Working Stargate with Arduino Control

STOP!!!!

Glitch has come out with a new version of the stargate that blows this out of the water! check it out here http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1603423

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This is my Remix of Glitch's working Stargate.

I remixed this with the following changes:

• I altered the Base extensively, so that it prints in one large piece on a 150mm ^ 3 print bed ( with separate sides and a top cap )
• The base also has mounting for a NEMA 17 Stepper motor , and an Arduino UNO with a Motor Shield.
• The Gear was modified to snugly fit onto the stepper motor, and added a hole through which the Stepper motor could be tightened to its mount.
• I combined some parts that were 2 pieces into one piece so that the build required less gluing and was structurally stronger

I also have included the DialingSequence Arduino sketch that I wrote to control the project.

Detailed instructions are now available, click on Instructions to view them

Video of the final result: http://youtu.be/JDSCKgwPn2k

A HUGE thank you to Glitch for the original design of the working stargate!

V 1.01 Update 15/12/2014

• Altered the Base to add more material to the interior vertical pillar on the micro controller side for more support for printing without support material.
• Altered the Base to have have smaller holes so it will slice properly ( 5mm diameter became 4mm diameter )
• Altered the Pins on Side1 and Side2 to have smaller pegs to fit the new holes ( 4mm diameter to 3mm diameter )

Updated files are now named

_17_1_x_Base-BTM_V1_01_fixed.stl

_18_1_x_Base-Side1_V1_01_fixed.stl

_19_1_x_Base-Side2_V1_01_fixed.stl

* Instructions on the thingiverse page had randomly been mostly deleted, luckily I had them saved as a text file and have restored them ( to a slightly earlier version )