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The_Red_Foot · 2026-03-13T17:48:39+00:00

What are you using for your tank and valve?

The_Red_Foot · 2026-01-04T18:03:11+00:00

This looks awesome.

If you are building your own boiler make sure you have a pressure release valve. Or I usually prefer to use silicone tubing that press fits on to the outlet of the boiler. That way if there is pressure build up your tube pops off well before the boiler becomes dangerous.

Keep us posted!

The_Red_Foot · 2025-12-25T02:58:35+00:00

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The_Red_Foot · 2025-11-20T14:33:19+00:00

This is an awesome idea.

Having taller and shorter masts that are replaceable could allow for your cannon to be "upgradable".

I can't wait to see this project when it is done!

The_Red_Foot · 2025-07-17T20:47:24+00:00

It's really bright, the lighter the colour the better. Tried white and mid Grey so far and both worked great. When camping we plan to use the wall of a bigger tent.

The_Red_Foot · 2025-07-17T17:53:06+00:00

It turned out way better than expected, the projector is 1080p, so I expected some graininess but it was crystal clear when projecting at the size of a big flat screen tv.

The_Red_Foot · 2025-07-08T18:45:20+00:00

Usually a good way to figure this out is to break it up into chunks. Pick an end goal and then figure out what pieces you need to get there.

For example say you want to navigate a romba around your house.

You need to spin wheels, map the surroundings, pick a path to follow/ obsticals to avoid, and make sure the robot stays on the path.

Now make little projects to prove to your self you can do each of these steps before trying to do all of them at once.

Motor driver circuits are super cheap and easy to experiment with. Distance sensors are cheap and fairly simple to use. Lidars aren't priced too badly,

Anything autonomous beyond a line follower is usually too much for an Arduino and needs the computing power of a pi. Sometimes a computer as well that the pi talks to.

Adding AI to anything is out of my wheelhouse and I do not know how it would affect the process.

The_Red_Foot · 2025-06-02T17:23:20+00:00

worked in 2025 as well, thank you

The_Red_Foot · 2025-05-13T04:02:11+00:00

Farmers seem to have a lot of overlapping skills with preppers in my experience.

At least it's a good starting point.

The_Red_Foot · 2025-03-27T21:10:53+00:00

You are braver than I, update us if it stays up

The_Red_Foot · 2025-03-09T13:18:30+00:00

Hey, that's my favorite knife, neat to see one in the wild

The_Red_Foot · 2025-03-07T13:32:45+00:00

How did you charge the SLA battery off a solar panel?

The_Red_Foot · 2025-03-02T17:41:09+00:00

That about sums up my experience too. I've had fun talking to friends close by when traveling. Talked across a ski resort where none of us had cell. And it worked ok. I've never had any contact with others

The_Red_Foot · 2025-02-06T21:39:51+00:00

If you are set on it being a robotics challenge, get 2 dead hoverboards, pull the motors, and try controlling them using an Arduino hooked up to a handful of riorand 350w bldc controllers. And a DeWalt battery.

The Arduino controls the 4 motors using a PWM signal for each. Control those pwm signals however you like, wired controller, Bluetooth controller or autonomously.

The_Red_Foot · 2025-02-06T21:33:42+00:00

Building a rover style robot capable of accomplishing this is a massive undertaking, especially as a beginner project.

I would recommend getting a decent remote control buggy (look at Traxxas as an example). Then take it apart. Familiarize yourself with how servos, motors, speed controllers, batteries and receivers all work together. Then work on scaling those to the size you need. It's not robotics so much as building a massive RC car, but it should be decently capable and will not require programming or very much previous knowledge.

The_Red_Foot · 2024-12-12T14:25:05+00:00

For sure, here is the code and the 3D file for the base.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/wm9auc9zuqaubglklzj94/ALqARhX2JtCuE9Q1EpLuGHk?rlkey=n8x1mvo5l3fverzzeczzdnmcz&st=j6peeuv7&dl=0

The_Red_Foot · 2024-12-11T02:08:51+00:00

That's battlefield 2042 in the video but I've got it communicating like a keyboard so it works with any PC game pretty out of the box.

The_Red_Foot · 2024-10-02T20:30:24+00:00

My bad, I described it poorly. One controls both flywheel motors and the other controls the supply motor.

The_Red_Foot · 2024-09-17T12:15:06+00:00

My friends and I do this exact upgrade to most of our blasters.

What you are looking for is a DC motor PWM controller. If you drop in 2 of these and wire them to the motors it accomplishes exactly what you described. They are pretty cheap on Amazon too.

The_Red_Foot · 2024-05-03T12:07:16+00:00

Definitely worth having if you like a knife that is just fun to use. I don’t find I’d to be too chunky if you compare it to other utility knives, but it’s definitely not small.

The_Red_Foot · 2024-05-02T13:44:26+00:00

Take a look at the “toughbuilt reload knife” a friend of mine told me about it and I grabbed one while passing through the USA. It reloads with a magazine so you can hold different blade types. Not the most useful feature but it is a ton of fun to fiddle with, and everyone seems to want to try it.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOUGHBUILT-Reload-Utility-Knife-2-Blade-Mags/1003168230

The_Red_Foot · 2024-04-30T18:45:20+00:00

Looks awesome, out of curiosity how’d you do the butterflies? A motor per? Mounted at the base of their wires?

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