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Here’s a fun quick hack from [Timo Birnschein] about using the 3D laser engraving (or ‘stamp’ engraving) mode of certain laser cutter toolchains to create a handy countersink shape in …read more Continue reading Quick Hacks: Countersinking Screw Heads With 3D Laser Engraving
[Advanced Tinkering] needed a source of fresh ozone for some future chemistry related projects, and since buying an off-the-shelf unit would be, well, just plain boring, it was obvious what …read more Continue reading A Super Simple DIY Ozone Generator
Robotic mowers are becoming a common sight in some places, enabled by the cost of motors and the needed control electronics being much lower, thanks to the pace of modern …read more Continue reading OpenMower: Open Source Robotic Lawn Mower With RTK GPS
3D printer belt tension seems like a simple thing to deal with — you set the tension and then check it’s good now and then. If it gets really loose, …read more Continue reading 3D Printering: Don’t Tune To A Middle ‘C’ After All
We’ve seen this funky dual disk polar printer already recently, but [Heinz Loepmeier] has been busy working on it, so here’s an update. The primary focus here is nozzleboss, a …read more Continue reading Texture Map GCode Directly In Blender With NozzleBoss
[Tony Liechty] has been having a few issues getting into CNC machining — starting with a simple router, he’s tripped over the usual beginners’ problems, you know, things like alignment …read more Continue reading CNC Toolpath Visualisation With OpenCV
[Advanced Tinkering] over on YouTube has some pretty unique content, on subjects of chemistry and physics that are a little more, interesting let’s say — anyone fancy distilling cesium? The …read more Continue reading Peltier Cloud Chamber Produces Some Lovely Trails
Ten years ago the concept of having on our desks an affordable 3D printer knocking out high quality reproducible prints, with sub-mm accuracy, in a wide range of colours and …read more Continue reading DIY SLS 3D Printer Getting Ready To Print
[Marcio Teixeira] needed to recap an old Apple Macintosh motherboard, and came across a simple hack to use common paper staples as a temporary heat shield (video, embedded below) during …read more Continue reading Quick Hacks: Using Staples When Recapping Motherboards
Scanning electron microscopes are one of those niche instruments that most of us don’t really need all the time, but would still love to have access to once in a …read more Continue reading Home Made Scanning Electron Microscope Show Some Potential