Collaborate Disseminate
While not impossible, replicating the machines and processes of a modern semiconductor fab is a pretty steep climb for the home gamer. Sure, we’ve seen it done, but nanoscale photolithography …read more Continue reading Pulsed Deposition Points a Different Path to DIY Semiconductors
If you want to build semiconductors at home, it seems like the best place to start might be to find a used scanning electron microscope on eBay. At least that’s …read more Continue reading Homebrew Electron Beam Lithography with a Scanning Electron Microscope
In today’s value-engineered world, getting a decade of service out of a cordless tool is pretty impressive. By that point you’ve probably gotten your original investment back, and if the …read more Continue reading Unusual Tool Gets an Unusual Repair
With the never ending march of technological progress, arguably the most complex technologies become so close to magic as to be impenetrable to those outside the industry in which they …read more Continue reading Integrated Circuit Manufacturing At Bell Labs In 1983
It’s a fair bet to say that the future of personal transportation will probably be electric. In support of that, every major car manufacturer either has an electric drivetrain option …read more Continue reading Scratch-Built Electric Buggy Tears Up the Dunes
On the shortlist of workshop luxuries, we’d bet a lot of hackers would include an overhead crane. Having the ability to lift heavy loads safely and easily opens up a …read more Continue reading Custom-Fit Small Shop Crane Lightens the Load
Like many of us, [Paul] enjoys occasionally hitching up his tow-behind camper and heading out to the wilderness to get away from it all at his favorite campsite. Unlike the …read more Continue reading Bike On Over To The Campground
It isn’t often we get a project that has an eighteen-year-long timeline, as staying focused on one project for that long is a significant investment of someone’s lifetime. But when …read more Continue reading Making Your Own Mclaren F1 LM
Global supply chain issues are beginning to hit closer to home for the hacker community, as Raspberry Pi has announced their first-ever price increase on their flagship Pi 4. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: October 31, 2021
It’s common wisdom that the lathe is the essential machine tool, and the only one that can make copies of itself. While we won’t argue the primacy of the lathe …read more Continue reading Heavy Metal Lathe Build Doesn’t Spare the Steel