Fillets and bitbanging
This week there’s been some more work on the IOTCompass project. I realised that the GPS and Compass module actually had two connectors. A serial one for the GPS functionality and a separate I2C based compass module. The SDK for
Posted in: IOTCompass
Tags: AzureSphere, CAD, I2C
IOT Compass
A project I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks is the IOT Compass. It’s mostly software and electronics so I’ve been writing my build up on the Element14 community and posting the code on Github. The idea
Posted in: IOTCompass
Tags: CAD
Washing Machine Repair
Monday last week the washing machine door handle stopped working and we could not get the wet clothes from the machine. The handle was a bit floppy so I suspected something had broken. My wife googled and found and handy
Posted in: Repairs
Machined aluminium shower repair
Our shower door has 4 sets of rollers that hold the sliding door. The top two have screws that you adjust to make the door level. When the door shuts, a magnetic catch seals the side of the door but
Casting Article
This week I discovered that another of my articles had been published. Model Engineer’s Workshop had published my piece of sand casting using 3D printed patterns and aluminium, for some reason the article does not appear in the table of
Posted in: Techniques
Tags: 3d Printing, casting, Routing, woodwork
Woodwork, metalwork and a lucky find
Some good news this week, my latest article has been published in HackSpace #12. I teamed up with The Kuriologist to make an interactive candy bowl in the style of a Monkey Skull. Also, 4 of my projects made it into “Book
Posted in: Techniques
Tags: Routing, tapping
Black History Month – Top Inventors
When people are asked to name inventors they will likely think of Watt, Edison or more recently Dyson or Jobs. But this is just one part of our history. It’s important to realise that there are Inventors who may have
Posted in: Inventors
Tags: Black History
Thumbscrews, knurls and threads
This weekend I was designing some parts using Fusion360. I had a couple of challenges but learnt a lot along the way. The part I wanted to model was a thumbscrew which I’m going to be using in a future
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
