Category: Hardware
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Japanese Lamp – New Designs
I think this is one of my best designs (how modest of me… 🙂 ) – simple, functional, and just feels right. Additional, it’s easily customizable – designs on the side walls can be changed quickly, without having to update the overall design or even re-exporting the files for cutting. It’s also a pleasure to…
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Smart Game Board – Updates
First of all, it was great to see the interest this project has generated. Thank you everyone! It’s a humbling and very motivating experience, seeing people’s reactions, reading through the feedback, both praising and suggesting changes, makes me want to create more things 😉 This project has been featured on a number of websites:…
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New 3D printer!
Thanks to my dear Wife, there’s now a 3D printer in our home 🙂 We got the Monoprice Select Mini – and it’s amazing to see the progress in 3d printing over past few years, and the quality of the product you can get at such reasonable price point (looks like it would cost more to…
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Decorative Base / Box
Overview Here’s a simple, easy to make decorative base. It can be used to showcase something kept on top of it, or be turned into a box for an unusual storage. I made couple of those for my Wife, who was also overlooking the project 🙂 Design I made the design in Fusion 360:…
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Leaf – Lucky Charm
Idea This project was aimed at making a small keepsake (think: lucky charm 🙂 ). As such, it’s important that it looks nice, so people are happy when receiving it as a gift. Furthermore, I wanted to make more than just a couple of them, and whenever making something in more copies, that small annoyance that…
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Smart Game Board – Completed!
Idea The idea for this project was born from a conversation with a friend – he was wondering if creating such game board could help in teaching kids how to play Chess. And I loved the fact that both making the project, as well as then playing using it sound fun 😉 And what a…
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Custom Design Wall Decor
Another idea of mine, for a gift for a loved one, who already has everything 😉 And putting our time and skills to create something customized, one of a kind, is a great way to show love and appreciation. This project started as a quick sketch, which I then drew in Inkscape (cut lines need to…
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Japanese Lamp
The idea for this project was born during our vacation in Hawaii. We went for a hike (Manoa Falls, Oahu) and at the end of course we checked out the gift shop 🙂 There were interesting designs of lamps on the display, and for some reason they got stuck in my mind. Wanting to make…
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Knock-Knock Switch
Few days ago, late in the night, as I was lying on a bed with night stand lamp turned on, I felt too lazy to get up and reach to turn the light off… If only there was an easier way to turn electronic devices on or off. Maybe by clapping? They say all brilliant…
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Smart Game Board – Electronics
Electronics In this post I’ll try to describe the main components: LEDs for indicating the game/board state and showing possible moves, Hall effect sensors for detecting if a piece is on the board at a given cell, Miscellaneous: power rail, connections to Arduino, etc. Parts list Arduino MEGA – Buy on Amazon We’ll be using…
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