Slidemap v10.1 Optics

While micromovement of Slidemap is critical it is not even the most important part, that designation remains the optics. Slidemap itself is an imaging platform and thus needs to be able to capture high resolution and high magnification images. While this may sound complicated there really isn’t much besides these few basic things. Objective Lens […]

Slidemap 10.1 Moving!

After experimenting a little bit with this platform moving it back and forth for about an hour I began to add limit switches so I could experiment with homing the device. It worked perfectly with the Marlin firmware and there was virtually nothing I had to do on my side to get it working besides […]

Slidemap 10.1 Update

For the past two days, I have been having some adventures with stepper motors. First I needed to try and get it working with the part sorter. In the process of doing so, I broke the Makerbase controller that I was going to use for Slidemap. I still had the Ramps 1.4 controller as a […]

Slidemap V10.1 Frame Done!

I spent about two hours today assembling the rest of the linear actuators. I obviously couldn’t attach stepper motors because I am still trying to find ones that will work well but I was able to get it all mechanically sound. I also still need a few rods for the z-axis but those can wait […]

Slidemap v10.1 Linear Actuator(Working!)

I headed over to Techgarage today with my limited time and worked on assembling the first linear actuator for Slidemap v10.1 because the parts came in. I built it quickly which was good and I realized that my design has very easy access to all screws and holes which will be extremely useful when I […]

Slidemap V10.1 Linear Actuator(Sort of)

I decided to pop into Techgarage for an hour or two today and start taking apart V10. However, I quickly got sidetracked and began to create a prototype linear actuator based off of my CAD design from yesterday. Like I said before the main goal of these linear actuators is to a create a compact […]

Slidemap V10 or Should I Say 10.1

So the parts I ordered finally came in and I was able to put a solid six-hour day in at Techgarage building Slidemap V10 based off of my CAD. When I initially designed this version I intended for it to be a solid machine with rigidity and enough power to support high loads. While this […]