You know it's been a couple months where the hardware has been on pause while I was moving to Los Feliz. I need to get back on the ADCS prototype, but in the meantime. Check out this lil satellite simulator I coded up flotilla.space/orbit

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I rebuilt a motor for a sewing machine this weekend. Show me what you got!

I'm reviving a dead ebike by removing all the proprietary stuff that requires an app on your phone to use and replacing it with generic Aliexpress parts. Today I gave the battery pack a brain transplant, and now it outputs voltage and charges.

This looks a lot more interesting than rebuilding a sewing machine motor

Cleaned up the commutator with it still attached to the motor shaft using aluminum oxide sandpaper. The commutator stone sat this one out.

Rebuilding another electric motor. The commutator needs some love, chucking it in the lathe will make this quick and easy.

Looking at making stickers or maybe even pins for upcoming conferences. This will be a long process as time allows but will be "thinking out loud" in this space as I iterate through different designs but this is the basic idea and first iteration.

We've been baking for you. Use code SLICE.

Absolute chonker of a battery pack in this mug.

Touching grass

That was mount looks great! I made a thing! bsky.app/profile/se.g...

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I printed some brackets and got the synth mounted on the wall. Show me what you got!

These don't fit in the drawer of the sewing desk so I mounted them on the side. Accessible, in easy reach, and I won't forget where they are.

I expect that I have just severely offended all of my British friends.

There are so many subtle flavors that are fighting over each other, it is the equivalent of trying to listen to a song playing at low volume in a crowded train station. This was a fun experiment, but not one I'll repeat any time soon. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

The finish is citrus mint with a slight astringency. The flavors build as you drink, not in a pleasant way. More of the herbal vegetal notes come forward as the tea cools with a caramel blueberry-ish flavor fighting for center stage.

I expected to hate this but it is more just mild regret Tastes of a simple black tea but with the vegetal hints from green tea and some herbal notes linger on the pallet. The best way I can describe it is "oregano and spice that has been forgotten next to the heater for several months"

Bouquet: Slightly herbal with overtones of caramel, ashtray, and a hint of mint These are just the main scents, there is a lot going on there and it's so much olfactory information that it's kind of overwhelming. Kind of like static or whitenoise.

Alright here we go. There's...a lot gong on here. Lots of herbs, different kinds of tea leaves, bits of dried fruit and spices. Brewed at 185F for 3 minutes with filtered water. Color: rich amber with a slight haze

My wife is cutting open very old tea bags from the past decade to use in the garden. She is dumping it all in this jar and it looks really cool. I am going to shake it up and try to brew some when they're all open, she is very much against me doing this which means I must.

Got the synth on the wall so I can finally stop moving it from surface to surface

Doing some do

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I made some pouches on the restored sewing machine. More packs and bags to come. Show me what you got!

Making more pouches, Halloween edition. This is Hex70 with a ripstop liner and Vislon zipper. Used thicker material than I should have for covering the seams, makes the rest of the pouch sit a little funny but it's ok.

G hooks arrived and the shoulder strap pouch is done. Ended up tacking the corners of the floating liner.

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I made a short clip showing the progression of the weight stand I designed and built. Four design iterations in cad then cut, weld, prime, and paint. #wehackhealth Show me what you got!

Made a shoulder bag with a 400 denier shell and ripstop liner. I'm happy with how it turned out but I'm still waiting on the g-hook so I can attach it to my hiking pack to test it out.

Making some junk

California right now

Getting better at zippers

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! I restored a vintage Singer sewing machine. Broke some stuff, fixed some stuff, but definitely learned some stuff. Show me what you got!

Made a little boxed pouch to test out the machine I restored. This is using heavy canvas and in the folded areas with multiple layers it just glides right through it without skipping a stitch. Really impressed with this older machine from '61!

Restored an old Singer 500a "Rocketeer" sewing machine. I need to start making some hiking packs and an older machine made more sense than a newer one made of plastic.

Paint is dry and hardware is back on. Put the plates and dumbbells on and this project is finished. I'm going to CAD some covers for the openings and 3D print them, but that's for some other time.

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! Making progress on the weight tree, got the plate holders welded on and the structure finished. Did a full load test and shot some paint. It should go back together today. Show me what you got!

I'm fun at parties

Paint booth tiiiiiiime

Trying out the Ember browser based embroidery digitizing environment and while it's a bit rough around the edges it's leaps and bounds better than having to dig out and setup the old laptop I have other software on. Going to test this out on the machine soon.

Everything's fine.

Nothing to see here

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! Making progress on the weight tree, I ran out of MIG gas and started learning TIG as a result. I should have this done by next Monday. Show me what you got!

Commutator needs a good scrub and I can't find my brush setter. Will have to wait two days for amazon to bring me a new one. Waiting is stupid.

Old vs new o-rings This o-rings has seen some shit

Not anywhere close to stacking dimes yet, but getting the feel for the TIG machine and the process.

It's #MakeShitMonday! Lets see your project progress or things you've made. Anything goes! This week I'm making headway on the weight tree. I should hopefully have the main body completed tonight. Show me what you got!

Happy with the welds the new-ish machine puts down. I need to git gud with TIG next since the machine is capable of it I just need to make the time to learn a new process.

Band saw made quick work of this odd cut, I have another 60 degree to make in some different square tube and then it's to welding.

Printed an openflexure microscope and got it working. These are from the cheep setup. I haven't added the proper optic which will double the magnification. That's the scope, penicillin, lymph, and a grasshopper antannae. Should have the higher magnification setup by next Monday