I've been playing around with Type K thermocouples for a project. These are cheap, commonly available, and can read a temperature range from –270C to 1260C (though it depends on the exact thermocouple…
It's not been looking well for a while, poor thing..... Then I spotted the underside of the leaves were covered in little black things.... to the microscope! - - Aphids! Bastards! Well, getting rid of…
I've been enjoying Electroboom's Youtube channel, and was really interested in the various Tesla coil videos. I had a look at the OneTesla DIY kits: they look great, but way too expensive for an after…
As soon as I decided to add the 5x5 Blinkenlights matrix to the horn, it obviously needed to be turned into a music visualiser. Googling for "mopidy audio visualizer" found this post, where someone di…
I inherited an old "Revo" speaker horn from my dad. I have a strong suspicion he acquired it from a "job lot" in an auction somewhere. He gave it the rather fetching red/gold/black paint job. Anyway,…
I've been struggling with a pair of worn out snips for all my snipping/wire stripping needs for years. For some reason I didn't realise that I could just.. order something better. I've now rectified t…
I fancied getting an eink screen to use for future projects. I bought a wee one with a raspberry pi "hat" attached. However, I realised later that I could maybe just re-purpose an old Amazon Kindle eb…
I've been watching a lot of the Technology Connections Youtube channel recently. I was particularly intrigued by the series on RCA CED VideoDiscs. There's also some information available on Wikipedia.…
"Frit" is glass which has been broken up into pieces of varying size. You use different sized chunks for different purposes (eg large chunks could be used for mosaic style work, while glass powder cou…
I've been trying combining fused glass with various powdered metals and metal compounds to see what effect it has on the glass colour. I've been intentionally avoiding compounds which - when heated -…
