Tag: Yeti

  • Yeti – Limit Sensors

    Yeti – Limit Sensors

    Limit switches or sensors are not absolutely required on a machine, it will work just fine without, but they are a very good addition as they prevent potentially expensive and dangerous crashes. There are three levels of safety when it comes to limits: Take care to never program the machine to go outside the working…

  • Yeti – Electrical Design Part 1

    Yeti – Electrical Design Part 1

    I always knew that the electrical side of this project would be difficult but I hadn’t realized quite how difficult it would be. With the mechanical aspects of the build at least you can look at either the part or a 3D model and have a good understanding of whether it will fit together /…

  • Yeti – Component Purchase

    Yeti – Component Purchase

    Since the last article all the way back in September the build hasn’t move very far forward but I thought it was time for an update as a few interesting things happened in the last couple of days. My main focus has been on getting the power supply designed and getting all the parts ordered…

  • Yeti – Beginning Yeti

    Yeti – Beginning Yeti

    Those of you following my build logs will have noticed that the Wyvern machine build seems to have ground to a halt (as of Sept 2013). There was nothing inherently wrong with the build (although I can now see several areas for improvement) but I simply ran out of space and time. I plan on…