Getting projects done
Jan. 20th, 2014 12:11 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rbandrewsI've had a piece of cardstock stuck to the cutting mat, ready to be fed through the cutter, for over a month. Tonight I finally got around to doing that, and now I have a little custom deck of Werewolf cards. They're not too fancy but they're definitely a proof that I can make cards. I'll post pictures tomorrow.
Part of the problem is that I am about at maximum table capacity: I had to run a USB cable across the room to reach the cutter, and I'll have to move the whole thing when I want to solder anything again. I can't wait to get into a house and have a room I can line with 6-foot tables.
Cards came out pretty well though. I need to do two things: one, figure out how to do the classic WarGames-like monoline font thing (looks like this). Since it's a cutter, it thinks it's cutting the outline of something, it can't shade in solid shapes. I need to teach it to be a plotter.
Two, I want a better way to remove the cards from the mat than "peel them off individually with a spatula." It's kind of annoying, especially if I want to make multiple cardsheets.
I also got a servo working on an Arduino, and got my print on with a little mount for a laser module. I can now send commands to aim a laser (although only on one axis; I haven't finished the whole assembly yet).
Part of the problem is that I am about at maximum table capacity: I had to run a USB cable across the room to reach the cutter, and I'll have to move the whole thing when I want to solder anything again. I can't wait to get into a house and have a room I can line with 6-foot tables.
Cards came out pretty well though. I need to do two things: one, figure out how to do the classic WarGames-like monoline font thing (looks like this). Since it's a cutter, it thinks it's cutting the outline of something, it can't shade in solid shapes. I need to teach it to be a plotter.
Two, I want a better way to remove the cards from the mat than "peel them off individually with a spatula." It's kind of annoying, especially if I want to make multiple cardsheets.
I also got a servo working on an Arduino, and got my print on with a little mount for a laser module. I can now send commands to aim a laser (although only on one axis; I haven't finished the whole assembly yet).
