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Tag: diy

  • scanlime052 – Sewing Servo Mess

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    Finally debugging an old project. It’s a mess but we can work with this.

  • scanlime051 – Four Buttons

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    In which one button gets four stylish buddies, via forward and reverse engineering. Thanks to my patrons for their continued support.

  • scanlime035 – Lite2Sound BC

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    Is there a synthesizer in your LED, or a song in the shadows? Are your lights quiet or do they roar? This surface mount soldering kit from Boldport and Rare Waves will help you hear the audio-frequency signals that hitch a ride on any light source, whether it’s modulated LEDs or the shadow of fluttering…

  • scanlime034 – Tiny Oven Kit

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    This cute 3D soldering kit makes for a chill build video. The package comes our way as a crowdfunding reward, from pitching in to help Signal Ditch buy a reflow oven. Now we can all enjoy the sights and sounds of the build, but sadly I can’t share the sweet epoxy fumes. (Please do not…

  • scanlime032 – Early Flyer View

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    Tuco Flyer is actually flying now, so let’s see what it can do! This is a high-level update on where the project is at and what the next steps are. And cat! Lots of Tuco the cat. This project is open source hardware and software, you can get the code and designs on GitHub. Music…

  • scanlime030 – Why Reverse a Gimbal

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    Why do all this gimbal reversing? It works so nicely now, and I didn’t need to design the whole thing from scratch! Notes and tools are in GitHub: https://git.approximate.life/fygimbal.git/ https://github.com/TucoFlyer Music for this episode is “I Don’t See the Branches, I See the Leaves” by Chris Zabriskie, licensed under CC BY 3.0 Please consider supporting…

  • scanlime028 – Four Winches

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    Continuing our Tuco Flyer robotic camera project, this montage covers the remaining electronics assembly and bot calibration to get our winches flying a 1.5kg spool around the shop! Music for this episode is “Something Elated” by Broke For Free, licensed under CC BY 3.0, remixed slightly. Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can…

  • Winch Bot – scanlime:026

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    Finally some locomotion for the flying camera system, it’s a 3D printed 1-dimensional robot that knows how to hang out on a network and pull rope. Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can keep making these vids! https://www.patreon.com/scanlime Subscribe to YouTube notifications or follow https://twitter.com/scanlimelive for live streaming announcements.

  • bigclive’s LED Tree – scanlime:025

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    Join me in assembling a surprise LED lighting kit from bigclive himself! Check out his channel at https://www.youtube.com/user/bigclivedotcom Subscribe to YouTube notifications or follow https://twitter.com/scanlimelive for live streaming announcements. I’m also streaming on Twitch now, at https://twitch.tv/scanlime Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can keep making these vids! https://www.patreon.com/scanlime

  • Boldport Stringy Synthesizer – scanlime:024

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    Last month’s Boldport Club kit was a collaboration with Madlab to produce this beautiful little guitar synthesizer kit, the Stringy! You can learn more about the Boldport Club and get your own delighful kits by signing up at https://www.boldport.club/ Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can keep making these vids! https://www.patreon.com/scanlime Subscribe to…

  • Flexible Keypad Experiment – scanlime:023

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    Fabricating a flexible pad of buttons using 3D printing, Ninjaflex filament, and a milled flexible circuit board made from Pyralux. Please consider supporting me on Patreon so I can keep making these vids! https://www.patreon.com/scanlime Subscribe to YouTube notifications or follow https://twitter.com/scanlimelive for live streaming announcements.

  • scanlime:011 / Ultrasonic Transducer

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    This video takes a close look at those little chirping sonar cylinders that might have helped your robot avoid bumping into furniture. They’re sort of like a microphone or a speaker, but looking closer they seem more like a tiny tuning fork with a hat.

  • scanlime:010 / Protek B8010FD Function Generator

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    I had another video planned, but today the yak stack needed tending after my trusty 10 MHz signal generator started buzzing horribly. Today’s video will be a teardown, repair, and mini-review of the 2007 vintage Protek B8010FD.

  • scanlime:009 / Flame Effect

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    Let’s use the glow discharge in a flicker flame bulb to make some weird neon art. This video is a photographic tour and rebuild of a simple glowthing made from a novelty light bulb and an old CCFL backlight inverter. It might have left me with more questions than answers after the laser pointers came…

  • scanlime:004 / Electronic Whiteboard hacking

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    My friends at Tangible Interaction sent some electronic whiteboard hardware to take apart. In this video I’ll start to look at the transmitters, receivers, and communication protocol.

  • DIY Sewing Machine Retrofit

    DIY Sewing Machine Retrofit

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    The story behind this project is a bit overcomplicated. That’s all below, if you’re interested. I made a video to explain the final product: Back Story This all started when I bought a sewing machine for making fabric RFID tags a little over a year ago, and started using it to make cute plushy objects.…