How to Build a Windmill, Part 2: Parts, Nuts, Bolts and Blades(jacquesmattheij.com)
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How to Build a Windmill, Part 2: Parts, Nuts, Bolts and Blades
http://jacquesmattheij.com/how-to-build-a-windmill-ii
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I had the same thought several years ago. To that end I made a CMS designed to make writing this sort of post easy[1]. It never got out of closed beta because I just could not find people interested in doing and documenting projects. Most folks want to do one or the other - both is rare. Even this undeniably awesome windmill project still took eight years for the writeup to appear.
Anyway, I've still been using the CMS. Here is a small example of an incrementally written week-long project: Construction of an Eight Pound Candybar[2]
[1] http://redraftable.com/about/
[2] http://kmkeen.com/candybar2/
Anyway, I've still been using the CMS. Here is a small example of an incrementally written week-long project: Construction of an Eight Pound Candybar[2]
[1] http://redraftable.com/about/
[2] http://kmkeen.com/candybar2/
How on earth did a HTTP request header end up in your comment?!
Wow, I wish I had the ability to whip up a 3D simulator of a wood lathe. Impressive work, Jacques!
Most of the heavy lifting there is done by the opengl libraries, it's mostly a matter of plugging in the coordinates of the voxels and setting up a viewport. Hardware acceleration does the rest :)
Part 1 (yesterday) discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4579932
When is the kickstarter for this? ;)
The page references http://jacquesmattheij.com/how-to-make-a-windmill , which is a 404 ( s/make/build/ )
Also, s/Wtpfl/Wtfpl/
Also, s/Wtpfl/Wtfpl/
Anyone know if the code's online anywhere, thought I'd ask before d/ling the 300mb package. Always like having a bit of a nosey at someone else's code.
No, sorry it's just there in the tar.gz. The bulk of it is images for the plasmacutter controller.
edit: ok, I've expanded the tar.gz in http://jacquesmattheij.com/windmill/
Reminder: this is very ugly code, a jumble of scripts (python and - gasp - php) and C to get the job done (which was not at all the focus, I wanted to get the windmill up).
edit: ok, I've expanded the tar.gz in http://jacquesmattheij.com/windmill/
Reminder: this is very ugly code, a jumble of scripts (python and - gasp - php) and C to get the job done (which was not at all the focus, I wanted to get the windmill up).
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This is the result of a mature, disciplined and ambitious mind that has been influenced by open source. I strive to have such a legacy.
Thanks Jacques!