This style is officially called aviation snips. Actual tin snips are a little different but I like this style better. It has corrugated blades and leverage linkage to the blades that tin snips don’t have. I have arthritis and cutting thicker things with scissors such as cardboard or heavy cloth, or yes, even tin, is […]
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For a long time I considered ‘o-ring’ to be the proper terminology for a drive belt in little DIY (do it yourself) animatronic projects. But when trying to purchase some o-ring drive belts, I discovered that the term ‘o-ring’ by itself is technically wrong. O-rings are for sealing things (like valves). Better terminology when using
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There are lots of great reviews of this one on you to youtube. I’ve been dying to get into 3D printing for quite some time and I decided to take the plunge with this one. The most appealing thing to me was the price 🙂 Is it possible to get a reasonably good printer for
Got my Monoprice Select Mini 3D Printer Today Read More »
If you’re going to purchase resistors, don’t get these blue ones. The color bands that show the values don’t show up well enough against the blue background. They’re fine if you only use a single value, but if you regularly need to read different values they’re very difficult to read — at least for me,
Oh boy, was I confused about this module at first! I found a fair amount of bits and pieces about it, but could not find the complete info that I was looking for. So I decided to create this tutorial for others who want to understand it better. I’m not an expert, but I have
All about the L298N H-bridge motor controller module Read More »
