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What fighting robot is Big Blue Saw sponsoring now?
Big Blue Saw is proud to announce we're sponsoring a robot created by Paul Ventimiglia and his new team, Aptyx Designs, for the BattleBots robot fighting competition.As a sponsor, Big Blue Saw...
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The reviews prove it: our customers love us.
The reviews prove it: our customers love us. We've got a 5 star rating on Big Blue Saw's Google Plus page.Check out more Big Blue Saw reviews and testimonials.
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Don't miss Bite Force, sponsored by Big Blue Saw on BattleBots
This weekend, don't miss the second appearance of Bite Force from Aptyx Designs, sponsored by Big Blue Saw. Tune in to BattleBots this coming Sunday, July 12 at 9pm on ABC Television Network when Bite...
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Music Made by Waterjet
When it comes to custom parts for musical instruments, Big Blue Saw is the top choice for the instrument makers and musicians in the know. Over the years, we've made specialized guitar capos, sitar...
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How Bite Force the BattleBot Was Built with Help From Big Blue Saw
We recently got the following message from Aptyx Designs, currently the #3 seed and a semi-finalist in this season's BattleBots.Want to see how our frame was built? We designed all of our aluminum...
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New construction technique for waterjet or laser cut parts
There are a variety of construction techniques for use with waterjet or laser cut parts. We have profiled a few of them elsewhere on the website.This new construction technique was suggested to us by a...
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Creating electronics enclosures with laser and waterjet cut parts
We are often contacted by our customers about making custom enclosures for their electronics projects. An enclosure might be needed for a custom keyboard, Arduino based game machine, radio...
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Jay Doscher's Raspberry Pi Field Unit
Jay Doscher told us about another great project he's built with help from Big Blue Saw. Read more about it here. You may remember his previous projects from this blog 12.I’ve been working hard on a...
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Royal E-Field Electric Motorcycle Built with Waterjet Cut Parts
From Big Blue Saw customer Aaron comes the Royal E-field, an electric conversion of a 2005 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 motorcycle.Aaron talks a little bit about how he got started using Big Blue Saw:I...
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Custom Waterjet Cut Parts in Slow Motion
Here's a behind the scenes peek at how many of our parts are bade here at Big Blue Saw. In this video, you can see custom parts being waterjet cut from 1/4 inch thick aluminum 6061 alloy, one of our...
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Assembling Waterjet Cut Parts with Nutstrip
Recently I had the opportunity to compete at Robot Battles in Atlanta. When building with waterjet or laser cut parts, it is a challenge to make parts that fit together solidly without welding. My...
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Come to Maker Faire Atlanta and Visit Big Blue Saw
Join us this Saturday and Sunday, October 3 and 4 for Maker Faire Atlanta. Meet tens of thousands of enthusiastic and excited adults, teens and kids as they gather in downtown Decatur for a a...
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Designing parts in Onshape for Big Blue Saw
One increasingly popular CAD tool is Onshape, a new 3D design software package. It's free for many uses and can run in a desktop web browser without extra plugins, or as an app for Android or iOS. Big...
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Maker Faire Wrapup
Thanks to everyone who came out to visit us at Maker Faire Atlanta this past weekend! We had a blast and hope the event is just as good next year.For those of you who just learned about Big Blue Saw,...
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Two New Waterjet Cutting Videos
You may have seen our earlier video showing waterjet cutting in slow motion. Today we've got two more videos showing how the waterjet cutter works.Many people assume that since the machine uses water,...
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Turn a Logo Into a Custom Metal Sign
Many customers come to us wanting to turn their logos into signs or stencils made from metal or plastic. This ranges from small laser cut acrylic pieces to place on employees' desks to large outdoor...
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Building the Open Source FarmBot with Big Blue Saw
You may have heard of FarmBot, an open source robot for automatically growing and managing the lifecycle of plants. It turns out that the first FarmBots are being made with parts from Big Blue Saw....
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Using Ball Bearings with Waterjet Cut Parts
A fellow robot builder once told me that using ball bearings in a waterjet cut base was "advanced waterjet mastery," which I thought was a little odd. To get ball bearings to work in a waterjet cut...
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Realistic Mini Cannon Made with Parts from Big Blue Saw
From mini cannon tech Alex comes this wonderful 1/10 scale cannon. Modeled after 1841 6pdr field gun, this may be one of the most realistic minitature versions ever made. Many of the parts of this...
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Updates to Our Online Quoting System
Based on our recent surveys from our customers, we've added a few new helpful features to our online quoting and ordering system so that it's easier than ever to get custom parts made. First up,...
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