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Tempest's Dispatches - October

Hello Benefactors. Here’s what I’ve been working on in October.

This month has been all about getting the Virt-a-Mate random stroker plugin working, so that is going to be what I talk about this month. It may not have shown so much on the devstream, but I have put a lot of work and thou...

November '22 Update

Hi Everyone,

Well we finally got there, and the Tempest VaM Random Stroker V2 plugin is officially a thing.

It took me a few months to get there but I think the results are worth it. This is a plugin that will animate a female character riding on top of a male character in fun ways. N...

October Release - Random Stroker Plugin

This is my long awaited six axis random stroker plugin for Virt-a-Mate, as well as a demo scene with zero dependencies for you to give it a try.

The plugin will move the hips and thighs of the female character in fun and interesting ways, starting slow and teasing, but becoming faster and m...

Video - Random Stroker Progress

This is a video that I recorded during the October livestream. I fired up Virt-a-Mate and gave a demonstration of a the random stroker plugin I have been working on this month.

As this video is hosted on YouTube I have had to mark it as mature content and extensively censor the video. If yo...

Tempest's Dispatches - September

Hello Benefactors. Here’s what I’ve been working on in September.

Having successfully blown up my only working gimbal control board in August I had to wait for a replacement to be delivered. I used some of that time to set about creating a custom board so that I could try out some L6234...

October '22 Update

Hi Everyone,

This month I can report that we now have an updated, much improved, clip ring gear for the OSR2 and SR6 twist modules. I am progressing the work to bring brushless motor tech into my machines, as I showcased in the recent livestream. I am also slowly getting to a point where I ...

September Release - Twist Clip Ring Gear Update

Hi Guys,

We're getting close to the end of the month and the work on the random stroker plugin is going slower than planned so instead I am going to release a hardware update. One that in retrospect is long overdue.

I introduced the original clip ring gear part in April 2021 and it wa...

Video - Brushless Motor Demo

Hi guys,

This is the Supporter ($2) post for September.

I've made a video demonstrating some of the work I've been doing recently with brushless motors. I think that these have enormous potential for future stroker robots because they are extremely quiet when compared to servos.

September '22 Update

Hi Everyone,

This month I've got the public reveal of the contour receiver that I released last month, and later this month I intend to release the updated random stroker VaM plugin.

As my patrons will already know, my latest release went live a couple of weeks ago. Although I'd lead ...

Tempest's Dispatches - August

Hello Benefactors. Well, I got there in the end! Here’s what I’ve been working on in August.

If I’m honest, this last month has been a perfect example of how my creative impulses are a law unto themselves. Anyone who looks back at my public update at the beginning of August will be ab...

August Release - An Experimental Receiver

Hi Guys, this month I have a hardware release for you.

Back in January I hinted that I was looking at using 3D shapes exported from Virt-a-Mate. Well, I finally got around to putting some serious design time into one of those concepts and this is the result.

This is a receiver for the...

Video - Interview with Soritesparadox

This is a video that I recorded during the 8th August Livestream. I interviewed Soritesparadox and we went over the work he's been doing with his Ayva javascript library, and the demo web app he has built to showcase it. If you're interested in software that will drive a stroker robot without VaM...

Tempest's Dispatches - June & July

Hello Benefactors, here’s some news on what I’ve been up to in the last two months. These are monthly newsletters, but hopefully when you read my first topic you’ll understand why I’ve taken the unusual step of covering two months in one.

I’m going to talk about a personal experie...

August '22 Update

Hi Everyone,

I'm posting the August update a few days early to reassure you that I'm okay and I'm back to my usual work schedule. I was definitely burned out and suffering from stress, but I have been away on holiday for a week and it's made a real difference. I have some really cool stuff ...

Video - June Livestream

This is a livestream in which I did a show and tell for various kinds of content that can be synced in multiple axes with an OSR2 or especially an SR6. This was one of my favourite streams so far because there was some great engagement from the chat.

If you aren't already be sure to get you...

