Wherein Babbage is gently poked at.
Brass, brass, wonderful brass. It’s Victorian and steampunk and all industrial-revolutiony. Let’s build a rod-logic brass analytical engine! A hundred years from now, someone will take this design and actually build it, putting it in a museum as “an example of an early 21st century computation device in the style of the alternate-reality subgenre known [...]
Following the advice given by CNC Fusion from the previous article, where they had me loosen the side piece, tighten the motor mount, and then tighten the side piece as much as possible without causing any grinding. And it worked! My Z-axis now has a measured backlash of 0.002 inches (2 mils). That is more [...]
Wherein a reader comment has great merit.
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After a lot of careful measurements and consultation with CNC Fusion, we determined that there is actually very little difference between the positions of the holes on the mill and the positions of the holes on the side piece. CNC Fusion kindly sent me an additional side piece with the holes drilled at the measured [...]
MILLER What is it? DJ I’ve been listening to the transmission. And I think Houston made a mistake in the translation. MILLER Go on. DJ plays the recording again. Stops it abruptly. DJ They thought it said, “Liberatis me,” “Save me,” but it’s not “me.” It’s “tutemet:” “Save yourself.” MILLER It’s not a distress call. [...]
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Wherein an alternative Mechanism is shewn, which can transmit the linear Motion of Rods from one Point to a different Point.
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