{"id":407,"date":"2011-06-10T12:49:59","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T20:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/?p=407"},"modified":"2014-06-10T13:08:20","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T21:08:20","slug":"auger-and-a-laser-cutter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/10\/auger-and-a-laser-cutter\/","title":{"rendered":"Auger and a Laser Cutter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>What happens when you have one auger lying around, and a laser cutter that you&#8217;re just dying to make something with? You make a dog-food hopper!<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/317903_10150839667710108_193143003_b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-553\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/317903_10150839667710108_193143003_b-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"317903_10150839667710108_193143003_b\" width=\"507\" height=\"377\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/380202_10150844043150108_1710954461_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/380202_10150844043150108_1710954461_n-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"380202_10150844043150108_1710954461_n\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/380202_10150844043150108_1710954461_n-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/380202_10150844043150108_1710954461_n.jpg 717w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/252763_10150846763255108_1222590050_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-549\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/252763_10150846763255108_1222590050_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"252763_10150846763255108_1222590050_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/252763_10150846763255108_1222590050_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/252763_10150846763255108_1222590050_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/544677_10150848943855108_2005726567_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-548\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/544677_10150848943855108_2005726567_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"544677_10150848943855108_2005726567_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/544677_10150848943855108_2005726567_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/544677_10150848943855108_2005726567_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/480063_10150849030235108_1397906031_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/480063_10150849030235108_1397906031_n-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"480063_10150849030235108_1397906031_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/480063_10150849030235108_1397906031_n-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/480063_10150849030235108_1397906031_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The motor assembly was taken out of an old CD-ROM drive, and the rest was modeled around it via Google Sketchup. It was then exported to SVG and sent to the laser. Everything went better than expected \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Now all that&#8217;s left to do is to cut some trash-can inserts out of plywood to keep the kibble near the auger pickup.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/foodHopper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/foodHopper-300x196.png\" alt=\"foodHopper\" width=\"507\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/foodHopper-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.plasma2002.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/foodHopper.png 957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens when you have one auger lying around, and a laser cutter that you&#8217;re just dying to make something with? 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