Re: CNC Etch-A-Sketch, EggBot

Hi Bill,

Good thoughts. I'm toying with a similar fixture, a small machined
"cup", that can be coated with rubber cement (silicon?), and a vacuum
applied. At first, a simple pair of rubber grommets on either end can
hold the egg.

Alan KM6VV
(thoughts turning to EggNog)

Happy New year to all!


Bill Vance wrote:

>
> Yo Alan;
>
> Vacuum would work, as long as it's not strong enough to, "suck eggs" :-)
>
> My thought would have been to make a coat hanger wire ring a little larger than
> an average egg. Weld the ends, and clip them off. Weld 3 or 4 similar wires to
> the outside of the ring, and extend them down to a clampable rod or bar. Spread
> some silicon around the inside of the ring. Wait for it to get a little
> stiff-ish, grease up a hard boiled egg with something, (spray no stick?), and
> let it finish curing. If it won't come loose, at least the hard boiled egg will
> still be edible, won't make a mess, and you can pick the pieces loose with
> something sharp, leaving a nicely rounded holder. Cover the sides, and string
> in a vacuum line to it if you like. Do it on both ends, and you got an, "egg
> lathe", for interestin' orderfs.....:-)
>
> Bill
>
> On Sun Dec 30 15:46:29 2001, Alan Marconett KM6VV, <KM6VV@...> wrote:
>
> >Hi Bill,
> >
> >Hold the egg from one end? Maybe some type of suction device? I'd
> >really like to apply the little floppy disk stepper motors (I've got a
> >bunch of 'em), I'll have to see how much weight the 'X' axis can hold
> >(moves the 'Y'). I think I've got the axis right, 'A' rotates the egg,
> >'X' transverses along the axis of the egg, and 'Y' must be radial to the
> >egg's axis.
> >
> >And "work" the entire end? Bruce's unusual 'X' axis eggpoach (approach,
> >sorry!) could address that, I think!
> >
> >Alan KM6VV
> >(Egg-a-holic)
> >
> >
> >Bill Vance wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi gang;
> >>
> >> This might be ok for making a decorative band around the egg, bu what about the
> >> ends? You have two totally different hemispheres there. Even though it would
> >> take two times through through, "the mill", some designs would be easier to
> >> implement from the ends, and maybe easier to hold the egg, too.....
> >>
> >> Bill