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Lathe – X Axis DRO
Used a $10 Harbor Freight digital caliper to build an X Axis DRO for the Atlas 6 inch lathe. It’s based on an Arduino project called “Caliper Boost” by Rick Sparber – http://rick.sparber.org/ – He was trying to improve the accuracy of cheap calipers, but his code provides the basis for reading data from the […]
WyseCam Enclosures
WyzeCams are inexpensive internet enabled webcams. They are, in theory, for indoor use only. I built enclosures so that they should survive outside. I can have one watch the river and the other the front yard. View-able on the smart phone, and with some side loading, the Kindle and the ReMix OS on the Pine64 […]
Soldering Station
Chris gave me this really cool soldering iron for Christmas. It runs open source software (!) and there is quite the cult, er, community that has grown up around it. I’ve already upgraded the software to the most popular open source contribution, which was so good that I actually sent the developer five bucks (well […]
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Tagged as: Electronics
Jay Lynn’s Cabinet
Here’s the cabinet project. We’re building a cabinet to fit a specific space in a small bathroom. It needs to be angled to fit behind the door. The rough cut birch plywood Gluing up the frame and shelves. Pine front frame. The back (and the doors) are bead board. This is the first […]
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Tagged as: cabinet, woodworking
Fixing the Big Mistake
The fence slipped when I was cutting the rabbit for the back of Jay Lynn’s cabinet. If this was going to be a natural finish I’d have to replace the piece, but since it will be painted, I think I can fix it. It started with a groove and then slipped to the front of […]
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Tagged as: cabinet, repair, woodworking
The Banner Pictures
The banner pictures involve three of my projects: The Annunciator – this is an old annunciator from my grandfathers’s electrical workshop at the American Fabrics Company in Bridgeport, CT. It’s being activated by the Raspberry Pi that’s housing this blog. The Pi scans for emails (and texts routed thorough email via ITTT) and triggers a […]
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Tagged as: annunciator, solar plant, steampunk