Comments for the Morgan Demers blog

Comment on Gingery Lathe Tailstock, Faceplate, v5 Driver Electronics by Nelson Collar

Nelson Collar — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 02:57:47 +0000

Morgan
I need a little help with the setup of a stepper motor and controller. Can I get some help from you? I know you have your projects and would like to work on that but if you can give me some pointers it would be much appreciated. nel2lar AT yahoo DOT com
Thank you

Comment on DC Motor Controller & Driver Project by Jeff Harvey

Jeff Harvey — Tue, 04 Aug 2015 12:10:52 +0000

Hi Morgan,

I plan to build your controller, but my PIC programmer does not support the 18LF14K50. Not sure if I want to buy a PICKIT2 only for this project. Do you know if it will be easy to port the code to another (older) PIC? Or do you have some pre-programmed PIC in hand that you can sold?

Regards

Comment on Electronics Mods, Physics / Science, Other Projects Recap by Chris

Chris — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 03:17:34 +0000

I’m sure it’s not your favorite project, but I think your Twighlight Turtle project is probably of interest to a lot of parents. If not instructions, might you post the adapter and/or other parts you used other than the ‘brain’? Thanks!

Comment on Making a Box Frame Prusa i3 – 3d Printer by Jerin Jacob

Jerin Jacob — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 17:56:17 +0000

Thank you sir, this post really helped me build a 3d printer on my own. Hope to build many more in the future.

Comment on Making the SilverMAX Colloidal Silver Generator by michel

michel — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 04:43:08 +0000

Hi Morgan, first I’d like to say a big thanks for making your design available for anyone to build, its the best project I have seen for making colloidal silver.
I want to build it but can’t find the 12F510 here, just the 16F628 and I don’t have a programmer either, what I have is a Arduino Nano lying around, I’d like to use it instead of the PIC because maybe would be possible to interface with a LCD and add a couple of features. I have been using colloidal silver for years and find it pretty amazing, so I’d love to build my own generator.
I haven’t programmed PICs in years and I’m having trouble figuring out the initialization of the 12F510, TRIS bits and all that, I hope you don’t mind me trying to figure out how it works, and if you can explain briefly the program would be a lot of help.
This is a fun project that can also help cure diseases, great combination…

Comment on Making the SilverMAX Colloidal Silver Generator by John navaugh

John navaugh — Mon, 22 Jun 2015 06:45:27 +0000

Wondering if you have decided to sell kits yet?.
I do not have the skills necessary for this project , but I do like your design.
I have been looking for some time now for a generator that looks and performs as yours does.
thank you in advance.
This may be good for making some retirement money to put away.

Comment on Prusa i3 Upgrades by Morgan

Morgan — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 18:53:35 +0000

Hey Steve, thanks for the comment! Totally appreciated.

I’ve been tracking the cost of the build, though I haven’t really paid much attention to the cost of commercial units, other than when I first started thinking about either buy, or building, a printer for myself. That being said I feel I’m still way cheaper than a commerically bought machine.

Here is the breakdown of my costs up to this point:

a. Box Frame parts ~$33
b. Prusa i3 parts – printed parts, electronics, rods, hardware, etc.. ~$450
c. Heated Build Chamber parts – aluminum, plastic sheets, hardware, magnets ~$100
d. Lasko #100 heater – $15.99
e. Digital Thermometer – $9.97
f. CanaKit ( for OctoPrint setup ) – $63.98

running total about: $672.94

that being said, if I was to do it again I would not have purchased the 12864 LCD Display Controller, as I don’t need it with OctoPrint – that would have saved about $20, so for me to build this again it would probably run around $650.

Cheers,
Morgan

Comment on Prusa i3 Upgrades by Steven Robinson

Steven Robinson — Thu, 09 Apr 2015 12:00:30 +0000

Very amazing. Are you tracking your costs to continue to compare to an equivalent commercial unit?

Steve, Morrisville, VT

Comment on Making the SilverMAX Colloidal Silver Generator by Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 17:29:57 +0000

Hey Bobby,

Glad you are interested in the SilverMax generator. At this point I don’t have any plans of building any additional units, however I do have a few ideas for some new designs in mind, that I would like to build at some point. Regardless, if I ever have the time I would love to build you a machine, though that being said we have a new baby due this year, and I probably won’t be able to get to it for quite a while unfortunately. Definitely keep me posted if your situation changes, and you end up buying a generator at some point in the future.

Cheers,
Morgan

Comment on Making the SilverMAX Colloidal Silver Generator by Bobby O'Dell

Bobby O'Dell — Wed, 08 Apr 2015 13:41:01 +0000

Hi Morgan, I seem to have left my comment somewhere else on your site. Sorry for the mistake, but just incase I totally lost it, I will again explain. I want very badly to build one of the SilverMAX generators from your design. I truly believe in the benefits of this design. I always go the homemade route vs buying mass produced. Both in quality of workmanship & parts!
My problem is my wife & I are both disabled & I just don’t have the hands anymore to do it. Are you able to make us one from your design? I will pay your price for it. We need this to help keep ourselves healthy for our grandkids. Thanks for your time & the effort it takes to do what your doing. Bobby O’Dell