Year of Making
101 postsDay 100 - ESP8266 IFTTT button
An ESP8266 internet button that fires IFTTT recipes, built for an upcoming VHS workshop.
Read postDay 99 - VHS LED Wall
Pattern tests for the firefly room running on the VHS LED wall installation.
Read postDay 98 - Rainbow halloween hat
A Halloween hat in progress with NeoPixel LEDs driven by an Arduino.
Read postDay 97 - Giant fox mask
A 1.5-metre coroplast version of the Wintercroft fox mask, built during a VHS giant fox head build night.
Read postDay 96 - This is a not bomb
A sous vide PID temperature controller box with LEDs, seven-segment displays, and a relay. Not a bomb.
Read postDay 95 - IStandWithAhmed workshop
Source code for the IStandWithAhmed workshop, a binary count-up clock with a WS2811 strip and Arduino.
Read postDay 94 - Radiant acrylic fox mask
A laser-cut acrylic Wintercroft fox mask for Burning Man, ruined by Gorilla Glue foaming under the panels.
Read postDay 93 - Burning man belt
A NeoPixel LED belt built for Burning Man that cycles through colour patterns.
Read postDay 92 - Yellow jacket
A laser-cut wood yellow jacket in a top hat for the Fancy Bugs Burning Man series, made at VHS.
Read postDay 91 - Cockroach
A laser-cut wood American cockroach wearing a top hat for the Fancy Bugs Burning Man series.
Read postDay 90 - Blowfly
A laser-cut wood blowfly in a top hat for the Fancy Bugs Burning Man series, made at VHS.
Read postDay 89 - Jumping spider
A laser-cut wood jumping spider with a top hat, another entry in the Fancy Bugs Burning Man series.
Read postDay 88 - Preying mantis
A laser-cut wood praying mantis wearing a top hat, part of the Fancy Bugs series for Burning Man.
Read postDay 87 - Burning man plaque
A large map of Black Rock City for camp visitors to mark cool spots with push pins and flags.
Read postDay 86 - Fox head mask
A low-poly Wintercroft fox head mask cut from coroplast, ready for mirrored acrylic panels.
Read postDay 85 - Mustaches
Laser-cut mustache pendants strung on ribbons, hung from the dome roof as Burning Man gifts.
Read postDay 84 - MeeBox
A nesting laser-cut gift box for Burning Man, sitting in the dome for people to trade trinkets in and out of.
Read postDay 83 - Mario coins
Mario coins and coin boxes that did not turn out, passed along to a kids camp to play with.
Read postDay 82 - Visualization of DNA
A Processing-generated visualization of my 23andMe DNA data, to be laser engraved on the MeeBox for Burning Man.
Read postDay 81 - Voronoi tower
A 20 by 10 inch laser-cut prototype of a voronoi pylon lantern, aiming for a 7-foot final version.
Read postDay 80 - Double 3D printed horn
Double 3D printed unicorn horns with glowing LEDs, built at VHS for a Burning Man costume.
Read postDay 79 - 3D printed horn
A glow-in-the-dark 3D printed unicorn horn for Burning Man, with colour-changing LEDs to be added later.
Read postDay 78 - Samuria Jack paper craft
A failed Samurai Jack layered paper cut with mixed-up layers and a too-small Aku, queued for another attempt.
Read postDay 77 - Little red riding hood paper craft
A Little Red Riding Hood layered paper scene with trees worth doing more of, plus a misplaced wolf.
Read postDay 76 - Princess Mononoke paper craft
Layered paper kodama from Princess Mononoke, with 5mm layer spacing that works better than the old 10mm.
Read postDay 75 - Moose layered paper craft
A layered paper moose with antlers too thin to stand up, popular enough on Instagram to deserve a second try.
Read postDay 74 - Iron giant layered paper craft
Two-layer and three-layer paper craft Iron Giant, with the two-layer version reading better.
Read postDay 73 - AT-Walker layered paper craft
A three-layer paper craft AT-AT with notes on tightening the 10mm layer spacing down to 5mm.
Read postDay 72 - fairy door workshop
Group photo from the fairy door workshop at VHS, with a longer write-up coming on the hackspace blog.
Read postDay 71 - fairy door painting
All the workshop fairy doors get a coat of primer before paint day.
Read postDay 70 - fairy door off cuts
Messing around with leftover wood off-cuts from the fairy door workshop to see what they want to be.
Read postDay 69 - Installing fairy door two
A photo set of bad spots where fairy doors do not work, the counterpoint to the good locations post.
