When I released the video with the scripts for making the signs it was pointed out that because I had moved from processing in 3D to 2D I could replace the minkowski command with the offset command.
It shaves some lines of code off the scrip...
2022-06-25 01:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a while since I've made a video about customising solar garden lights.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hPsVURhRZw
This one from Poundland is actu...
2022-06-24 17:39:22 +0000 UTC View Post
A quicky to celebrate rolling over 900K subscribers on the main channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1-60EyLNRI
2022-06-23 19:28:49 +0000 UTC View Post
A video to show how to charge salvaged lithium cells properly, as opposed to the apparent trend of stripping a USB lead and using that to grossly overcharge them!
That you can repair magnetrons. Not that I recommend doing it unless you really know the hazards of working with instant-death microwave circuitry.
I popped my porridge (oatmeal) into the microwave, pressed start and was re...
2022-06-22 05:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Due to the spiralling costs of fuel and materials, the owners of the Isle of Man's main bakery decided to cut their losses and close it.
2022-06-21 16:05:48 +0000 UTC View Post
This is the unit I showed in one of the live streams. I got it to check out internally for consideration as a compact high current power supply for costume lighting where it will need to supply 12V at fairly high current for a short period o...
2022-06-20 05:36:23 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't think it's the circuitry that is the special thing about this. It's the use of what may be standard zinc-air cells as used in hearing aids, but the cells are used in a very strange way.
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEN7glMGBQA
2022-06-18 14:23:17 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bg6RjUhGE
2022-06-16 20:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post
It almost seems like 10 minutes of anticlimax after the amount of work I put into the script!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7AAI3ltN68
Deep down I k...
2022-06-16 00:19:55 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2bg6RjUhGE
2022-06-15 19:45:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Well this turned out well. I've modified the script to give consistent wall thickness regardless of angle, give gently rounded exterior corners to sharp letters and by using 2D minkowski processing and then extruding the resultant shape upwa...
2022-06-14 02:13:15 +0000 UTC View Post
This little light was included as a gift with an online purchase. It turns out that it's a very common and sensibly designed light, perfect for general use and especially as a backup for emergency use.
Tonight's task is rewriting the openscad sign maker scripts.
If everything goes to plan the new script will slightly round sharp corners, provide more consistent wall thickness on angled surfaces and best of all, will potentially reduce rend...
2022-06-13 13:36:16 +0000 UTC View Post
There are probably many uses for these, and they do operate at 120V with reduced power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-dVK5JxRTGI
When power is appli...
2022-06-13 13:31:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLF0bwRxv00
2022-06-09 23:26:25 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEFgZDBXoo
2022-06-09 20:16:43 +0000 UTC View Post
A little extra stream while I'm waiting for tests to finish 3D printing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acEFgZDBXoo
This stream will probably be about...
2022-06-09 19:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Spoiler for an upcoming video with scripts.
There are two scripts. The first one makes a sign box of any height and depth you can print, and the second one makes a matching face for it.
The script should work with any font that o...
2022-06-09 03:37:38 +0000 UTC View Post
For some bizarre reason the disastrous steak and kidney pie video was really popular.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWQ0dexKhOo
So to buck the trend ...
2022-06-09 02:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post
This video ended up being mostly about the electronic ballast for the UVA tube. But the unit is quite simple and interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch...
2022-06-09 02:17:39 +0000 UTC View PostIf you've noticed a slight pause in the content it's because I've been engrossed in a few projects simultaneously. Just about to make a technical product video while the 3D printer makes another prototype for the project that is going to mak...
2022-06-08 20:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Unless they intended to make an ioniser that is more suited to low level ozone production, I get the feeling that this isn't the best design.
2022-06-06 20:32:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's the link to the weekend stream:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW1wGHhXdiY
2022-06-04 04:20:33 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFGHz35tGY
2022-06-02 20:03:34 +0000 UTC View Post
It took much longer to reverse engineer the battery circuitry than it did to dismantle the mechanical part of this tool.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0IxzP-P...
2022-06-02 05:02:34 +0000 UTC View Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diFGHz35tGY
2022-06-02 04:08:08 +0000 UTC View Post
An unusual and interesting device.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y14B18OMBF8
The way it works is not what I was expecting at all. It has strong...
2022-06-01 03:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a ninja, and it unleashes stealthy farts when it detects light movement in the room.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOw27bCi1jA
Quite a loud fart...
2022-05-30 05:22:36 +0000 UTC View Post