Comments on: Making a Boomerang http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/ For professional design and illustration for Print the Web and more... Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:54:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Mark http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-14 Mark Mon, 15 Oct 2007 06:53:33 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-14 Hi Jt, In terms of cost ... I'm not sure. As part of the beta test we were able to get the boomerang cut for free! (god bless the ponoko team) ...I would expect that it would be around $250-$300 US ... not bad really. Hi Jt,

In terms of cost … I’m not sure. As part of the beta test we were able to get the boomerang cut for free! (god bless the ponoko team) …I would expect that it would be around $250-$300 US … not bad really.

]]> By: Steven Kempton http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-13 Steven Kempton Sat, 13 Oct 2007 07:15:12 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-13 Might be a nice next post idea if you could get some video of it flying.... landing optional of course. Might be a nice next post idea if you could get some video of it flying…. landing optional of course.

]]> By: Tony http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-12 Tony Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:48:52 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-12 Hi Jt. You're completely right about the electrics. The original Boomerang concept calls for the device to have spring loaded spars that fold out and self extending blades. The main body is to house a "target sensor" that would be represented by a "KITT/Cylon" led display in the nose. Now that we have seen how fantastic the Ponoko cutting is we are planning the Boomerang MkII to have these features. It will also be cut from alluminium and stainless steel. We are just waiting on those materials to become available. It will be awesome..... Hi Jt.
You’re completely right about the electrics. The original Boomerang concept calls for the device to have spring loaded spars that fold out and self extending blades. The main body is to house a “target sensor” that would be represented by a “KITT/Cylon” led display in the nose.
Now that we have seen how fantastic the Ponoko cutting is we are planning the Boomerang MkII to have these features. It will also be cut from alluminium and stainless steel. We are just waiting on those materials to become available.
It will be awesome…..

]]> By: Mark http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-11 Mark Fri, 12 Oct 2007 20:29:06 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-11 HI Bruce, it does fly ... it just doesn't land very well ;) HI Bruce, it does fly … it just doesn’t land very well ;)

]]> By: JT http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-10 JT Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:15:02 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-10 Just bloody fabulous! I've been kicking around some ideas that would be perfect for the Ponoko process. How much did it cost to get the boomerang cut and shipped? BTW, this project would be perfect if you installed some LEDs and applied some glowing alien blood spatter to the blades. Just bloody fabulous! I’ve been kicking around some ideas that would be perfect for the Ponoko process. How much did it cost to get the boomerang cut and shipped?

BTW, this project would be perfect if you installed some LEDs and applied some glowing alien blood spatter to the blades.

]]> By: Bruce Sterling http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-9 Bruce Sterling Fri, 12 Oct 2007 09:50:59 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-9 Does it fly? Does it fly?

]]> By: Mark http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-8 Mark Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:05:41 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-8 Thanks your comment. We wanted to make it quite intricate so that we would really get a good idea of what the laser cutter and this material would perform like. We really had no idea at all how the holes would be cut or if things would be too flimsy etc but when we unwrapped the finished product we were completely blown away by just how good the end result was. I think there was only one tiny change that we want to make to the eps files, then we'll re-upload them to Ponoko and put the boomerang in the showroom. :) Thanks your comment. We wanted to make it quite intricate so that we would really get a good idea of what the laser cutter and this material would perform like.

We really had no idea at all how the holes would be cut or if things would be too flimsy etc but when we unwrapped the finished product we were completely blown away by just how good the end result was.

I think there was only one tiny change that we want to make to the eps files, then we’ll re-upload them to Ponoko and put the boomerang in the showroom. :)

]]> By: Steven Kempton http://www.martian.co.nz/2007/10/10/making-a-boomerang/#comment-7 Steven Kempton Thu, 11 Oct 2007 21:37:05 +0000 http://blog.martian.co.nz/?p=13#comment-7 That is so cool. I love how intricate the pieces you were able to make are. Fantastic. That is so cool. I love how intricate the pieces you were able to make are. Fantastic.

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