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Flower Machine
- qiller 2y agoTook a bit of hunting to figure out what that is: makes tiny origami flowers: https://blog.rahix.de/flower-machine/#paper-flowers https://blog.rahix.de/flower-machine/#paper-flowers
- guessmyname 2y agoIt doesn’t “make” the flowers per se, or at least that’s not what I see in the video. The machine creates the folding pattern(s), but a human still needs to assemble the flowers. This machine—at least the one shown in the blog post submitted by the OP—appears to be one of the initial stages of an assembly line. The next stage would then fold the paper(s) according to the lines stamped by the first machine. However, since the author mentions that they often use glue and scissors, I don’t think the additional stages will be as straightforward as the machine described in this post.
- nathanmcrae 2y agoEven though this isn't a fully-fledged industrial system, I like the thought they put into those aspects. Particularly, I want to make a homebrew PLC myself someday and the 24V IO board they made would be a nice starting point for that.
- cousin_it 2y agoI think the right keyword is "pre-scoring", some origami artists use off the shelf CNC cutters for that, see for example https://blog.kusudama.me/2017/10/07/vinyl-cutter-origami/ https://blog.kusudama.me/2017/10/07/vinyl-cutter-origami/
- deepnet 2y agoThis is a lovely home built automated production line. Small production lines empowering individuals to produce small run but at scale production runs can make help support maker craft and the small scale idiosyncratic existence of things more possible in a world where competition with offshore manufacture and mass-produced soulless production and craft outcompetes and crushes local craft and garage grown tech. Bravo !