Resin 3D Printing
I recently received an Elegoo Saturn 2 resin 3d printer, so I thought I’d document my initial testing: These printers print using a 2d array of UV leds which cure a liquid resin held in a tank where U…
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Wood Turning Lathe!
I've always wanted one of these. When I was wee, we went on tour round England visiting various relations, and I remember being very impressed with a lathe. I've no idea which relation it was, unfortu…
Enamelling Experiments
I've been having a busy time in general recently, but I've finally got back to making things. I've been meaning to play with enamelling for a while. I ordered some WG Ball transparent enamelling powde…
Home Made Holograms!
I somehow stumbled onto this website; they sell DIY hologram kits! So I ordered one. I'd always assumed making a hologram would be quite complicated, but it turns out it really isn't. You basically ne…
Useful Kiln Tools + Beeper Upgrade
Kiln Beeper I installed a mini beeper in my kiln and adjusted the software to beep letters in Morse code depending on the stage of the program. I just used the same transistor+resistor+5v supply desig…
Identifying a thermocouple
Next up in the riveting Thermocouple series is how to identify an unknown thermocouple as a Type K. There are loads of videos on Youtube on this, but I didn't find them completely conclusive. Many of…
The Perils of cheap Ebay stuff, or, why doesn't my MAX31855 thermocouple board work?
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…
What's eating my Cotyledon Orbiculata?
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…
Moles, Avogadro's Number, and Atomic Mass Units
I quite enjoyed Chemistry in Secondary School: I think I even did a CSYS course in it. However, I remember always having problems with the concept of a Mole and the calculations surrounding it. I'm no…
Turn it Off and On Again
I've been doing a lot of interesting projects recently, so I decided to restart my blog. I wanted to keep the old articles, mainly for my own interest: However, I think things like the etched brass do…