Monthly Archives: May 2023

A cheap light bulb changer

For those bulbs up high that you can’t reach. Basically it’s an adapter you add onto a PVC pipe to screw in and out the light bulb. https://www.instructables.com/Changing-a-Chandelier-Light-Bulb-Thats-Too-High-to/

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Another take on the RPi scope, with wifi

Nice extension to the project https://www.instructables.com/PiMSO-A-Raspberry-Pi-based-Wi-Fi-Oscilloscope/

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Making a RPi scope

Not a hard bump ld to do…well hard to find a raspberry pi to use…I may have to think about this for my own builds https://www.instructables.com/PiScope-Raspberry-Pi-based-Oscilloscope/

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Nice router lift

Nice built that uses a standard trim router. Been looking at building my own but trim routers (used and cheap) are hard to find. Full size ones are easier to find. https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/router-lift-video-93194#post211195

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Make a giant rubber band airplane

This thing is big, clever build too. https://hackaday.com/2022/10/06/rubber-band-behemoth-winds-its-way-toward-world-record/

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Insulate the bottom of your heat bed

You know I didn’t think of this before, but its a good idea. The heat bed on a 3D printer will “waste” heat from the bottom, so you waste energy. The author puts insulation on the bottom to help reduce … Continue reading

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Turning a bottle into filament

This was one of the earlier (last year) designs for turning a bottle into filament. Just got around to reading it now. https://hackaday.com/2022/04/28/recycling-plastic-into-filament/

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The poor mans self balancing robot

Neat build, could be something nice to do with kids. https://www.instructables.com/Wheeled-Self-Balancing-Robot-With-Arduino-Uno-L293/

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Using a soda can for holding small parts

Would Ido this? No, too much work, but still its a clever build for a small parts holder https://hackaday.com/2022/05/26/bottoms-up-soda-can-help-with-almost-any-project/

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Make a Marshmellow shooter

Pretty simple build with cheap PVC pipe. https://www.instructables.com/Marshmallow-Shooter-From-PVC-Pipe/

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