assembling a metrix createspace molded wades extruder

I recently bought a molded reprap prusa mendel kit from Metrix create space. They are a hacker space in Seattle, Wa. The molded kits cost anywhere from a third to half of what a set of printed parts cost because they take far less time to produce. One downside of the printing method is that …

DIY Rotary turntable

I have wanted to build a rotary turntable for quite a while. With it I can shoot 360 degree product shots, I can set the camera up on it and shoot panoramas. I can use it with my timelapse setup to put motion into a long shot. I also have an idea about trying to …

Macro photography focus stacking rig

The main reason for building this as opposed to a sliding sled is that you can do what is called “focus stacking” with this. Macro photography will sometimes have an area of the subject that is in focus (focal plane) that is only a millimeter thick. Focus stacking enables you to have a wider focal plane by combining photos.

Geek gift guide for 2011 – electronics geeks

_Electronics geeks Hello, world! This is the second geek gift guide post. The first was more general, and this is specifically showing gifts aimed at electronics geeks. Keep your eye peeled for a few more guides. You can measure up an electronics geek by the amount of time that passes between unwrapping a gift and …

Geek gift guide for 2011 – Misc Geeks

Tinyenormous Geek gift guide for 2011 There are a lot of sites out there that have gifts for geeks. The problem is that it is really difficult for a non-geek boyfriend or girlfriend to pick something appropriate unless they are geeks themselves. The purpose of this guide is to break down a bunch of gift …

Wired is supposed to be techy, right?

Why can’t they figure out their blog summary code? It has looked like this as long as I have been reading it. Most of the summaries include blog-only code (like “previous image-next image” above) or errors in passing non-text elements (“???” everywhere!) “Beyond the beyond” was the worst offender, but they seem to have finally …

Building the Bliptronome v0.1 and 0.2

So here is the followup to my last Bliptronome post. As I said I bought a bliptronic-5000 from thinkgeek over christmas break and was working on it back at home. I didn’t have very much for spare parts or tools, so I had to make due with that I had. Here is the box it …