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33 posts100 ideas project retrospective (2023)
Looking back at 100 days of daily project ideas in 2023, what got built, what got scrapped, and why I burned out doing it.
Read postIdea 085 - Carved wooden postcards
Baltic birch plywood postcards, one for every mammal in BC, mailed through Canada Post.
Read postIdea 070 - CNC Pointillism
A CNC machine with a paintbrush holder that paints a photo as 2mm dots, one dot at a time.
Read postIdea 061 - The Dark Side Of The Moon in a million parts
Generative line drawings in sand, one per song on Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon, drawn by a CNC zen garden.
Read postIdea 052 - Landscape Table
A coffee table with a CNC-cut topographic map in layered plywood, about 6 inches from lowest to highest point, topped with glass.
Read postIdea 051 - Enigma machine kit
A kit that recreates the German Enigma cipher machine using PCBs.
Read postFebruary 2021 brain dump
February 2021 brain dump on getting into birding with a Sigma 150-600mm, plotter twitter projects, and a 52-card bird playing deck plan.
Read postFebruary 2020 brain dump
February 2020 bookmark roundup: pocket operator pinouts, CNC squid kits, maze dice sculptures, photo ideas, and the Hub16 macro pad.
Read postDigital stained glass workshop - Post mortem
Post mortem from the September 2019 digital stained glass workshop at Maker Labs: what worked, what broke, and what six attendees built.
Read postDigital stained glass workshop
A workshop at MakerLabs Vancouver where attendees design a 9x9 inch illuminated stained glass window with WS2811 LEDs and CNC-cut foam.
Read postJun 2019 brain dump
June 2019 bookmarks: a Casper nightlight teardown, the Etch-A-Snap Pi camera, SVG Nest, and stacked paper stained glass.
Read postFeb 2019 brain dump
February 2019 links on Arduino LED projects, an Etch A Sketch CNC, a zombie ESP8266 game, and James Clar's neon art.
Read postNotes from April 2017
April 2017 links: Google AnyPixel, a drinkable tequila cloud, the Cubic Cyphercon puzzle badge, ESP8266 deauther, and Shodan.
Read postLaser cutting in Vancouver
A guide to laser cutting in Vancouver from someone with 4000 hours on the machines: where to cut, who to follow, and which shop to avoid.
Read postNotes from February 2017
February 2017 links: laser-cut art from 1000 Errors, paper beetle kits, Mongoose OS, the USB Killer V3, and the CIA cartography map drops.
Read postNotes from January 2017
January 2017 links: HexCells, the Universal Play Machine, makerjs for laser drawings, Mosquitto MQTT, and Node-RED home automation.
Read postTools and equipment 2016
The software and hardware used in 2016: VS Code, Fusion 360, Wanhao i3, X-Carve, Surface Pro 3, MX Master, and the Makers Notebook.
Read postNovember 2016 interesting link dump
November 2016 link dump: open source car control, ESP8266 MQTT LED controllers, the Maslow CNC, Boldport, and the poop emoji oral history.
Read postAlternatives to the Vancouver Hackspace.
A list of alternatives to Vancouver Hackspace after its community turned toxic, with makerspaces, meetups, and tool libraries.
Read postCNC Zen Garden - Vancouver Maker Faire 2016 Post Mortem
Post mortem of the CNC zen garden at Vancouver Mini Maker Faire 2016: a RAMPS short, skipped steps, and the fixes that worked.
Read postDay 41 - Pocket universe title card
The title panel for the Pocket Universe dome so people 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 38 - Cthulhu panel
A Cthulhu panel for the Pocket Universe dome, planned to get a green-to-purple glow behind it.
Read postDay 37 - Flower of life panel
The Flower of Life panel for the Pocket Universe dome, the most requested design when suggestions were asked for.
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 34 - Spades Panel
A test CNC cut of a spades panel for the Pocket Universe dome, designed by Adam Barlev and possibly too thin for the router.
Read postDay 30 - Large picture frame CNC Panel
A larger picture-frame style CNC panel for the Pocket Universe dome, less liked than 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
The second CNC-cut panel for the Pocket Universe dome, a spiral design.
Read postDay 28 - Hexagon Star CNC Panel
The first CNC-cut hexagon star panel for the Pocket Universe dome, after a full day of design problems at Maker Labs.
Read postPaper cut furniture using SketchChair
Using the open-source SketchChair app to resize chair designs and test-cut them in paper before committing to wood or CNC.
Read postRaspberryPI - Find the MAC address and change the host name
How to find your Raspberry Pi's MAC address and rename its hostname so you can pick it out on a shared network.
Read postLEGO 3D Milling Machine - 3D Printer
A video of a 3D milling machine built entirely out of LEGO.
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