Taking a short side quest away from the photo box project to build some workshop infrastructure with my #plasbeams. Any guesses as to what this set of parts will become?
Side quest complete! This weekend I have made a fully 3D printed jig for putting heat-set threaded inserts into plastic using a standard, unmodified soldering iron. Total cost is maybe $20 of threaded inserts, nuts, bolts, chicago screws, some big wood screws, and some very inexpensive PLA. (Plus a 20mm diameter soldering iron, and a single wooden shelf from IKEA.)
Photos here are stills from a video that will appear in the next post down!
Hier, der Herr @nblr hatte neulich mal eine Lötstation empfohlen.
Welche war das denn gleich? Ich hab hier mit meinem Tauchsieder, der sich Lötkolben schimpft, nicht so viel Freude. Benutzung zwar nur sporadisch, aber man will trotzdem nicht mit so einem Schrott arbeiten müssen.
I’m setting up a soldering station to finish building my new open source mouse from Ploopy. I purchased some vintage billiard balls to I have an “eight ball” as it was out of stock when I ordered mine and I 3D printed my own case in PETG with two tone colors.
I just have to solder the sensor to the board and assemble it, but since I’ll have so many billiard balls as 1.75” is hard to find and non standard I may make another for the office.
Think I’m finally going to get around to cleaning the house starting this weekend. I also am going to solder my new open source mouse I was building and just 3D printing a new case with better colors and ordered an 8 ball for the trackball mouse.
I’ll soon have to tear down both of my 3D printers for maintenance and one is clogged as well.
So, last week I broke a mechanical key on my keyboard.
Today, I soldered a new mechanical switch back on.
It was the "Esc" key, so it was pretty important.
Anyways, I also added small plastic rings to each key as well.
When this keyboard returns to work on Monday... my cubicle-mates will appreciate my near silent keystrokes! No more will they have to deal with the 'thock' of MX-reds.
What's the easiest way to switch multiple power sinks (most likely 3) on or off depending on a signal (probably between 3 and 5V) being high or low? Vin will also be 5V.
Is there some kind of IC I could use for that? Not familiar with terms I need to look for. #electronics#soldering#diy
7PM Pacific (two hours from now) I'll be doing a relaxing, no frills build #stream of my latest samd21pad macropad #keyboard PCBs to verify some final tweaks to them. Come join me at https://twitch.tv/petejohanson to see some fun drag #soldering action.
The PSP battery mod works nicely and the bluetooth board fits nicely in the free space.. There even is enough space left for some microSD storage slits! :3
Once I tested the bluetooth audio mod only the USB-C power mod needs to be done (which is rather easy, it's simply a new plug). And the microSD storage 3D model, of course. #retro#gaming#modding#diy#soldering#Sony#Playstation#PSP
so if your #Logitech M570 #trackball, praise be upon it, starts having issues with not recognizing your clicks or double-clicking when you don't mean to,
this is the microswitch you should replace under the button.
A few bucks apiece, but if you have half a dozen of these trackballs lying around your house because your whole family uses them, $2 to renew the trackball is much better than $35 for a new one.
Upgrades from the weekend:
Exhibit A: 3D-Printed cancer prevention oilbath (keeps FR4 particles from getting airborne) build motivated by @srslypascal Exhibit B: first steps in applyig solder mask. I struggle with process control. I think my laser-printed transparencies do not create enough shade, thus overexpose the soldermask.
I made a new blog post, and in it I show how I build a device to monitor the voltage of a 12V battery and share it over the Internet. Something that might be useful for remote astrophotography rigs or when building off-grid power installations. I'm using a Raspberry Pi Pico and some basic circuitry to make it all work. Take a look!
Ab und an Räume ich mal meine Schreibtische auf. Das Problem ist nur, danach traue ich mich immer nicht, irgendwas zu basteln. Man will es ja nicht direkt wieder unordentlich haben. Wie sieht eure Bastelecke aus? #electronics#workshop#workspace#hacking#soldering