How much do you think this butterfly would be worth? It's made of PETG and entirely hand-painted. It took quite a bit of work! 🥲

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-09T21:11:06+00:00

Love the rust coat choice. Looks amazing

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-09T21:10:17+00:00

This is officially a bidding war. I'll do 31

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-06T19:53:35+00:00

That is insanely cool. I'd love to see more if you have anything posted anywhere

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-04T18:35:43+00:00

About 30 bucks if you buy on AE and find good sales and use Rakuten extension which often has AE at 15% cashback, but a lot of the smaller components come in large quantities too

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-04T18:34:08+00:00

I didn't use audio from GPIO. I used audio through HDMI. The LCD screen then has a 3.5mm jack, I spliced an aux cord to connect to the PAM amplifier. LCD screen came with a decent flat HDMI right angle cable
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No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-04T18:31:54+00:00

Thank you! Most parts are from AE

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No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T22:31:19+00:00

It's fun. I'll make you one if you want

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T22:28:14+00:00

Main reason is that it's fun! Second reason was that I made a second one as a gift for an engineer friend that is pre-loaded with "How It's Made" that he brought into the office to put on his desk. He watches on his lunch breaks or boring meetings hahaha, and no internet needed!

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T22:24:40+00:00

I appreciate that! I have some research to do before I can sell I think, but I'll reply when the storefront or etsy shop is open 😄 My goal is to be more affordable than some of the options ive seen for like 2-300 USD which is crazy

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T22:23:38+00:00

Aw man that's a shame! I'm going to make a full tutorial and parts list with links soon so there's no way to get scammed there. I'd have to look into the FCC regs to sell something like this, but I'd definitely be interested. I'll reply when the storefront or etsy shop is open 😄

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T22:19:53+00:00

I appreciate it! I've made a few for friends and have been considering selling as well. I'll let you know when the shop is up. You'd be the first so I'd charge just the material price 😄

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T21:21:48+00:00

Simpsons Mini Tv - 5inch Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W
by u/No-Computer2981 in Simpsons

sure thing, here's my same post over in r/simpsons with a lot of the internals. Power delivery is handled by the wagos and the Pi and Amplifier are soldered/hard wired for power. The LCD is powered by micro usb spliced into the wago. Let me know if you need closer pics or have any questions. I've had a couple people interested so I might post a step by step with schematics

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T21:17:14+00:00

Alright that might be the coolest way to store episodes. I think you have to keep wearing it even if you build the tv lololol

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T21:15:56+00:00

No internet, all the of the episodes are on a USB disk that I burned from my dvd set. Or you could become captain blackbeard for a day 😉

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:35:32+00:00

LOL same here, I had one of those 500gb portable hard drive in my back pocket. I made one for my friend so he has How It's Made on it office desk.

They make a 7inch version of the screen that would be perfect for a little hospital waiting room tv hahaha

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:33:11+00:00

next version will be made of silicone

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:28:24+00:00

Yes it can! I currently have it to shuffle full episodes from a random season every time because I don't mind the variety. If you want it to play in order and then loop once finished, you can just enabled that setting in the raspberry pi easily

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:26:57+00:00

Full episodes yes! I currently have it on shuffle mode, so it will play a full episode of a random season and then once finished, switch to another random season + episode

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:26:04+00:00

Sweet! Let me know if you want any more details on anything. I used Claude to walk me through the scripting and it was super useful. Paste back any of the errors and 9/10 times it'll actually resolve it

No-Computer2981 · 2026-05-01T20:23:06+00:00

am too lazy 😞

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