Hackaday (unofficial) October 5, 2022 9:00pm Power Tool Hack Takes A New Angle On RC Power Plants #toolhacks #anglegrinder #petersripo #rcairplane #toolingaround #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Power Tool Hack Takes A New Angle On RC Power Plants For eons, hacker minded people have looked at various items their pile of stuff, came up with an outlandish idea and thought “I wonder if it would work?” Some of us stop there, convinci…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 4, 2022 9:00pm Home Brew Sandblaster is a Junk Bin Delight #toolhacks #abrasive #airtool #compressor #grit #sandblaster #sparkplug #valve #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Home Brew Sandblaster Is A Junk Bin Delight Opinions vary as to what actually constitutes a “complete” shop, but one thing is for sure: the more tools, the better. That doesn’t mean running out to buy a tool every time you …
Hackaday (unofficial) October 3, 2022 9:00pm Your Own Home IR Cloner #toolhacks #infrared #infraredreceiver #ircontrol #oshw #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Your Own Home IR Cloner Many devices use infrared (IR) as a signalling medium like, for example, RGB LED strip controllers modules and some TV controllers. Often times these signals aren’t meant for secure applicati…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 2, 2022 9:00pm A Compressor Of Compressors Breaks The Noise Barrier #toolhacks #compressedair #compressor #fridgecompressor #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Compressor Of Compressors Breaks The Noise Barrier Having compressed air available in a workshop can be extremely useful. Having a compressor isn’t such a pleasure though, because unless it’s a very expensive model, it will be one of th…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 1, 2022 9:00am DVD Drives Turned Into Microscopes #toolhacks #dvd #laser #microscope #pickup #resolution #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 DVD Drives Turned Into Microscopes With the advent of streaming services, plenty of people are opting to forego the collection of physical media. In turn, there are now a lot of optical drives sitting unused in parts bins and old co…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 1, 2022 6:00am A High-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Tough Jobs #toolhacks #dustextraction #dustextractor #vacuum #vacuumcleaner #workshop #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A High-Powered Vacuum Cleaner For Tough Jobs Vacuum cleaners are great for tidying up the home, but they typically can’t deal with the bulky, gross messes of a proper workshop. [CraftAndu] is currently building a sailing vessel, and has…
Hackaday (unofficial) October 1, 2022 12:00am Controller For 946C Hotplate Adds Reflow Profile Upload Over BLE #toolhacks #hotplate #reflow #soldering #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Controller For 946C Hotplate Adds Reflow Profile Upload Over BLE Reflow hotplates are a wonderful tool for PCB assembly if you can keep your designs single-sided. The 946C hotplate in particular has been on hackers’ radar for a while – a 200x200cm wo…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 30, 2022 7:00pm Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester #toolhacks #3dprinting #continuity #meter #multimeter #peerreview #recreation #testing #tools #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Peer-Reviewed Continuity Tester One of the core features of the scientific community is the concept of “peer review” where any claims made by a scientist are open to be analyzed and reproduced by others in the communi…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 30, 2022 12:00am Casting Metal With a Microwave and Vacuum Cleaner #toolhacks #3dprinted #aluminum #forming #graphite #kiln #metal #microwave #mold #pencil #plasterofparis #plastic #vacuum #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Casting Metal With A Microwave And Vacuum Cleaner Metalworking might conjure images of large furnaces powered by coal, wood, or electricity, with molten metal sloshing around and visible in its crucible. But metalworking from home doesn’t ne…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 27, 2022 6:00am Measuring Impedance Virtually #toolhacks #impedance #ltspice #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Measuring Impedance Virtually We always enjoy a [FesZ] video and we wonder if the “Z” stands for impedance? That’s the topic of his latest video series: measuring impedance with LTSpice. Of course, he also doe…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 25, 2022 12:00pm Epoxy Blob Excised Out Of Broken Multimeter, Replaced With A QFP #howto #repairhacks #toolhacks #chiponboard #cob #icl7106 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Epoxy Blob Excised Out Of Broken Multimeter, Replaced With A QFP The black blobs on cheap PCBs haunt those of us with a habit of taking things apart when they fail. There’s no part number to look up, no pinout to probe, and if magic smoke is released from …