Read postDay 68 - Installing fairy door
A photo set of good spots around Vancouver to install tiny magic fairy doors.
Read postDay 67 - Testing fairy door
Sample fairy doors built with friends to test designs for the upcoming Magic Fairy Door workshop.
Read postDay 66 - Pointy fairy door
A pointy-arch fairy door design, too small to use but with a shape worth keeping for the next round.
Read postDay 65 - Curved fairy door
A curved fairy door by @ninetynein, tricky to hinge but the shape works.
Read postDay 64 - Barrel fairy door
A barrel-shaped fairy door by @ninetynein that ended up looking more like an elevator.
Read postDay 63 - Brick fairy door
A brick-textured fairy door by @ninetynein, shaped to inspire kids before they paint over it.
Read postDay 62 - Triangle fairy door
A triangle fairy door by @ninetynein with a space-age 60s neo-future look.
Read postDay 61 - flintstone fairy door
A Flintstones-style fairy door by @ninetynein with lots of room for kids to decorate.
Read postDay 60 - fancy fairy door
A fancy laser-cut fairy door by @ninetynein, this run came out wrong and needs a recut.
Read postDay 59 - Hobbit fairy door two
The original plain hobbit fairy door with a straight left edge that fits hinges well.
Read postDay 58 - Hobbit fairy door
A hobbit-style fairy door designed by @ninetynein, looks great but a bit fiddly to assemble.
Read postDay 57 - fairy door normal
Plain fairy doors with extra surface area for kids to decorate at the workshop.
Read postDay 56 - fairy door magic
Smaller versions of the magic fairy door, sized down from the original Day 33 build.
Read postDay 55 - fairy door arch
An arched fairy door cut for the upcoming fairy door workshop, designed by @ninetynein.
Read postDay 54 - Lasers letters
A set of laser-cut letters with source files posted to GitHub.
Read postDay 53 - Testing LED strips
Testing WS2812b LED strips driven by Arduino Pro Minis in prep for BITF.
Read postDay 52 - Set up at maker faire
Photos from setting up the LED panel booth at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2015.
Read postDay 51 - Circles panel
A laser-cut wooden panel with a circles pattern for the LED light wall.
Read postDay 50 - Unfinished panel
An unfinished laser-cut wooden panel from the LED light wall build.
Read postDay 49 - Branches panel
A laser-cut wooden panel with a tree-branches pattern, a favorite from the LED panel series.
Read postDay 48 - Maze panel
A laser-cut wooden panel with a maze pattern for the LED light wall.
Read postDay 47 - Twelve sided star
A laser-cut wooden panel with a twelve-sided star pattern for the LED light wall.
Read postDay 46 - Voronoi pattern panel
A laser-cut wooden panel with a Voronoi cell pattern, part of the LED panel series.
Read postDay 45 - LED strip test
A short test video of an LED strip running animations for the Pocket Universe dome.
Read postDay 44 - LEDs and Electronics installed in button panel
Wired LEDs and sound electronics into the button panel, with the Raspberry Pi triggering 50+ effects at once.
Read postDay 43 - Installing leds in the Hexagon star panel
Installed the LED strips behind the hexagon star panel from day 27, animations start tomorrow.
Read postDay 42 - All pixel build day
Built the AllPixel LED driver kit from Maniacal Labs to drive all the LEDs on the Pocket Universe dome.
Read postDay 41 - Pocket universe title card
The title panel for the Pocket Universe dome so people actually know what the project is called when they walk up.
Read postDay 40 - Hyperbolic triangle
A hyperbolic triangle panel cut as another piece for the Pocket Universe dome project.
Read postDay 39 - Inside of the dome
Inside the Pocket Universe dome: 3200 WS2810 LEDs across 10 networked Arduinos, with sound and buttons still to wire.
Read postDay 38 - Cthulhu panel
A Cthulhu panel for the Pocket Universe dome, planned to get a green-to-purple glow behind it for a demonic effect.
Read postDay 37 - Flower of life panel
The Flower of Life panel for the Pocket Universe dome, by far the most requested design when I asked for suggestions.
Read postDay 36 - Arcade button panel
An arcade button panel for the Pocket Universe dome, wired to lights and sounds and rebuilt after Maker Faire.
Read postDay 35 - Spades panel variant 2
A second variant of the spades panel test cut for the Pocket Universe dome, based on a design from Adam Barlev.
Read postDay 32 - Music thank you card
A laser-cut music thank-you card for a friend's wedding, 8 minutes to design and 45 seconds to cut.
Read postDay 33 - Painted fairy door
A painted fairy door test piece for an upcoming workshop, built from the template I made on day 24.
