A More Expressive Synth via Flexure
Synthesizers can make some great music, but sometimes they feel a bit robotic in comparison to their analog counterparts. [Chris Guichet] built a “minimum viable” expressive synth to overcome this
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An Open Source Modular Flexure Construction Set
Flexures are one of those innocent-looking mechanisms that one finds inside practically any kind of consumer device. Providing constrained movements with small displacements, complete with controlled tension, they can be
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Filament Cutter Uses Unusual (But Effective) 3D-Printed Spring Design
When one needs a spring, a 3D-printed version is maybe not one’s first choice. It might even be fair to say that printed springs are something one ends up making,
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3D Printed Flexure Shows Precision in Action
Here’s an older but fantastic video that is as edifying as it is short. [Topias Korpi] demonstrates a 3D printed flexure with a dial indicator on one end, and an
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Working Model Reveals Amazing Engineering of Webb’s Mirror Actuators
We end up covering a lot of space topics here on Hackaday, not because we’re huge space nerds — spoiler alert: we are — but because when you’ve got an
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