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Last weekend FizzPOP (a hackerspace in Birmingham, England) held a workshop for building Useless Machines.
They supplied all the tools, materials and refreshments.
Building Useless Machines
Can’t help but think about the viral nature of the machine. It’s a good example of a meme.
Tags: fizzpop, Machine, maker, saskview, ultimate, Useless, useless machine
#1 by nikki on March 13, 2010 - 2:09 pm
Hi Brett,
I guess you’ve already found the photos! The workshop went really well, with half the Useless Machines completed before the end of the session and the rest just needing to spend a bit more time with a glue gun…
Best praise comes from a teenage daughter who thought that the thing her dad made was pretty cool
Thanks again for the instructable.
#2 by Brett on March 13, 2010 - 6:37 pm
Your welcome!
#3 by Joseph on April 25, 2010 - 6:55 pm
Your welcome!
#4 by David on April 26, 2010 - 10:09 am
Hi Brett,
I guess you’ve already found the photos! The workshop went really well, with half the Useless Machines completed before the end of the session and the rest just needing to spend a bit more time with a glue gun…
Best praise comes from a teenage daughter who thought that the thing her dad made was pretty cool
Thanks again for the instructable.
#5 by nikki on May 10, 2010 - 4:29 pm
Update:
One of the Useless Machines from the workshop we did found its way into this…
http://www.fizzpop.org.uk/blog/whoop/
#6 by toben on May 14, 2010 - 1:30 am
Hi,
I built an useless machine for myself, and i just wanted to add that i had huge difficulties with the circuit which is given in my instructables. You better use Potentiometers and an Oszillograph to adjust the pulse length and distance. and you might add a condensator between + and – . Last but not least, when the servo turns, voltage shrinks down to a minimum, which will reduce pulse length and this might destroy your servo (happened to me). so i just added another 6V power which just powers the servo, pulses are powered by their own 6V.