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Disguising The PS5 With A Custom Wood And Carbon Fiber Enclosure

Posted on May 26, 2021 by Danie Conradie

The PlayStation 5 has a very distinctive enclosure that some love and others hate. Its design certainly does not lend itself to lying on its side, even though this is …read more Continue reading Disguising The PS5 With A Custom Wood And Carbon Fiber Enclosure→

Posted in Carbon Fibre, custom enclosure, diy perks, Tech Hacks | Tagged Playstation 5, Wood

3D Printed Joystick Using Spherical Flexure Joint

Posted on May 25, 2021 by Danie Conradie

One of the many advancements brought about by 3D printing is the rapid development of compliant mechanisms and flexure joints. One such example is [jicerr]’s joystick, which uses a pair …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Joystick Using Spherical Flexure Joint→

Posted in 3D printable, compliant mechanism, Joystick, peripherals hacks, Tech Hacks

A High Torque 3D Printed Harmonic Drive

Posted on May 24, 2021 by Danie Conradie

Actuators that are powerful, accurate, compact, and cheap are like unicorns. They don’t exist. Yet this is what [3DprintedLife] needed for a robotic camera arm, so he developed a custom …read more Continue reading A High Torque 3D Printed Harmonic Drive→

Posted in 3d printed, harmonic drive, robotic arm, robots hacks, strain wave gear

A High Power Wood Rocket In 5 Days

Posted on May 23, 2021 by Danie Conradie

Getting started with model rocketry is relatively cheap and easy, but as you move up in high power rocketry, there are a few hoops to jump through. To be able …read more Continue reading A High Power Wood Rocket In 5 Days→

Posted in national rocketry association, rocketry, Space, Tech Hacks, Xyla Foxlin

Actively Balancing A Robot With A Gyroscope

Posted on May 17, 2021 by Danie Conradie

Self-balancing robots are a common hacker project, but we don’t often see them using spinning gyroscopes to achieve that balance. Robot master [James Bruton] decided to build a robotic platform …read more Continue reading Actively Balancing A Robot With A Gyroscope→

Posted in balancing robot, gyroscope, james bruton, robots hacks

Homemade Metal Band Saw

Posted on May 7, 2021 by Danie Conradie

As the channel name implies, [Workshop From Scratch] is building a growing list of tools and machines from scratch. His latest edition is a heavy-duty metal band saw. As with …read more Continue reading Homemade Metal Band Saw→

Posted in band saw, metal working, tool hacks, workshop from scratch

Adding MQTT To A Solar Powered PIR Light

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Danie Conradie

The size and price of the ESP wifi modules have quickly made them into one of the preferred building blocks for IoT devices. Unfortunately they are not particularly well suited …read more Continue reading Adding MQTT To A Solar Powered PIR Light→

Posted in ATtiny Hacks, home hacks, mqtt, pir, solar light

Building A Robotic Band To Make Up For Lack Of Practice

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Danie Conradie

Learning to play a musical instrument well requires a significant time investment. [Ivan Miranda] had dreamt of doing this but made peace with the fact that his talents and motivation …read more Continue reading Building A Robotic Band To Make Up For Lack Of Practice→

Posted in hi-hat, ivan miranda, musical hacks, robots hacks, snare drum | Tagged Guitar

Learn Engineering Concepts With Some Cool Animations

Posted on May 6, 2021 by Danie Conradie

All feats of engineering build on a proper understanding of the basic engineering concepts. Learning these concepts from a book or class tends to be a rather uninspiring exercise, unfortunately. …read more Continue reading Learn Engineering Concepts With Some Cool Animations→

Posted in engineering, fea, Science | Tagged Animation

A Wireless Speaker Pair From Dead Earbuds

Posted on May 5, 2021 by Danie Conradie

Building a Bluetooth speaker is easy with the availability of cheap Bluetooth receivers, but surprisingly there isn’t a simple way to build a pair of truly wireless stereo speakers. [Mark] …read more Continue reading A Wireless Speaker Pair From Dead Earbuds→

Posted in diy perks, home entertainment hacks, speakers, Wireless | Tagged Bluetooth

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