August 2012
2021-08-27 21:15 by Jonathan Buford

We started to test the assembled pellet drive tonight, but found that it was getting intermittently stuck at one point. After looking into (literally) the barrel to see where the pellets are getting jammed, we were able to improve the problem, but not eliminate it tonight. Basically, they are getting stuck where the transition is too sudden. We will change the barrel design again tomorrow and give it another go.
Read more … #MakiBox A6 Pellet Drive Dry Run
2021-08-24 21:37 by Jonathan Buford
It has been one of those weeks of packed days and constant incremental progress.

We are making progress on many fronts of wrapping up the development and continue to get things setup in preparation for the production.
Where to start?
Read more … #MakiBox A6 - General Update for August 24th
2021-08-17 21:08 by Jonathan Buford

This has been a particularly active typhoon season here, at least after the last few years. Today we had to wrap up early due to another storm coming in, so we will just have to see what is ready for tomorrow's Hangout.
For those of you in Hong Kong that were planning to come to the open house, we will be postponing it for two weeks since we couldn't confirm the food in time with the storm.
Read more … MakiBox - Open House Postponed for Two Weeks, Hangout Still On
2021-08-14 21:25 by Jonathan Buford

Last Saturday we had the opportunity to be part of the first Maker Faire in Hong Kong. There were around 20 makers showing their projects off, mostly robots. It was a very busy day, going non-stop from around 2-5pm with people coming through constantly and then tapering off until we wrapped up after 6.
Read more … MakiBox Update - HK Mini Maker Faire
2021-08-08 22:55 by Jonathan Buford
We received the first colored pellets for the upcoming shipments today, and the colors turned out great.

Everything is saturated and vibrant, so the prints should turn out the same.
Read more … MakiBox Pellet Colors
2021-08-01 16:09 by Jonathan Buford
We received some shiny bits tonight. It is late, so just posting up a couple of shots before going to find some dinner. We will assemble these bad boys tomorrow and get some better pictures tomorrow.

Just holding up the stainless panels against one of the previous versions.

We have four sets here to test.
Read more … MakiBox A6 - Laser Cut Parts In