User:Tanju

Hello World!

As a teen and young man I avoided learning to program computers like the plaque. I thought I was too cool for school.
I'm kicking myself now, lamenting a misspent youth. I can't seem to get much past the hello world stage, but someday...

About Me

I've always liked to tinker, and over the past couple of years I've really turned it up a notch. Starting off by building myself reprap 3D printer at home and more recently by helping found and operate the Maker Station makerspace in Marietta, GA. I don't think I would have ever built the printer if not for first reading about them in Make Magazine way back in 2005 and by discovering Freeside Atlanta maker space around 2010.

My background, skills set, and passions are primarily mechanical... I'm a knuckle dragging mechanical engineer, but I'm dragging my knuckles straight into the future trying to pick up some rudimentary programming and electronic skills. I'm particularly interested in the intersection of mechanical and digital.

Thank you interwebz for sharing the knowledge,

@tanjuB
www.linkedin.com/in/tbayramoglu

My Projects

The Maker Station Makerspace

Founding member and serving on the Board of Directors of the Maker Station Inc makerspace.
Let me know if you have any questions about the space or would like to get down there to check it out.

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PowerWheels PowerRacing Series (PPRS)

You can find details of the 2015 season build here on this wiki under the projects section or click here

Below is short video of one of the initial 2015 test runs

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3D Printing

The first printer I built (helped build) was actually for Freeside Atlanta. Along with it, the first wiki I ever wrote was it's wiki page and bill of materials. Somehow the printer was dubbed the "Kracken Bot" and you can find its wiki here

I built a clone of that printer at home and currently list it on www.makexyz.com and use it primarily for printing trinkets, gifts, and the occasional useful item. I pick up only occasional print jobs off of makexyz and almost always the jobs end up being way more trouble than they're worth.

The most useful (and rewarding) things that I have printed by far are the e-Nable 3D printed hand prothesis. This project has been a ton of work but just overall awesome. So far we have printed up hands for two separate kids and made up dedicated webpages for these builds:

• http://tanju-b.github.io/eNable-Blanca/
• http://tanju-b.github.io/eNable-Khamareon/

Other stuff I've designed and printed can be found at their respective repositories:

• thingiverse
• tinkercad

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Raspberry Pi

Starting to dabble in building computers, I learned how to put the RetroPie image on a Raspberry Pi using the Maker Station's Pi. Immediately after that I went out bought my own Pi and a USB controller for the house!

I'm really excited about this project because it was super easy, zero programming was required, and I get to play some of my favorite NES games. All it took to get the Pi running was to put aside any hesitations or fears and just follow instructions. The hardest part was sorting thru the myriad of blog posts and tutorials out there.

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Instructables

I've published a handful of instructables that can be found at their site [1]

My favorite project so far was the longboard skateboard built out of bamboo hardwood flooring that I built for my wife. woot!

One of these days, I would like to host a longboard making class down at the Maker Station.