Mini Arcade Consoles
My son and I decided to update the Cigar Box Controller using some boxes from harbor freight. First thing was the artwork. Not my job… Probably why it came out…
CO2 Laser Crosshairs
I do most of my engraving using a center origin. Its so easy to line up on a cnc machine with a nice pointy bit. Not so easy on the…
3D Printing a Cover for a Broken Honda Fuel Pump
I cant believe how ofter I 3D print a part. Every couple of days I make some small part. Sometimes its a cone shaped washer for a switch or a…
Intelligent CO2 Laser Cutter Water Supply
I really didn’t like using a fountain pump for a laser water supply. I’ve had too many fail in water fountains to trust one to a CO2 laser. I had…
Tiny Air Compressors too
As long as I was evaluating all the air compressors I had around I figured I’d try some tests on these tiny ones.. I think most are from automatic blood…
Performance Testing Air Compressors
I want to add a small compressor to my truck to keep the rear level. It has air shocks but no automatic control. If I can find a decent priced…
MicroBit Brained Robots
I made a few Microbit Robots for the local library coding class. This one was printed from scratch. These two used commercial chassis. They all use a homemade dual motor…
Upgrading a K40 for Engraving
I decided to swap my K40 controller for a GERBIL from awesome.tech. I considered the Cohesion 3D too. I’ve been using GRBL CNC controller with a few custom tweaks to…
Simple Air Flow Meter
I needed a simple air flow meter for a project so I went out to the garage and grabbed a MAF that was pulled from a Hyundai. I used a…
LS2 Coils for my Tractor
I’ve been working on my tractor. Still have to replace a hydraulic hose and one axle seal but It drives around fine… I am still going to convert it to…
High Powered Servo
My robots are getting larger and the standard hobby servos just don’t cut it any more. I got a bunch of car window motors & wiper motors and decided to…
Cigar Box Game Controllers
My local library had a bunch of Cigar Boxes left over from a crafternoon. I had this idea for the next gamer night. Make some USB joysticks…. I used some…
Crank Sensor Nightmare
I figured it would be a quick 10 min job to swap a bad crank sensor on my sons car. It sits above the oil filter and can’t really be…
Pumpkin Eyes for next Halloween
I always have decorations out for Halloween. This year I want to try using the Adafruit animated eyes code. I had a bunch of the displays already so I threw…
Shift Indicator
I wanted a shift light for my Racing sim dash but didn’t have any leftover ones from my cars so I decided to print a simple one. I used a…
Atmel VUSB library Testing
One of the nice things about the VUSB library is you can use cheap $2 chips for USB projects. I’ve used the PIC Microchips for years but now I’ve started…
Marionettes Anyone?
I really have to try this with the young ones at the library. Just cant decide if I should use an Arduino, Raspberry Pi, or Microbit….
Fuel Injector Tester
Time to sort through all the spare fuel injection parts in the garage This was one of the nicest looking but worst running Corvette intakes…. Speeduino may let me salvage…
Racing OutGauge to Real Dashboard – Update 2
That worked well so I got this R1 Motorcycle dash on Letgo and made a similar setup that should go nice with a logitech wheel…. Some Arcade pedals since the…
Speeduino on a Briggs V-Twin
Before I take my chances with a real car I figured I’d test things on a garden tractor. I have a spare Briggs V-Twin for my tractor so I decided…
Racing OutGauge to Real Dashboard – Update
A quick test with static numbers Produces nice clean waves. Which almost hit the mark…. Just a little bit high but hats easy to fix…. The mileage is going up!
Racing Sim OutGauge to Real Dashboard
At one of our Albert Wisner Public Library Makers Meetings Roberto brought these great flight sim consoles. I was obsessed with building something like this for a racing simulator likeDirt…
3D Printed Housing for an ASPX Air Fuel Gauge
I wanted a portable case for my ASPX Gauge. I don’t plan on keeping it in just one car but instead using it as a portable tuning meter. I made…
Arcade Cabinet Joystick Controller
I made a few Atmega8 VUSB controllers and they work great. All digital for these. Still have to paint and skin the cabinets but I’d rather play…. So where to…
VUSB Proto Board
I’ve been building USB Joystick controllers for the teen group at the local library. Last time I made Midi controllers and they loved it. Especially using Garageband to play with…