Decluttering the Shed – How to Build Tool Racks and Organise your Workshop
My workshop is often a complete mess. I put tools down and get called away, I buy a load of scrap or bits and pieces for projects and then pile them up in the corners, on the floor and, too
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Tags: decluttering, Sponsored, Storage
Dragon Detector Progress
For the Dragon Detector project I’ve been looking at my pre-requisites for making the project work. Internet connectivity Webcam Python OpenCV GPIO I’ve managed to get all of these installed and working. As the articles are quite technical and software
Posted in: Dragon Detector
Tags: Dragonboard 410c, Qualcomm
Traditional Oak and Timber Co
Traditional Oak & Timber Co (or Tradoak) is a family run business started by Neil Peskett in 1992. Today’s interview is with Russell Peskett who joined his Dad in 2008 and now does most of the day-to-day work and managerial
Gnomes and Dragons
Gnomes Last weekend was the Gnome Street Gnome workshop. The setup of the Pi took some time but we eventually got going and had some success with the sensors and audio output controlled by Node-Red. There was some great feedback
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Tags: Dragonboard 410c, Gnomes
Dancing gnomes, OpenSCAD and 3D printing
For the gnomes workshop at the weekend I wanted to create a dancing gnomes display using one of the motors. The stepper motor was smallest so fitted the requirement the best. I found an example of a planetary gear arrangement
Posted in: 3dPrinting
Tags: Gnomes, OpenSCAD
Workshop Preparation
In preparation for the Raspberry Pi workshop at the end of the month I’ve been experimenting with the Raspberry Pi and simple hardware. So far I’ve had success with: LED Micro switch Tilt switch Servo Motor via H-Bridge I’ve also
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Gnome, Raspberry Pi
Thinking about animatronics
I’ve been invited to a play workshop in Leeds at the end of the month and that in turn has got me thinking about animatronics. Basically we plan to make some gnomes and make them move. Two key factors here
Posted in: Electronics
Tags: Gnome, Raspberry Pi
You are my density
It can be a bit tricky to determine the nature of a mystery metal, and in the home workshop it can be even harder to tell the purity of a metal. So I looked up the density of Aluminium and
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