Read postDay 34 - Spades Panel
Test CNC cut of a spades panel for the Pocket Universe dome, designed by Adam Barlev and maybe too thin for the router.
Read postDay 31 - Laser branch panel
A 70cm laser-cut panel of tangled branches, made to drop into one of the CNC frame panels on the dome.
Read postDay 30 - Large picture frame CNC Panel
A larger picture-frame style CNC panel for the Pocket Universe dome, though I prefer the smaller one from day 29.
Read postDay 29 - Picture frame CNC Panel
A CNC-cut picture-frame panel for the Pocket Universe dome, with a hole in the middle for a laser-cut insert.
Read postDay 28 - Spiral panel CNC
Second CNC-cut panel for the Pocket Universe dome, a spiral design and my favourite so far.
Read postDay 28 - Hexagon Star CNC Panel
First CNC-cut hexagon star panel for the Pocket Universe dome, after a full day of fighting design issues at Maker Labs.
Read postDay 26 - L3D cube build
Built the L3D Cube kit, a small 8x8x8 RGB LED cube with a diffuser dome that is fun to play with.
Read postDay 25 - Maker business card
An abandoned maker business card design after the Maker Faire print sponsorship fine print proved unworkable.
Read postDay 24 - Elven fairy door
A revised elven fairy door test cut that improves on the day 9 attempts for the NSG project.
Read postDay 23 - Spiral panel
A spiral Pocket Universe panel test cut in paper after running out of wood, designed by Adam Barlev.
Read postDay 22 - triangl line panel
A triangle-line Pocket Universe panel cut in wood on the VHS laser cutter, designed by Adam Barlev.
Read postDay 21 - Arcade button midi control
Four hours of crimping and soldering get the day-3 arcade button MIDI controller wired to a Teensy and noisy.
Read postDay 20 - LEDs working Untztrument trellis midi kit
The Adafruit Untztrument trellis kit from day 4 with its LEDs and brain finally wired up and playing.
Read postDay 19 - failed maze panel
A maze-pattern Pocket Universe panel test where the paths only connect at one point, too fragile to keep.
Read postDay 18 - Failed array panel
A test-cut Pocket Universe panel that came out too flimsy to use, rejected.
Read postDay 17 - Tiny Star panel array
A dense tiny-star test panel for the Pocket Universe, likely too detailed for the ShotBot and due for a redesign.
Read postDay 16 - Star panel two
A second star-pattern test panel cut for the Pocket Universe dome project.
Read postDay 13 - Layered paper craft dragon
A layered paper shadow puppet picture frame cut on the VHS laser cutter as a test for more complex scenes.
Read postDay 15 - Arcade button panel
A test-cut Pocket Universe panel with arcade-button holes, half to be swapped for matching LEDs.
Read postDay 14 - Test polyhedron
A paper trapezohedron test for a planned set of twelve laser-cut wooden lantern shapes lit with LEDs.
Read postDay 12 - Test panels
Rejected paper panel designs for the Pocket Universe dome, one too flimsy and the others too plain to make the final cut.
Read postDay 10 - Hexagon Star
A small hexagon star test cut for the Pocket Universe dome, made on the VHS laser before scaling up on the Maker Labs ShopBot.
Read postDay 11 - String Star
A string-star test panel for the Pocket Universe dome, cut on the VHS laser to preview the design at small scale.
Read postDay 9 - Fairy doors
First three laser-cut fairy door prototypes for an upcoming VHS workshop, with a round hobbit door as the keeper.
Read postDay 8 - Moster mustache
A mustached monster vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 7 - Moster dog
A monster dog vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 6 - Moster lizard
A monster lizard vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 5 - Moster frog
A monster frog vector traced from a picture book and laser-cut in acrylic at VHS.
Read postDay 4 - Untztrument trellis midi kit
Adafruit Untztrument trellis MIDI kit built in a laser-cut acrylic case for wireless dome lighting control.
Read postDay 3 - Arcade button midi controller
An Arduino Leonardo wired to laser-cut arcade buttons as a MIDI controller for the Pocket Universe dome lighting.
Read postDay 2 - 20x hexagon
Twenty laser-cut hexagons taped together around a single light source, made on the VHS laser as a light study.
Read postDay 1 - Fractal Triangle
A laser-cut fractal triangle of 96 small, 36 medium, and 9 large triangles in 3mm birch ply, assembled with 250+ zap straps.
Read postLaser cut Frabjous
A laser-cut Frabjous sculpture by George W. Hart, scaled from 4mm to 6mm birch and given to my mother for Christmas.
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