Cable Strain Reliefs
My Intel Edison cable holder was nice but too customized to one board A simpler way to provide strain relief on delicate connections is to use cable ties and mounting…
3D Printing
Heater Upgrade for a SeeMeCNC
Duk’s asked me if I could take a look at a slow heating 3D Printer that never gets up to a usable temperature. Turns out one of the two heater…
How Not to Break an Intel Edison
I really like the full size through hole USB B connectors. Too bad so many development boards use mini or micro surface mount connectors. I’ve started mounting all my development…
Repairing a Camera Mount
I had a camera ceiling mount snap from being over tightened. I tried epoxy but that didn’t work….. I had used a thread library before to make pipe fittings so…
Building an Automotive Power Brake Bleeder
I love working on old cars but some of the tools are too expensive for what they are made of…. I saw a few articles on how to make pressure…
Quickie Garmin Ball Mount
I finally broke down an got my own Nuvi so I don’t have to keep borrowing my wife’s. Since it’s mine I figured why not mount it permanently in my…
Lithium Battery Holder
I have a bunch of things that use 18650 Lithium cells. Most have their own chargers but I wanted a way to use my iMax RC charger with these cells…
Generic LCD Bezel
I like to use salvaged LCD displays in my projects. to make them look good and easy to mount I 3D print a bezel. this covers up any irregularities in…
Generic PC Board Coaster
Not every prototype needs a case but sometimes its nice to have some protection for the bottom of the board. I usually just use a scrap of wood. Leftover laminate…
3D Coil Forms for Ham Radio
It used to be so easy to go to Canal street and buy radio parts. Now even simple things like open air coils are hard to find. I wanted to…
3D Printed Cases
I have a whole drawful of 3D printed parts. many are protective cases for small boards like load cell amplifiers or thumb sticks A simple 45 degree angled case for…
Initial Printrbot setup
I just un-boxed this PrintrBot Metal. It comes fully assembled but still needs fine tuning. They have a base config in their knowledge-base you can load in Cura to start…
CNC Jack Feet
There are some decent small CNC machines out there but they all come with these cheap CNC Jacks guaranteed to destroy the bed the first time you use them. Those…
Drilled that hole too big?
I was building a controller and needed to drill a hole for a receptacle but the only hole saw I has was a littler bigger than needed. A quick bushing…
Trim an STL file using SCAD
I found a nice VW key chain online. the author did share the source but made it in a program I don’t have so all I had to work with…