Use lighting to set the mood in your garden
The summer months are a great time to enjoy your garden but how best to take advantage of the warm evenings. Leila Jones provides some thoughts on how to light your garden. Use Lighting to Set the Mood in Your
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Jumbo Servo Motor Current
This weekend I’ve been testing the motors for the Jumbo servo. Adding on from the last test, I put in the L298 H-Bridge module, rather than test with the motor, I used two LEDs wired back to back. This allowed
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Tags: Electric Motors, Electronics, servo
Jumbo Servo Testing
Now that the Unicorn is finished I’ve been testing the jumbo servo. I soldered a socket and some sockets to a stripboard and some headers for the Itsy Bitsy. This also has some mounting points in the corners so I
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Stainless Steel Unicorn
Over the weekend I finished off the Stainless Steel Unicorn. My first test was not very successful as the wheels just span rather than moving the robot. So I used some Sugru to form tyres for the wheels and that
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Materials: Stainless Steel, Sugru
What You Need For An Awesome Decking Project
Before you can actually begin putting together this awesome new deck of yours, you need to learn the building codes for your local area. You can do this by going on Google and typing in your city and state, and
Wheels of steel
There’s been some good progress on the Stainless Steel Unicorn this week. The body has been finished and I’ve added some detailing to match the card version. The ears were punched with the nail punch from the Spring Tool set.
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Nail Guns for Woodworking
Workshopshed: The other week when we looked at job estimation, we spotted that time is often the deciding factor in how much a project costs. One way of reducing time is to upgrade your tools. Emily from Pro Tool Guide
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History Makers
This weekend I had the chance to watch the recording of the first two episodes of “History Makers” a new podcast from Design Spark. This light hearted show pits Dr Lucy Rogers against comedienne Bec Hill in a competition to
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
