Collaborate Disseminate
[DandyWorks] had an NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti GPU, and found it was running incredibly hot, with the card’s memory hitting temperatures of 110 °C. He decided to try “copper modding” …read more Continue reading Copper Modding Helps Cool A Toasty GPU
It’s hard to reckon exactly when in history humans became a technological species. Part of that is because the definition of technology is somewhat subjective; if you think making a …read more Continue reading Mining and Refining: Copper, the Metal That Built Technology
We all make mistakes, and there’s no shame in having to bodge a printed circuit board to fix a mistake. Most of us are content with cutting a trace or …read more Continue reading PCB Microsurgery Puts the Bodges Inside the Board
When we think of using a press to form metal we think of large stamps with custom made metal dies under unimaginable hydraulic pressure. It’s unlikely we’d e think of …read more Continue reading Can 3D Printed Press Tools Produce Repeatable Parts?
The use of aluminium in wiring is unlikely to bring a smile to the face of anyone who has had to deal with it in a 1960s, or early 1970s-era …read more Continue reading The Coming Copper Shortage: Aluminium or Carbon Nanotubes to the Rescue?
Whether you’re making, repairing, or hacking something together, we all need fastners. Screws, nuts and bolts, and pop rivets are handy sometimes. Various resins and even hot glue are equally …read more Continue reading Old School Fastener Tutorial Is Riveting
You don’t think of hobby-grade 3D printing as a good method for creating rocket nozzles. But [Mister Highball] managed to create a copper nozzle using a common printer, a kiln, …read more Continue reading 3D Printed Copper Rocket Nozzle Costs Under Two Grand
If the last year and its supply chain problems have taught us anything, it’s the value of having a Plan B, even for something as commoditized as PCB manufacturing has …read more Continue reading Open-Source Method Makes Possible Two-Layer PCBs With Through-Plating at Home
Resin 3D printers have a significant advantage over filament printers in that they are able to print smaller parts with more fine detail. The main downside is that the resin parts aren’t typically as strong or durable as their filament …read more
Continue reading Electroplating 3D Printed Parts for Great Strength
Just when we thought we’d seen it all in the infinity mirror department, [FieldCrafting] blazed a tiny, shiny new trail with their electroplated infinity mirror hair pin. We’d sure like to stick this in our French twist. Fortunately, [FieldCrafting] provided …read more