My Projects Work In Progress
I try not to have too many projects on the go at once but often making one project requires me to make a different tool or fixture to complete the project.
A rotary table using a magnetic sensor to measure the angles
Digital rotary table
The project was devised to take advantages of the features that were available on the Azure Sphere board, namely the GPIO and UART. For more details of the electronics, see
Element14. As the project stalled due to the immaturity of the SDK at the time, it was shifted over to an Arduino MKR board and written up as the
Getting your bearings project for Diyode magazine. The compass also formed the central topic of a talk about the Joy of Making given to the Microsoft Garage in
Prague.
IOTCompass
Initially created for the AI squirting sunflower project for HackSpace magazine, I decided to develop the jumbo servo in more detail. It won a Project14 prize and was also the topic of a talk at the British computer society.
Jumbo Servo
A clamp tool for the lathe to form knurls
Knurling Tool
A Stirling Engine based on the plans of Jan Ridders
Stirling Engine
A clamp with parallel jaws controlled by two screws, makes for a good learning project and is a very useful addition to any workshop.
Tool Maker's Clamps
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July 26, 2021

To go with the N-Gauge Pub sign, I needed an N-Gauge Pub, so I ordered a cardboard kit and some glue and assembled it one evening.
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Materials: Cardboard
Tags: kit
April 19, 2017

I’ve started on a new challenge with Element14. The idea is to take some old electronics and make something better from it. In my case I’ve an old RC car and a Furby. My project is to turn these into
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