Lately I’ve been addicted to the idea of having a computer make things for me, and I’m not alone. Google ‘DIY CNC’ and a lot of stuff comes up. There are whole companies now devoted to it. Rather than just buy something that works, I like to learn about things the painful, er, fun way. I bought some stepper motors and small controllers, rigged up some Lego and a breadboard, and voila!
Here’s a video of it moving. (WMV)
It’s not overly exciting yet, but I’m making sure I have some basics down before I try to build anything larger.