Category: Hardware

  • Hobby CNC – Assembly

    Hobby CNC – Assembly

    For those of us who like to tinker and work on various projects, learning new things and creating various contraptions, it seems there’s a large selection of specialized tooling available. Some of those machines can be very versatile, but also costly. Thankfully, there’s also a selection of an entry-level variants, be it cheap laser cutters,…

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  • Repairing a 3D Scanner

    Repairing a 3D Scanner

    I got my hands on a broken 3D scanner. I was happy to give it a try and see if I can return it to working condition. There’s some satisfaction in fixing things… ๐Ÿ™‚ Alright, let’s see how that worked out!   The scanner The unit has been developed by Matter and Form.ย It’s a small…

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  • Autodesk did an interview with me ;-)

    Autodesk did an interview with me ๐Ÿ˜‰

    What a nice way to start 2018! ๐Ÿ™‚ As you probably know, having visited my blog, I’ve been using Autodesk’s Fusion 360 for all my CAD needs. I can’t recommend it enough – it’s easy to learn, available for free for hobbyists, has a great community, tremendous amount of learning materials… And it’s a very…

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  • Arcade Cabinet (bartop, 2-player)

    Arcade Cabinet (bartop, 2-player)

    Ahhh Christmas break! What a wonderful time of the year – too bad it goes by so quickly… ๐Ÿ™‚ Anyways, to keep my brains occupied during time off from work (and, let’s be honest, have some fun geeking out!), I finally decided to build an arcade cabinet. I know, seems like everyone is building one,…

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  • Super Mario – Coin Box

    Super Mario – Coin Box

    This is one of those small, 1-2 evening projects. I was playing Super Mario Odyssey on Nintendo Switch (and highly recommend it if you haven’t played it yet), and decided to make a small prop. I actually wanted to make a small contraption with sound for some time now, and kept looking around for am…

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  • Day of Caring – 3D print for cause

    Day of Caring – 3D print for cause

    What’s Day of Caring? Well, Day and Night of Caring to be precise ๐Ÿ™‚ Andย it’s a designated day in a year, when volunteers from all over King County organize to help, fundraise and then celebrate the impact we all can make. There are plenty of opportunities to sign up for, in order to improve local…

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  • 3D Printed Gun Stock for HTC Vive

    3D Printed Gun Stock for HTC Vive

    Some of the projects I work on are born out of curiosity. Some of them are attempts to solve a problem or improve something. This time it’s the latter ๐Ÿ™‚   While playing Onward VR, I always had a felling that something was missing, felt unnatural… Attempting to handle weapon in VR using 2 controllers…

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  • DIY Hamster Sandbox

    DIY Hamster Sandbox

    If you’ve seen my previous post (IoT Hamster Wheel Tracker) you know that we have a lovely hamster. Hamsters like to burrow, and even though he has a lot of space and quite thick layer of bedding in his cage, we wanted for him to experience a bit more natural environment. I constructed the sandbox…

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  • Hamster Wheel – IoT Tracker w/Twitter integration

    Hamster Wheel – IoT Tracker w/Twitter integration

    Idea We got a hamster, yay! ๐Ÿ™‚ His name is Piontek (which means Friday in Polish), and the cute furry ball loves running in the night, so this idea came naturally. It may not be a first of such projects, but I wanted to make my own – build one exactly as I want it:…

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  • 3D Printer – Designed new part

    3D Printer – Designed new part

    As I’m having fun and experimenting with 3D printing, I thought I’d give back to the community and design a useful component. And it’s always so much fun to see your design materialize – to be able to hold something that an hour ago was only displayed on your monitor, and then see it work.…

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