I am a big fan of 3D printing as you can see above. I’ve been involved with 3D printing for something like 14 or 15 years. You can see my RepRap Mendel in the pic next to an lightly modified Tevo Tornado. Of course the RepRap has modern electronics, ramps […]
DIY – Lets build a TIG welder – Quickie
I need a TIG welder. If you’re familiar with welding but not so much TIG welding think of it as a more civilized weapon from a more civilized age. All the sparks and slag and violence from MIG and stick are all but gone. This feels more like soldering. One […]
DIY – Smart Woodshop Saw Dust Collector 1
Alright time for another concurrent project. This time we’re going to build a dust collection system for the wood shop. If you follow my projects you may not be aware there is a wood shop. I don’t know that I’ve mentioned it yet but you might have noticed some pieces […]
DIY Computerized Electric Smelter/Furnace/Oven/Kiln – Part 5 – quickie
Alright, after half a dozen burnt out coils it’s time to head in a new direction. The problem is the more current the coil can handle the more the resistance drops. It’s an endless game of chasing my tail. So here’s what were going to do. Bipolar Junction Transistor or […]
DIY Computerized Electric Smelter/Furnace/Oven/Kiln – Part 4 – quickie
Just a quick update on some issues that came up in the final stages of assembly. SSRs… First off the Inkbird solid state relays I was using, bought from amazon, failed. As I’ve mentioned before these are semi-dangerous because they fail closed causing runaway heating. Unfortunately due to the contactor […]