Monthly Archives: January 2022

Converting an old trombone into a light fixture

Posted on January 6, 2022 by robertwilkie

Rather interesting idea, if you have old brass instruments that are no longer usable this could be a nice way to re-purpose them. https://www.instructables.com/Touch-Sensitive-Trombone-Light/

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Make a fence shooting board

Posted on January 5, 2022 by robertwilkie

OK first I had to look up what this was, basically its a board that you can change angles on and using a hand planer, plane down the end of a board for a given angle. I like the build … Continue reading →

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Letter to morse code converter

Posted on January 4, 2022 by robertwilkie

Using a Micro:bit, the author basically has a lookup table on it to convert a character (select thru the buttons) to its morris code value. https://www.instructables.com/Morse-De-Coder/

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Interesting adds for a workshop

Posted on January 3, 2022 by robertwilkie

First jig is to hold material down on a drillpress. Not so sure I would do this one. Second jig is an interesting feather board build with PVC pipe for the “feather”. I do like this build, but I think … Continue reading →

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