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I ordered a Tiny-G motor controller a few days ago. It’s version 0.9, but considering I’ve been trying to get my hands on a pre-release for about a year I don’t mind.

New home for the 80/20 CNC. Broun Hall, Auburn University

As engineers that rely on creating prototypes, mockups, models, and parts, having a 3D printer would present many opportunities to better our processes and projects with some of the newest available technologies.

3-D Printer Passes Zero Gravity Test to Make Space Tools

3-D printers that could crank out parts for spacecraft and space stations – from wrenches to screws – all while in orbit is becoming one step closer to reality.

A company called Made in Space has completed a successful testing period of two 3-D printers on multiple NASA flights, with a scaled-down wrench becoming the first-ever tool printed in partial zero gravity.

Printing out parts in space could eventually be transplanted to other worlds such as the moon, where it could help human colonies gain a foothold by printing out robot parts or buildings, piece by piece.

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Belfry Fabber Mk1 rev6 by Revar.

TinyG is a many-axis motion control system. TinyG components execute G code directly without the need for a general-purpose microcomputer. TinyG is meant to be a complete embedded solution for small motor control. The design goals are to build a board that can handle most motors up thru NEMA23 and be networked for multi-axis motion control well beyond just 3 or 4 axes. — Synthetos