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- Page 1 Super-Awesome Sylvia’ s WaterColorBot! WaterColorBot v 2.0 Quick Start Guide Rev A1, December 2014...
- Page 2 Sylvia with Lenore Edman and ☐ 3. Power Supply (9V, universal input) Windell Oskay, co-founders of ☐ 4. USB cable (“A to mini-B” type) Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories 2. Spoilboard ☐ 5. Paint set with brush ☐ 6. Petri dishes, plastic (3) ☐...
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Page 3: Part 2: Quick Start / Overview
1.2 WaterColorBot Anatomy Part 2: Quick Start / Overview Let’s take a brief look at what the diff erent parts of the machine are called. We’ll refer In brief, here are the steps to getting started with WaterColorBot 2.0: to many of these parts in the instructions, so it is helpful to know what’s what. 1) Install WaterColorBot software. - Page 4 3.2 RoboPaint Robopaint is a dedicated application for driving the WaterColorBot. In it, you can you can open existing vector artwork in SVG format, snap the colors to your paint palette, and paint the document. It also has a rudimentary edit mode that lets you create new drawings to print, as well as a short menu of sample drawings to try out.
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Page 5: Part 4: Prefl Ight Checks
Part 4: Prefl ight Checks 4.1 Overview Before operating the WaterColorBot 2.0 on a given day, take a moment to give the machine a once-over to make sure that everything is working properly. Doing so will improve the performance of the machine and prolong its life, as well as avoid several potential sources of frustration. - Page 6 5.2 The Spoilboard §4.3,Test the Drive System, continued: carriage moves consistently and smoothly when you turn the winches by hand, it will also move consistently and smoothly under computer control. On the other hand, if the winches or carriage cannot be moved by hand, then the motors on the WaterColorBot will not be able to move them either.
- Page 7 5.4 Inserting the Brush and Setting the Height §5.2,The Spoilboard, continued: The WaterColorBot is designed to fi t 9x12” watercolor paper (one of The brush holder is located at the front-left corner of the most common sizes), and to paint up to within 1/2” of the edges. the carriage.
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Page 8: Part 6: Maintenance And Troubleshooting
Part 6: Maintenance and troubleshooting wise (or at least prevent it from turning clockwise) in order to do so. 6.1 Overview Loop the cord back and forth, as a fi gure 8, around the two rivets on the top of the winch, until nearly all of the loose cord is tied up between them. - Page 9 drawing paper is great for both pens and painting. • Paper tends to warp as it gets wet, particularly with uneven wetting and lower grades of paper. Methods of dealing with this include pre-wetting and stretching paper, as well as holding paper down with tape or in blocks.
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