Flux, From Scratch
Soldering flux is (or at least, should be) one of the ubiquitous features of any electronics bench. It serves the purpose of excluding oxygen from a solder joint as it …read more Continue reading Flux, From Scratch
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Retrotechtacular: The Story of Turpentine
If someone in 2023 has ever had much call to use turpentine, chances are good it was something to do with paint or other wood finishes, like varnish. Natural turpentine …read more Continue reading Retrotechtacular: The Story of Turpentine
Magnetic Gearbox, Part 2: Axial Flux Improves Performance
The number of interesting and innovative mechanisms that 3D printing has enabled always fascinates us, and it’s always a treat when one of them shows up in our feeds. This …read more Continue reading Magnetic Gearbox, Part 2: Axial Flux Improves Performance
Whip up Some Homemade Artisanal Flux
You don’t think much about the power company until you flip the lights on and they don’t come on. The same can be said of soldering flux. You don’t think …read more Continue reading Whip up Some Homemade Artisanal Flux
Magnetic Gearbox Design Improvements Are Toothless but Still Cool
Any project that contains something called a “flux modulator” instantly commands our attention. And while we’re pretty sure that [Retsetman] didn’t invent it after hitting his head on the toilet, …read more Continue reading Magnetic Gearbox Design Improvements Are Toothless but Still Cool
Floppy Interfacing Hack Chat with Adafruit
Join us on Wednesday, February 2 at noon Pacific for the Floppy Interfacing Hack Chat with Adafruit’s Limor “Ladyada” Fried and Phillip Torrone! When a tiny fleck of plastic-covered silicon …read more Continue reading Floppy Interfacing Hack Chat with Adafruit
DIY Mechanical Flux Dispenser Syringe Has Fine Control
[Perinski]’s design for a mechanical flux dispenser uses some common hardware and a few 3D printed parts to create a syringe with fine control over just how much of the …read more Continue reading DIY Mechanical Flux Dispenser Syringe Has Fine Control
Reviving Old Recipe for Faraday Wax Keeps Vacuum Experiments Going
Science today seems to be dominated by big budgets and exotics supplies and materials, the likes of which the home gamer has trouble procuring. But back in the day, science …read more Continue reading Reviving Old Recipe for Faraday Wax Keeps Vacuum Experiments Going
Popping the Hood on the Flux Beamo Laser Cutter
While the K40 has brought affordable laser cutting to the masses, there’s no question that it took a lot of sacrifices to hit that sub-$400 price point. There’s a reason that we’ve seen so many upgrades and improvements made to the base model machine, but for the price it’s hard …read more
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Cheap Alternative Solvents for PCB Cleaning
If you’re in the habit of using isopropyl alcohol to clean your PCBs after soldering, you probably have a nice big jug of the stuff stashed away. If you don’t, you’re probably out of luck, since the COVID-19 pandemic has pretty much cleared IPA out of the retail market. But …read more
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