For a long time I considered ordering a custom-built flight case for my Solidoodle 2 3D-printer, but the prices were high enough that I never actually placed the order. Then, inspired by Adam Savage’s box build videos on Tested.com, I decided to build my own. Here are a few pictures of the finished product. I… Continue reading Storage box for 3D-printer
Category: Making stuff
HSL departures heatmap
I created a a simple application using the HSL open data XML dump, the MapQuest Javascript API and the heatmap.js library. Here’s a screenshot: The heatmap shows the number of departures from each stop in the HSL public transport system. It essentially answers the question “How easy is it to get away from here?”. Or,… Continue reading HSL departures heatmap
Resistor tools
I just wrote a parallel resistor value calculator, and a resistor colour code calculator. There are lots of them on the web, but most of them seem to have a 1990’s era user interface, where you need to enter values into separate fields and then click on the “Calculate!” button. Blech. So, I rolled my… Continue reading Resistor tools
Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 3
Continued from here Days 10-14 Nothing terribly exciting here. More filling and sanding than you can shake a stick at. Something noteworthy, though. This is obvious, but it’s still worth saying: The better the original paper model, the less work is needed to make the fibreglass model look good. I’ve had to do so much… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 3
Cyclone separator for shop-vac for 25€
I’ve been thinking about building a cyclone separator for my shop-vac for a while now, and I finally decided to go ahead and do it. I was planning on building a Thien cyclone, and was shopping for the required buckets and bits of pipes, when something else caught my eye in the store. It was… Continue reading Cyclone separator for shop-vac for 25€
Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 2
[Continued from here] The Internet is full of stories of skilled people making awesome stuff. This isn’t one of those stories. Day 7 I sanded the whole helmet to a matt finish. This made it much easier to see all the spots that needed further attention. And there were quite a few. Plenty of fiberglass… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet – part 2
Pepakura Iron Man helmet
So, I stumbled upon something called “pepakura” while browsing the net. Seeing as it was pretty much described as “easy process, awesome results”, I decided to give it a try. I am, after all, an avid maker of things. A brief browsing through The RPF showed me that the hip thing that the kids these… Continue reading Pepakura Iron Man helmet
Plywood Commodore logo
Just a random snapshot of a part of the project I’m currently working on.