Archive for December, 2015
2015 – A winning year
My main plan for 2015 was to built a little Stirling Engine based on a design from Model Engineer with some tweaks and castings. However even in January I was distracted by other projects. The Cel Robox 3D printer I’d
Posted in: Yearly Review
Conductive Paint and Threaded Inserts
Thanks to Rachel Lancaster from It’s All Geek to me I’ve had the chance to try out the Christmas cards from Bare Conductive. The set has three cards, a Santa, Flash (Rudolf’s lesser known cousin) and a Polar bear. There
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: conductive paint
Christmas Tree Trinket
My work colleague joked that I should not be let near the Christmas fairy lights as I’d probably “hook a microcontroller to them”. I’d not actually thought of this before but as the gauntlet had been thrown down I thought
Posted in: Christmas Tree Trinket, Electronics
Materials: Plywood
Tags: 3mm ply, Adafruit, Hobbycraft, LEDs, Oomlout, Trinket
Model Engineer’s Workshop 236
My report on the World Maker Faire 2015 in New York can be seen in Model Engineer’s Workshop 236, available online, at WHSmiths and all good newsagents.
Posted in: Exhibition
Tags: MEW
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