July '22 Update

Hi Guys,

First of all I would like to say a big thanks to everyone for your kind words and for your patience. I've been a bit unwell recently and though I'm feeling a lot better physically I am now concerned about burnout, so I am going to have to take it easy for a week or two.

I do ...

Quick update

Hi guys, just a quick update because I've been quiet for a while. I am currently rather sick and I've been forced to take a break for a couple of weeks. Thanks for your patience. Hopefully I'll be back up and running again soon.

Tempest

Start Here! Build instructions for OSR2 and SR6 - June 2022

The purpose of this Patreon is to keep evolving and improving multi-axis stroker robots. I generally aim to get out a release each month and the result of that is finding stuff amongst my back catalogue of posts can be really difficult!

If you are new to my work this is the place to start. ...

Video - Automatic scripting for VR videos

I am excited to be able to say I am working with content creator anielSzal to add full SR6 support to their incredible VR videos.

You can find anielSzal's work at 2022-06-08 00:56:12 +0000 UTC View Post

Tempest's Dispatches - May '22

Hello Benefactors. Here’s what I’ve been working on in May.

It’s been an interesting mix of a slow, hard slog to get documents written and some blue skies experimentation with python scripts. As you will have seen I have released an update to the OSR2 document to bring it fully up to ...

June '22 Update

Hi Guys it's time for my June update.

I'm aware that I've not been doing anywhere near enough self-promotion recently so I've created a video of the OSR2 and SR6 robots synced to a classic Virt-a-Mate scene. Unlike my patron video content this is a public video on YouTube.

If you'd re...

Video - A guide to the T-Valve

Hi guys,

This is the $2 post for May. I made a video guide to the T-Valve, basically just explaining what it is and how it works.

I think there's an enormous amount of potential for this simple little add-on to the OSR2/SR6, particularly in the form of .suck.funscript axis files to go...

OSR2.1 Build Instructions - May '22

Hi Guys,

If you are new to the OSR2 this is the place to start. This post contains the complete build instructions and part list for the OSR2.1, the latest version of the OSR2. It also includes the latest T-wist and T-valve add-on modules.

This is a full and comprehensive update of th...

May Update

Hi Guys, here's my update for May.

This month I have resolved to get my "start here" post for the Maker ($8) tier updated. That means getting the new twist module into the SR6 build instructions and updating all of the photos (yes, all of them!) in the OSR2 build instructions up to date. It...

Tempest's Dispatches - April '22

Hello Benefactors. It’s time for me to tell you about what I’ve been working on in April.

It’s been a busy one, but mostly behind the scenes work and a lot of learning. It’s always tempting to be pushing for a new hardware release each month, but this month I’ve been working on es...

Video - A guide to Motor Controllers

Hi guys,

This is the $2 post for April. It's a video guide to hooking up a motor controller to your ESP32 driven SR6/OSR2 so that you can drive vibrators with it.

I've had a number of people asking about this over the last few months so I thought it was definitely worth a video. In th...

April Release - T-wist 4 for SR6

Hi guys, here are the part files to put the new twist receiver onto your SR6.

The assembly and integration process for the SR6 is more or less identical to that for the OSR2, so refer to last month's post for the build instructions. For completeness I will be releasing SR6-specific build in...

April Update

Hi Guys, here's my update for April.

This month's Maker ($8) release, as promised, will be the T-wist 4 for SR6.

This has taken a little thought because in certain combinations of movements the new, larger mechanism comes into conflict with the old pitcher links. I have had to devise ...

Tempest's Dispatches - Mar '22

Hello Benefactors. It’s time for me to tell you about what I’ve been working on in March.

This has been a quieter month for me than February, mostly because I have had to rebalance my activities after spending a huge proportion of my time on the T-wist 4 design. This month I have invest...

Video - T-Code, A Practical Guide

Hi guys,

This is the $2 post for March. This is a video guide to how the T-Code commands that control the OSR2/SR6/T-Vibe/etc work. Not necessary for everyday use, but useful if you want to test your device or if you want to write some code to drive it.

I'm a bit slow this month becau...