A cheap light bulb changer

Posted on May 29, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 26, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 25, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 24, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 23, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 22, 2023 by robertwilkie

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 that cost. Not a bad idea.

https://www.makeuseof.com/make-your-3d-printer-power-efficient-and-reduce-energy-bill/

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Turning a bottle into filament

Posted on May 19, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 18, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 17, 2023 by robertwilkie

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

Posted on May 12, 2023 by robertwilkie

Pretty simple build with cheap PVC pipe.

https://www.instructables.com/Marshmallow-Shooter-From-PVC-Pipe/

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