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Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop
[amazon asin=1101984651&image=http://www.workshopshed.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GoodCleanFun.jpg&template=image] It’s not everyday you get a woodworking book with a song on the back cover. But this is not your ordinary woodworking book and the Offerman Woodshop is not your ordinary woodshop. The Offerman Woodshop is made up
Posted in: Books and Magazine Reviews
A little venture in to electronics – Mechanical prototyping
Following the connection of the mouse and LCD to the arduino, I needed to have something physical to do further testing on. I wanted a design that would require the minimum of machining and would fit with my existing angle
Posted in: Digital rotary table, Electronics
Tags: Arduino, mouse
A little venture with electronics – Mousing
As per wiring up the LCD, the PS2 mouse should again have been a simple process. Again the libraries are provided and there are plenty of examples. I ripped up an old tablet (no drivers for that since Win95) to
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, mouse, ps2
A little venture with electronics – LCD diagnostics and software
So wiring up the LCD and getting it to display some text should have been simple, I had all the bits, the wiring was very straight forward and the libraries for programming were all written. But the screen was just
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, I2C, LCD
A little venture with electronics – Wiring in the LCD
Since my prototyping on the Arduino there’s been an update to the Arduino development software. A couple of the items mentioned in the fixes are strings and the wire library, both of which are likely to be useful in the
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino, I2C, LCD
A little venture with electronics
The chaps from Farnell Element14 have kindly sent me an Arduino Uno to have a look at and experiment with. When the package first arrived, I assumed it was something else as it was no bigger than a pack of
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Arduino
How To Preserve A Window Sill
The window sill plays a vital role in keeping the window durable and preventing the entry of the outdoor elements inside your house.
The Barony A-Frame
The A-Frame can be seen for miles around standing out against the clear blue skies of East Ayrshire. A reminder of the coal industry that once dominated the area. The A-Frame is all that is left of the Barony pithead
Posted in: Inspiration
Tags: coal
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
