From: Zachary Vance Date: Fri, 8 Nov 2024 03:41:02 +0000 (-0500) Subject: Milled soma cube X-Git-Url: https://git.za3k.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0d3cf13767688cfa32e604c36804dbe79849ec7;p=blog.git Milled soma cube --- diff --git a/images/mill.jpg b/images/mill.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f08c297 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/mill.jpg differ diff --git a/images/milled-metal-cubes.jpg b/images/milled-metal-cubes.jpg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2f2a4e2 Binary files /dev/null and b/images/milled-metal-cubes.jpg differ diff --git a/posts/milled-soma-cube.md b/posts/milled-soma-cube.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..daefd63 --- /dev/null +++ b/posts/milled-soma-cube.md @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +--- +author: admin +categories: +- Uncategorized +date: 2024-11-05 +tags: +- machining +- hack-a-day +title: 'Hack-a-Day, Day 05: Milling an Aluminium Soma Cube (FAILED)' +--- + +As on [day 02](https://blog.za3k.com/hack-a-day-day-02-acrylic-soma-cube-failed/), I tried to make a soma cube, this time milling it out of aluminium on a milling machine. + +![caption: The Soma Cube is a 3D, tetris-like puzzle -- picture credit 2ndlook.nl](soma-cube.gif) + +I picked up some aluminium from a local supplier, and headed to [Hive13](https://hive13.org/), the local hackerspace, to use their milling machine. + +![caption: The Hive13 metal mill](mill.jpg) + +After about 7 hours, despite hard work, I had almost finished cutting the blanks, and that was it. Milling is no joke, especially for a beginner! + +![caption: correctly sized blanks to make the pieces](milled-metal-cubes.jpg) + +And had to call it a night, both because I was tired and because the weekly meeting was starting. I was feeling pretty rough after this one -- three, nearly four failed projects in a row is not a great start to a hackathon.