Cupcake CNC transformer

Tuesday, 4 May 2010

So Make: recently introduced a contest to give away a Cupcake CNC FDM machine kit, and I came up with this entry…

What’s cooler than transformers? A Cupcake CNC transformer with a Bre head? This is a fully articulated assembly that transforms from a Cupcake CNC to a Bre-bot.
I started with a snap-together design (see the attached concept sketches) but migrated to a bolt-together kit or various reasons. The final design allows for fine adjustment of the joint tension so the transformer can stand in any position but still be movable, positionable, transformable!

Buildable in two Cupcake CNC builds (see screenshots), this transformer is assembled with commonly available 6-32 (3/4″ long) flat head machine screws and corresponding lock nuts. NOTE: may be substituted with M3.5 x 20 screws and nuts. 15 sets of screws and nuts are required.

Download the .stl files at Thingiverse.

UPDATE: Thanks a bunch to Frank for printing one!

UPDATE: Here’s another print:

IMG_0008 IMG_0009 IMG_0010 IMG_0012 IMG_0015 IMG_0016 IMG_0019

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10 Responses to “Cupcake CNC transformer”

  1. Nick Peters writes:
    No. 1 — May 5th, 2010 at 9:00 am

    awesome.

  2. cbase_3d writes:
    No. 2 — May 5th, 2010 at 9:06 am

    human words can not describe the amount of awesomeness contained in this project.

  3. Mike Moon writes:
    No. 3 — May 5th, 2010 at 9:18 am

    Truly amazing. Wonderful sketchup and animation.

  4. Thomek writes:
    No. 4 — May 5th, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    Very cool!
    After checking your about page I`ve noticed that you’re interested in guitars
    You should check up Zoybar – open source guitars

  5. logicalnot writes:
    No. 5 — May 5th, 2010 at 7:17 pm

    @ cbase_3D Agreed. But I will try anyway:
    Crystal clear awesomeness! Five stars. A++. 21/20. Complete digg. Hors concours. Bravo.
    It’s as good as a three wolfs t-shirt.
    It’s like watching 3 episodes of… of… Battlestar Galactica with a bucket of cream puffs and have good sex right after. Fracking good stuff!

  6. logicalnot writes:
    No. 6 — May 5th, 2010 at 7:21 pm

    Maker Bot Guru level 5.

  7. james writes:
    No. 7 — May 5th, 2010 at 7:36 pm

    Gosh!!!, WHERE can I buy one like this?

  8. Aaron writes:
    No. 8 — May 6th, 2010 at 9:14 am

    Very very cool Joel. The only thing I don’t like (as with many things) is that I didn’t come up with it first. Good luck in the contest!

  9. Dataman writes:
    No. 9 — May 6th, 2010 at 1:28 pm

    Hmmmm, but did it make itself? ;-x

  10. Bre writes:
    No. 10 — May 16th, 2010 at 9:02 pm

    Here’s mine! http://www.flickr.com/photos/bre/sets/72157623950475147/

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