I still love to watch videos on different materials and processes and lately have been interested in small CNC machines (Computer Numerical Control). They usually are 3 axis tables built with parts from old printers and scanners. I noticed a lot of hobbyists cutting on plastic sheets, not acrylic but pvc type material. Finally I found out what they have been using. Here is a link to some of these neat new relatively inexpensive materials that make from great projects.
I hope others post neat materials here to or videos showing the neat materials being used.
I'll get it started with : http://www.ocip.com/plastic_sheet/expanded_pvc.htm
Here is a project with a cnc making a cnc. http://revision3.com/tbhs/cncmachine if you look at the video track bar, there are 3 longer sections. The first and last long section are for the cnc. During these times in his show he had a longer project that he would show in the middle section. Luckilly, at least in the latter episodes he moved away from this annoying format.
Here is another material I used while in Ohio, it is really cool stuff and does what it does really well, my brand I used was different something available local to me, but it works just as this video shows. My Mom had mice coming into her house, so I used this spray to fill all gaps anywhere I found, and it solved the problem. It cuts really easily too and you can find videos of sculpters using it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RSnFJgTiDI&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O23TM-z0OXk&feature=related