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Testing A Discrete Boost Converter Circuit
Experimenting With DIY Boost Converters
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DIY Modular Breadboard Development System
Building My Own Modular Breadboard Development System On The Cheap Breadboards. We love them. We hate them. We hate to love them, and love to hate them. Despite the fact that electronics continue to get smaller, denser, and less breadboard-friendly every day, the humble solderless breadboard is still going strong. It’s the go-to development system…
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A Simple DIY Dynamometer For Small Motors
Measure Mechanical Power Using A Self-Built Prony Brake Dynamometer
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Building A DIY Custom Bicycle Rack From Scraps
Making A Custom Bicycle Rack On The Cheap With Minimal Equipment
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DIY Magnetic Stripe Card Reader Experiments
Building A Proof Of Concept Card Reader From Junk
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Quick Project: Building a DIY Coil Winding Jig From Scraps
Wave Hours of Finger Cramp Goodbye With a Simple 5 Minute Project
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Quick Projects: Emergency Coffee Grinder Repair
Starting the Year off With a Bang My day began the way it usually does. A slow, begrudging realization I could no longer stay in bed. Thenceforth, the normal routine of personal hygiene, dressing, etc; finishing with grinding and brewing my daily coffee. Everything was fine- up until the coffee. When I plugged my coffee…
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Quick Projects: DIY Horizontal Tripod Arm From Junk
A DIY Version of Professional Tripod Arms I never knew just how hard it is to get consistently good pictures. Now that I’m doing this blogging thing semi-regularly, I’ve gotten plenty of experience in how not to photograph things. Let’s just say if you see a few pics here that aren’t great, the ones you…
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Anodizing Aluminum Without Sulfuric Acid
Anodizing at Home, Using Sodium Bisulfsate Instead of Sulfuric Acid. Aluminum (along with most other metals) naturally grows a passivation layer of metal oxide. This protects the underlying metal from corrosion. That is why your car/house/other metal object doesn’t dissolve in the rain. Unfortunately this layer is very thin- only a few nanometers. A tiny…
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DIY Box and Pan Brake
Building an Advanced Sheet Metal Tool on the Cheap. Every trade has it’s own specialized tools. You can do good work with basic tools, but eventually you’ll want to get some of the specialized ones. Metal work has a wonderful variety of tools that are way too expensive for the amateur to justify buying. Building…