Hackaday (unofficial) September 23, 2022 12:00am Better Scope Measurements #toolhacks #measurement #oscilloscope #testequipment #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Better Scope Measurements There was a time when few hobbyists had an oscilloscope and the ones you did see were old military or industrial surplus that were past their prime. Today you can buy a fancy scope for about what t…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 22, 2022 12:00am Metric and Inch Threads Fight it Out for Ultra-Precise Positioning #toolhacks #diemaker #inch #jack #kinematics #metric #micron #positioning #precision #thread #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Metric And Inch Threads Fight It Out For Ultra-Precise Positioning When you’re a machinist, your stock in trade is precision, with measurements in the thousandths of your preferred unit being common. But when you’re a diemaker, your precision game need…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 20, 2022 9:00am 3D Printing Aids Metal Polishing #toolhacks #abrasive #lapping #machining #metalworking #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 3D Printing Aids Metal Polishing While a machinist can put a beautiful finish on a piece of metal with their lathe or mill, to achieve the ultimate finish, a further set of polishing procedures are necessary. Successively finer ab…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 19, 2022 3:00am A Vacuum Pick Up Tool For Not A Lot #toolhacks #pickandplace #vacuumpen #vacuumpickuptool #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 A Vacuum Pick Up Tool For Not A Lot When working with grain-of-dust surface-mount components, one of the tools which makes a huge difference is a vacuum pickup pen. Instead of trying to move the part with tweezers and succeeding only…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 14, 2022 9:00pm Mokeylaser: A DIY Laser Engraver That You Can Easily Build #laserhacks #toolhacks #aluminiumextrusion #cncshield #diodelaser #grbl #gt2belt #laserengraver #nema17 #sainsmart #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Mokeylaser: A DIY Laser Engraver That You Can Easily Build [Mark aka Mokey] borrowed his friend’s open-frame laser engraver for a while, and found it somewhat lacking in features and a bit too pricey for what it was. Naturally, he thought he could do…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 12, 2022 3:00am If The Blade Sees Its Shadow, It’s Another 64th of Accuracy #toolhacks #ledhack #mitersaw #shadowline #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 If The Blade Sees Its Shadow, It’s Another 64th Of Accuracy If you’ve bought a miter saw in the past few years, you might have noticed the LED “laser” that came with it. The goal was to show where on the piece the saw was going to cut. But…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 8, 2022 12:00pm Ask Hackaday: Stripping Wires with Lasers #askhackaday #laserhacks #toolhacks #laser #wirestripping #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Ask Hackaday: Stripping Wires With Lasers Most of us strip the insulation off wires using some form of metal blade or blades. You can get many tools that do that, but you can also get by with skillfully using a pair of cutters, a razor bla…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 8, 2022 9:00am Custom Lathe Tool Cuts Complex Oil Grooves #toolhacks #lathe #machining #manualmachining #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 Custom Lathe Tool Cuts Complex Oil Grooves Oil grooves are used to lubricate the inside of a bearing, and can come in many forms — from a single hole that takes a few drops of oil, to helical patterns that distribute it over the entir…
Hackaday (unofficial) September 4, 2022 9:00am DIY Fume Extractor with ATtiny13 Speed Control #attinyhacks #toolhacks #3dprintedenclosure #attiny13 #fumeextractor #mosfet #pwm #tp4056 #hackaday posted by pod_feeder_v2 DIY Fume Extractor With ATtiny13 Speed Control Let’s be honest, commercially-available soldering fume extractors are cheap enough that you probably don’t need to build one yourself. But it still makes for a good starter project, esp…