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Half the paper is dried and being pressed flat and the rest needs another day to dry. I was hoping to get another batch done but work keeps getting in the way. 🙄
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The best microcontroller thing I did last year was build this little kit that fits in a 3D printed rugged box and covers close to 90% of things I need to deal with for the products I sell & support.
I can easily throw it in my bag when I'm on the road, otherwise it sits on my desk where I can quickly grab it to test something.
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opportunity for a hardware/mech/process engineer to join a #ClimateTech startup, in Falmouth UK. The team are excellent folk, working on a neglected problem (capturing SF6 emissions from substations) to make a properly net zero grid. Might suit a #maker type who likes living by the sea?

Made some prints this weekend…
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I was thinking about making/sewing my own bag but I got stuck on the closure because I kept thinking about zippers... but that's the beauty of a roll top bag, all you need is a buckle!
Heck, I could probably just 3D print one. (Though they also seem to be really cheap to just purchase them.)
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I've got more design work to do but I am making good progress on the handheld two button controller.
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Handlebar brackets are done… I’ll mount the board on it tomorrow.
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Sometimes you forget to measure something precisely but it all still works out in the end.
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Making progress on this 3D printed handlebar clamp for the Beat Bike…
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A little more progress on the Beat Bike… switch connected to controller with TRS cable.
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Sometimes I miss building ridiculous electronic/noise sculptures...
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Click Whir Squee
Occasionally I show up at Milwaukee Makerspace with no clear idea of what might happen when I'm there. This piece, titled "Click Whir Squee" is the result of one such visit. Another member brought in a box of old computer hardware, including a Hewlett Packard Colorado T100E Tape Backup Drive. Being a fan of old [...]

Get excited, work on a project, get distracted, work on other projects, remember the original project, get back to working on it…
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I'm bad at making more organic shapes in OpenSCAD but this is progress so far on a custom "nunchuck" style controller someone asked for.
The buttons would get inserted with wires coming out the bottom to solder into place... then I'd need some sort of small piece to mount the microcontroller to and slide up through the bottom, secured with a screw, probably.
Probably a better way so I'll keep trying!

Whew! Mistakes were made, but I got the dashboard of the Beat Bike put together. I can now pedal to set the tempo while I live program the drum machine. (No video of programming yet because I had to hold the phone up high!)
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One more test of the Beat Bike, a bike that controls the tempo of a drum machine with your pedaling...
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