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Category Archives: My Projects
Make a circle cutting jig for a router in 20 minutes
A nice simple build for using a scrap piece of plywood for making circles with a router. The only thing I noticed is there is no “center hole” to mount the jig with. Note, you see it in the video… … Continue reading
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The one sheet of plywood boat
A few years back I tried to get my kids to build one of these. Its about $30 in materials and I got Home Depot to make all the cuts for me. But…never got the kids interested. Ended up using … Continue reading
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Foldable Bike Trailer
I like this build, a few things I would have done differently thought. I would have raised the sides a bit so they fold over the front/back better. And I would have used something a bit more cheaper than the … Continue reading
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Found a new youtube guy to watch
OK Slingshot channel, King of Random, now Backyard Scientist. This guy in the video makes a pewter sword from a bunch of old pewter he got out of a thrift shop. Looks like a pretty easy build to do over … Continue reading
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Match based rocket….OK totally making some of these
I see a vacation project for my summer vacation. This could be a fun project to make with the kids. Cheap too. http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-a-Matchbox-Rocket-Launching-Kit/
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Optimizing WordPress
Article goes on ways you can speed up your wordpress site. Most of them I knew but one, the gziping of images. That would be good too reduce space as well. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wordpress-blog-too-slow-7-ways-you-can-speed-it-up-again-in-minutes/
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Running Go on Intel Edison
Go, or Go Lang, is a compiled language that is kind of like Java. I started to tinker with Go this summer. I have to say coming from the embedded systems world, I like Go. The article talks about using … Continue reading
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Nice article on stuff to “smartfy” your home
List of several interesting tech you can add to your old home. http://www.engadget.com/2014/07/29/how-to-make-your-dumb-home-smarter-without-spending-a-fortune/?ncid=rss_truncated
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Build a PWM tester
This is going on my list of things to build. The author built a simple Pulse Width Modulator tester with an ATiny, a pot, and a few other misc parts. Well worth doing. I wonder if someone will build/sell the … Continue reading
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Convert your Router into a controller
Nice write-up about how you can re-use old routers (assuming they are DD-WRT compatible) as a networked controller. I have done similar stuff in the past. Its not an RPi, but the routers sometimes can be had for $5 at … Continue reading
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