Category Archives: My Projects

Updated sand art display

The author did some updates to his original sand art display bot. https://www.instructables.com/Sand-Art-Display-2/

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Nice CNC build for cutting out of foam

gives me some ideas for converting old 3D printers that have seen better days. Something to think about anyways. https://makezine.com/article/digital-fabrication/building-a-four-axis-foam-cutter-from-hardware-store-parts/

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Simple wind power

I got a kick out of this, basically the author just took a treadmill motor and blades from a fan and made simple wind power device. https://hackaday.com/2021/04/07/the-simplest-wind-turbine-is-the-most-satisfying/

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Leaf blower dust collector

Ok this is a clever build, using many cheap and easy to get parts to make a dust collector and seems to work out. https://www.instructables.com/Dust-Collector-Made-From-a-Leaf-Vacuum/

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Cool knitting machine

It only makes a french braid. But still pretty clever build. https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/french-knitting-machine-video-94850?homelistings#post217012

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making ice candle holders

Interesting build (for outdoors). looks pretty but Ithink I would only do this for special winter outdoor occations https://www.instructables.com/Ice-Luminaries/

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Some power saving projects

A couple times of the year I look at power projects to generate my own electricity. Hasn’t happened yet, I do like this one with arduino to control charge and windpower ( https://www.hackster.io/news/the-best-diy-renewable-energy-projects-on-hackster-e70d36bc05af

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A python compiler

This looks interesting, it’s a native compiler for python.  I do like writing code in python, but its slow to run compared to C/C++. Not sure how good this is yet thought. https://github.com/Omyyyy/pycom

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Add a kill count to a flyswatter

I got a kick out of this one, the author added a kill count to a electric fly swatter to get a count of how many bugs he got.  This project uses an arduino under the hood. https://www.instructables.com/Ultimate-Mosquito-Swatter-Mod-for-Gamer-Add-Kill-C/ https://youtu.be/_ZuR5MYr-M4

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Interesting app for physics lessons

Its called phyhox, seems like a neat app that uses the sensors on the phone for experiments.

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