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Custom Clamshell Cyberdeck Shows Off Underlighting

Posted on February 13, 2026 by Donald Papp

Cyberdecks are great projects, and [Salim Benbouziyane]’s scratch-built CM Deck is a fantastic specimen. It’s a clamshell-style cyberdeck with custom split keyboard, trackpad, optional external WiFi antenna, and some slick …read more Continue reading Custom Clamshell Cyberdeck Shows Off Underlighting→

Posted in clamshell, cyberdeck, Cyberdecks, diy, hardware design, QMK, Raspberry Pi

Making Effective, Affordable Water Level Monitors

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Donald Papp

Water wells are simple things, but that doesn’t mean they are maintenance-free. It can be important to monitor water levels in a well, and that gets complicated when the well …read more Continue reading Making Effective, Affordable Water Level Monitors→

Posted in green hacks, load cell, strain gauge, water monitor, water sensor, well monitor

DIY Wall-Plotter Does Generative Art, But Not As We Know It

Posted on February 12, 2026 by Donald Papp

[Teddy Warner]’s GPenT (Generative Pen-trained Transformer) project is a wall-mounted polargraph that makes plotter art, but there’s a whole lot more going on than one might think. This project was …read more Continue reading DIY Wall-Plotter Does Generative Art, But Not As We Know It→

Posted in generative art, Machine Learning, plotter, Polargraph | Tagged Art

Welding Nuts Inside Metal Tubes, Painlessly

Posted on February 7, 2026 by Donald Papp

[Jer Schmidt] needed a way to put a lot of M8 bolts into a piece of square steel tubing, but just drilling and tapping threads into the thin steel wouldn’t …read more Continue reading Welding Nuts Inside Metal Tubes, Painlessly→

Posted in diy, how-to, metalwork, threaded hole, tool hacks, welding

Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in a Bash Script

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Donald Papp

Have you ever dreamed of making a bash script that assembles Intel 8080 machine code? [Chris Smith] did exactly that when he created xa.sh, a cross-assembler written entirely in Bourne …read more Continue reading Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in a Bash Script→

Posted in assembly language, Bash script, bourne shell, linux hacks, software hacks

Gimmick Sunglasses Become Easy Custom Helmet Visor

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Donald Papp

[GizmoThrill] shows off a design for an absolutely gorgeous, high-fidelity replica of the main character’s helmet from the video game Satisfactory. But the best part is the technique used to …read more Continue reading Gimmick Sunglasses Become Easy Custom Helmet Visor→

Posted in 3d printed, cosplay, custom helmet, diy, how-to, sunglasses, wearable hacks

Detecting Helium Leaks with Sound in a Physics-Based Sensor

Posted on February 5, 2026 by Donald Papp

Helium is inert, which makes it useful in a lot of different industries. But helium’s colorless and odorless non-reactivity also means traditional gas sensing methods don’t work. Specialized detectors exist, …read more Continue reading Detecting Helium Leaks with Sound in a Physics-Based Sensor→

Posted in Acoustic Sensing, gas leak, Science, topological | Tagged Helium

Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With a Single Motor

Posted on February 3, 2026 by Donald Papp

[XYZAiden]’s concept for a flexible robotic gripper might be a few years old, but if anything it’s even more accessible now than when he first prototyped it. It uses only …read more Continue reading Print-in-Place Gripper Does It With a Single Motor→

Posted in 3d printed, flexible filament, gripper, Robotics, robots hacks, servo

Need a Curved Plastic Mesh? Print Flat, Curve Later

Posted on January 31, 2026 by Donald Papp

Need a plastic mesh in a custom pattern? 3D print it, no problem. But what if one needs a curved plastic mesh? That’s considerably harder to 3D print, but [Uncle Jessy]’s …read more Continue reading Need a Curved Plastic Mesh? Print Flat, Curve Later→

Posted in 3d printed, 3d Printer hacks, heat gun, plastic mesh, thermoforming

Do Expensive Filaments Make 3D Printed Wrenches Better?

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Donald Papp

What filament is strongest? The real answer is “it depends”, but sometimes you have a simple question and you just want a simple answer. Like, which material makes the best …read more Continue reading Do Expensive Filaments Make 3D Printed Wrenches Better?→

Posted in 3d printed, 3d Printer hacks, load testing, tool hacks, wrench | Tagged Carbon Fiber

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