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If you’re instrumenting your machine tools, or if you’re just curious, you might want to get granular access to the output of a digital micrometer or the like. [Tommy] set …read more Continue reading Digitally Reading a Micrometer’s Output
Direct 3D printing of metal remains out of reach for the hobbyist at the moment, so casting is often the next best thing, particularly given the limitations of 3D printed …read more Continue reading Print Wave Metal Casting
The smell of resin SLA printing is like the weather — everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. At least until now, as [Aris Alder] tackles the …read more Continue reading Keep Your Lungs Clean and Happy with a DIY Supplied-Air Respirator
Non-contact infrared (IR) thermometers used to be something of an exotic tool, but thanks at least in part due to the COVID-19 pandemic, they’re now the sort of thing you …read more Continue reading Building an IR Thermometer That Fits on Your Keychain
There are so many new cool MCUs coming out, and you want to play with all of them, but, initially, they tend to be accessible as bare chips. Devboards might …read more Continue reading Try Out MCUs With This Jumperable TSSOP20 Adapter
When faced with the offer of free machining equipment, there is no realistic way to say ‘no’. This is how [Anthony Kouttron]’s brother [Thomas] got to pick up a large 1990s-era …read more Continue reading Reviving a Free 1990s Millport CNC Vertical Mill
While we generally prefer to bring our readers as much information about a project as possible, sometimes we just have to go with what we see. That generally happens with …read more Continue reading A Brief Look Inside a Homebrew Digital Sampler from 1979
We’re not completely sure why [Fraens] needs to label so many glass bottles at home. Perhaps he’s brewing his own beer, or making jams. Whatever the reason is, it was …read more Continue reading 3D Printing a Bottle Labeling Assembly Line
If you’re like us, the oscilloscope on your bench is nothing special. The lower end of the market is filled with cheap but capable scopes that get the job done, …read more Continue reading This Open Source Active Probe Won’t Break the Bank
If you’ve ever used a CNC router or mill, you’ll know how many little things need to go right before you get anything resembling acceptable results. We could (and probably …read more Continue reading OpenSCAD Cranks out Parametric CNC Clamps