# Ep058: Motorheads, 3D Prints that Bend Metal, and Homebuilt Onewheel Death Machines

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2020-03-13
- Length: 51m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines
- Listen: https://hackaday.libsyn.com/ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines

## Summary

Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Jonathan Bennett discuss a range of hardware hacks, including 3D printed tooling for bending metal, home-synthesized rubies, and self-balancing one-wheel vehicles built from hoverboard parts. They also cover the decline of the Right to Repair legislation in Nebraska, focusing on the John Deere vs. farmers dispute, and the progress of open-source FPGA tooling following a Supercon talk by Tim Ansell. Finally, they highlight Haddington Dynamics' strategy of scaling their Dexter robot arm production through distributed micro-factories.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=1) Introduction and Security Segment
- [5:52](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=352) 3D Printed Metal Bending Tooling
- [12:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=743) Car Modification and Legal Constraints
- [16:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=971) Home Synthesis of Synthetic Rubies
- [20:06](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=1206) Right to Repair and John Deere
- [22:50](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=1370) Homebuilt One-Wheel and Self-Balancing Tech
- [28:44](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=1724) Freeman Dyson and DARPA Robotics
- [34:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=2078) Quick Hacks: Home Theater, Keyboards, and Cassettes
- [37:20](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=2240) Haddington Dynamics and Open Source Manufacturing
- [43:30](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2020-03-13-ep058-motorheads-3d-prints-that-bend-metal-and-homebuilt-onewheel-death-machines#t=2610) Open Source FPGA Tooling and Supercon

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Scaling production](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/scaling-production)
- [Policy, trade & tariffs](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/policy-trade-and-tariffs)
- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)

## Most relevant to

early-stage companies, founders before launch

## Mentioned

- Hacking Day (company)
- John Deere (company)
- Haddington Dynamics (company)
- Dexter Robot (product)
- STM32 (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Raspberry Pi (chip)
- Form Labs (company)
- Intel (company)
- Altera (company)
- Xilinx (company)
- NASA (company)
- DARPA (company)
- Symbiflow (other)
- BattleBots (other)
- Team Sawblaze (other)
- Casio (company)
- Microsoft (company)
- Half-Life (product)
- Project Orion (other)

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- [Episode 100: Live From Boston!](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2016-12-09-episode-100-live-from-boston) (Making It)
- [100: Unintentional Radiator](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2015-05-06-100-unintentional-radiator) (Embedded.fm)
- [Episode 155: Brain tornado-ing and pretzels](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2018-02-09-episode-155-brain-tornado-ing-and-pretzels) (Making It)
- [293: Skateboard Tricks](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/embedded-fm/2019-06-27-293-skateboard-tricks) (Embedded.fm)

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