Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Ragnar makes sure everyone in Norwegian Creations run in the same direction. Besides that, he works with Embedded System Design here at NC, and have also lectured in this discipline at Norwegian University of Science and Technology. So, when it comes to PCBs and overall system design, he is a valuable asset. Ragnar also enjoys woodworking and fine literature.

Posts by Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Making a Plotter for Trondheim Maker Faire – Part 3: Electronics

October 29, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

3D Printing Projects, Drawing Machines

This post will explain the electronics taking part of the big Plotter. First we will explain the whole system: what it consists of and how it’s all connected together, before we go more in depth on some of the components.…

Norwegian Creations at Trondheim Maker Faire 2014

September 3, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Trondheims first Maker Faire is over. And it was awesome! And yes, the awesomeness will continue. Norwegian Creations exhibited a big and NC-created plotting machine (checked out by Make here). Visitors controlled this machines in real time using a drawing pad. We supplied…

Bus Stop Pac-Man

August 28, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Raspberry Pi Projects

Together with HK-reklame and Trondheim Makers, we created some awesome interactive bus stops to advertise for Trondheim Maker Faire. In one of the bus stops we created a pac-man booth. And this post explains the process. Electronics The system consists of a Raspberry Pi…

Norwegian Creations at Trondheim Maker Faire 2014 – a Teaser

August 26, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Many people has asked us what we are going to exhibit at Trondheim Maker Faire. To answer that we put together a short teaser video. You can read more about Trondheim Maker Faire here.

An open source CNC Dust Shoe

August 14, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

3D Printing Projects

If you don’t have a good performing dust collection system, the joy CNC machining will quickly fade away. Especially when you realise how much dust this kind of subtractive manufacturing creates. We upgraded our Shapeoko 2 with a Makita RT0700C router. This…

Electronics 101: Voltage, Current and Resistance

July 31, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Theoretical Tutorials

So what has this picture to do with voltage, current and resistance? Continue reading and you will be explained why this is a good analogy to this often misunderstood and complicated topic.

The Open Source Generation

July 4, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

“The Only Thing That Is Constant Is Change.” Growing up today is without doubt different from growing up a couple of decades ago. Everything from common household technology to communication systems are totally different. And often overlooked, but extremely important,…

How to make a simple table

June 18, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Maker Tutorials

In this tutorial we will show you how to make a simple, yet beautiful table. 1. The Wood and the size The first thing you need to determine is the size. The one-person desk built here is 1 meter wide and…

How to shrink-to-fit the classic Levi’s 501 STF Jeans

June 11, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Maker Tutorials

We needed a couple of extra work pants. And instead of buying the usual (and expensive) work pant (such as this), we decided to use the original work pants, namely the jeans. And the only alternative here was raw denim.…

3 quotes from great Makers – Impressions from “maker – A documentary on the maker movement”

May 28, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Together with Trondheim Makers and Trondheim Maker Faire, we held a screening of a crowd-funded documentary on the maker movement. “Maker” is a feature-length documentary on the Maker Movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S. …

Desktop CNC mill assembly – the Shapeoko 2

February 2, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

First Impressions - Hardware

The Shapeoko 2 is an affordable and heavily community supported open source desktop CNC mill kit. And since it is a kit, it had to be assembled, but the assembly process was pretty straight forward. All the parts were…

Norwegian Creations and coworking at DIGS

January 12, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Norwegian Creations has since this summer been a part of DIGS coworking, Trondheim’s first official coworking space. What is coworking? Coworking is the process of uniting self-determined individuals with similar shared values to work in a collaborative office-space, to build networks,…

3Doodler: Testing the 3D-printing pen

January 5, 2014

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

First Impressions - Hardware

3Doodler was launched as a kickstarter campaign in March last year. And it looked so fun that we could not miss this opportunity. So what is this device? 3Doodler is the world’s first and only 3D Printing Pen. Using ABS plastic (the…

Building a Shoe Shine Box

October 27, 2013

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

Woodworking Projects

Taking care of your shoes is necessary (and fun). But I was kind of tired of storing all my Shoe Shine equipment in a drawer. After stumbling upon this great post on the art of manliness, I checked the pile of scrap…

Building a Laser Engraver: Part 2. Technical insights

September 15, 2013

Ragnar Ranøyen Homb

3D Printing Projects, Lasers, Mechatronics

This post contains a review of different aspects of the Laser Engraver. And it will probably be updated continuously. System overview Just to start out on the right foot, this image explains how we name all the different main parts…