Picked up a set of broken DVD players off eBay last week, which arrived yesterday. I’ve pulled one of them apart and soldered some wires to the drive motor today. Pleased to say that even though I have no soldering skills what-so-ever, I’ve now been able to create a working z-axis for my Phoenix 3d Read more about Soldering on[…]
Been a busy old weekend on the 3d Printer front. Not only have I been able to get the z-axis electronics working but I’ve just (in the last half hour) finished modifying my DLP Projector to reduce the focal length. Will do a proper write up later but without modifications, the minimum distance at which Read more about The Phoenix is taking shape[…]
My latest page on the blog covers in more details about what you need to be able to run a Raspberry Pi computer and how to go about putting it together your Raspberry Pi. Setting up a Raspberry Pi is available now. Let me know what you think. Tweet me at the link at the top Read more about Do you fancy a piece of Pi?[…]
As I posted on Twitter earlier, the main part of my latest tinker-neering project has arrived. This is a Mitsubishi XD500U projector, which I had off eBay last week and promptly delivered by a nice man from the Parcel Force today. Yep, it’s quite orange isn’t it! I’ve heard Orange is the new Black but I Read more about It has arrived[…]
