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Laser marking metal with cheap paint!
A typical diode laser can’t etch some metals like aluminum. The physics of the laser just have no impact. The alternative is to use a marking spray which bakes an added color onto the metal when hit with the laser. However, laser marking sprays are very expensive. Upwards of $40 per can. In the Mighty…
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Building a mini remake of Dark Tower
A short time ago I built a miniature version of the 1981 electronic board game Dark Tower as a gift
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C64 Resurrection!
I have a few video projects coming up in the new year. We’re getting an old C64 back up and running, remaking a classic 1980’s electronic board game with Arduino, 3D printing some robot gears and trying our hand at crafting a mini pinball table. It’s gonna be a full 2022! To kick things off…
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Modding the My Arcade (dreamGear) 6″ Pac-Man into a 6-in-1 game player
New Video Added! Miniature arcade machines were all the rage this year. A couple manufacturers offer different sizes, from 4″ tall, to 6″ and 10″ toys. I was given the ‘MyArcade’ Pac-Man 6″ cabinet for Xmas, and I deserve credit for waiting a whole three days before breaking it open to look inside. 🙂 Regardless…
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Mighty Studios is Blooming!
As my indie game, Skyling: Garden Defense, is getting further along, I decided to setup a small company to house that effort. Mighty Studios, LLC has now been formed, and I’ll be moving most progress updates about the game under that banner. Check out www.mightystudios.com for all the latest info on the game. Links to…
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Updating the CNC Machine
This is a follow up on the last post about the CNC machine I recently built (http://gsnook.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/cnc-machine-2012/). After a few weeks of putting the project on hold, I finally found time to make some improvements to the design. The carriage on the overhead gantry had a bit too much flex on it, so I decided…
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CNC Machine 2012
A CNC Machine is something that you just have to have once you’ve seen one in action. It seems to hit that DIY tinkerer sweet spot in the brain that says “I must build this! I don’t know why, but I have to!” It’s a thing you build so you can build other things –…
mighty studios workshop blog
too much time and too little sleep…
mighty studios workshop blog 
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