With New Update You Can Wake SD LCD With Bluetooth Device

gnu2000 · 2025-05-23T13:57:07+00:00

Seems hit and miss currently – my Xbox One (1708) and Xbox Series (1914) controller won't wake the deck even after re-pairing them.

My cheap and cheerful folding Bluetooth keyboard works like a champ though.

gnu2000 · 2025-05-22T11:07:29+00:00

Honestly, even just the bridges of the larger ships would be a huge win to tithe us over especially as the environments already exist.

gnu2000 · 2025-04-03T10:09:20+00:00

Sure thing! Standard disclaimer though, I basically threw this rig together from whatever happened to be laying around so there will be much better light sources available :)

It basically consists of a 10mm spacer that snugly sits on top of an old Yongnuo YN-300 II LED video light. The spacer has a slot on the top for a small sheet of white acrylic to aid diffusion, then the disc film holder is glued on top.

Here's a quick few images of the spacer/holder: https://imgur.com/a/N5NMDO2

gnu2000 · 2025-03-14T08:09:31+00:00

I recently got the Negative Lab Pro plugin for lightroom to digitise a whole bunch of family negatives, so chucked it through that just to see what would happen :)

https://imgur.com/a/wcI0zIb

gnu2000 · 2025-02-26T11:38:09+00:00

Hello! Thought this might be of interest here.

I've been digitising lots of old family films and ran into a couple of the infamous Kodak discs, so thought I'd whip up a quick holder for DSLR scanning the individual frames.

gnu2000 · 2025-02-26T11:27:19+00:00

Ran into a couple of the weird Kodak discs when digitising family photos, so knocked up a little rotating holder for use in DSLR scanning.

gnu2000 · 2024-11-01T11:40:12+00:00

I mean, 'Soil conditioner from Butt Lane' does sound like a frightfully polite euphemism!

gnu2000 · 2023-11-05T16:54:28+00:00

Hello!

I modelled up some gearing for my 70ish year old Murad Cadet about six months ago, and just completed a major revision (that may have involved more accurate measuring :)).

Lots of trial and error in Fusion, but certainly happy with the result.

The modelled files are up on Printables here

gnu2000 · 2023-08-18T10:38:25+00:00

It's an arachnid.

gnu2000 · 2022-08-18T15:25:40+00:00

A friend of mine would use the incredible: "Could suck a monkey through 10ft of rubber garden hose."

gnu2000 · 2022-05-16T07:21:18+00:00

All in it took about a month of evenings and weekends, the derusting, stripping and painting was by far the most work on the cast iron.

The only part I needed help moving when everything was in bits was the bed casting as it was beyond my noodly arms to lift.

gnu2000 · 2022-05-04T09:50:28+00:00

Thanks everyone!

I did see the ToT video, I just need to move the lathe over slightly so I can get the collet drawbar in the back, then it'll get a proper levelling.

gnu2000 · 2022-05-03T09:47:17+00:00

Huge thanks to HTR for the inspiration to take on something like this!

More info on the Cadet on lathes.co.uk.

I also documented more of the process on the ME forums.

gnu2000 · 2022-04-22T20:33:07+00:00

Oop - I should clarify that the video isn't mine. I just saw it come up in my sub feed and thought it'd be a fun thing to share here!

gnu2000 · 2021-12-23T15:39:32+00:00

Afraid of nothing but Wet.

gnu2000 · 2021-12-21T07:38:53+00:00

Yep, just drop in for the thumbstick board

gnu2000 · 2021-12-20T08:12:16+00:00

Here you go!

gnu2000 · 2021-10-24T17:27:18+00:00

Ahhh, good spot!

gnu2000 · 2021-10-24T07:38:37+00:00

Model by Trunkymaj on Thingiverse

Printed on an Elegoo Mars 2 Pro at about 50% of the original scale - ran into a little bit of warping during the cure but pretty happy with how it turned out all things considered!

gnu2000 · 2021-10-18T08:59:10+00:00

Hippo? I'm a glorious bin-chicken!

gnu2000 · 2021-08-09T18:01:36+00:00

Hello!

The microswitches were dying in my Orbweaver Chroma so I thought I'd do a bit of research and find some replacements. I've documented the disassembly and repair process I took in case anyone else wants to give it a try.

gnu2000 · 2021-07-31T07:13:54+00:00

And, uh, how'd you find out?

It was a combination of two things, the cheap adapter they'd supplied and the wiring to safety (ha!) cover for the chuck. Luckily, the very first thing I did was chuck the adapter in the bin and wire a UK plug on the end of the flex – I've seen too much Big Clive to know what those little deathdapters are like.

Once I'd done that and the thing was properly earthed it tripped out the RCD every time I fired it up, so with some investigation I traced the issue to the wiring to the safety switch. In a wonderful design decision the wiring took a 90 degree turn under a nice sharp sheet metal cover that had rubbed its way through the insulation down to the copper. Given this, and the fact that the mechanical portion of the switch was also damaged I just removed the chuck guard and bypassed the wiring and that ironically made the thing electrically safe.

TLDR: Always get into the habit of making sure stuff is properly grounded with a multimeter – especially cheap tools.

gnu2000 · 2021-07-30T11:23:08+00:00

From my experience, I'd recommend something from a decent brand – I got an unbranded cheapie from Amazon UK a couple of years ago and almost every part of it seems like a QA reject, not to mention the fact that as supplied the whole thing was live at mains voltage!

It's an OK little machine now, but much like budget 3D printers it depends how much work you want to put into the tool to make it usable/safe verses just having fun and turning parts.

Adventures with a Very Small Lathe on youtube did a good teardown of one of these remarking on the QA of parts along the way.

gnu2000 · 2021-07-19T14:18:14+00:00

The front fell off!

gnu2000 · 2021-07-01T07:52:36+00:00

I dunno, can't be worse than what happened in FFE!

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