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Spitfire MK VII propeller blade. Part 1: Modelling

Thought it would be fun to replace ceiling fan blades in our lounge with blades from a Spitfire. The Spitfire was an iconic British WWII […]

Subwoofer auto standby setup

This previous post describes the repair of an old Wharfdale SPC 10 active subwoofer. The process did not go as smoothly as I’d have liked, […]

Repairing Wharfdale SPC 10 Active Subwoofer

tldr: Skip to video by Silvestron and read ‘The problem I ran into section’ below. My dead subwoofer is now working. We bought the SPC […]

Glass-Explore: Thermal and optic properties of double-glazing

I have written a little webapp, Glass Explore, that calculates the thermal and optical properties of double-glazing architectural glass. The properties are calculated depending on […]

OpenAuto Pro: Uctronics 7″ HDMI/USB touchscreen

This entry is part 19 of 19 in the series Subaru Legacy

Finally got round to completing my OpenAuto Pro 15 + RPi4 project. I did install it a while ago, briefly, but took it out after […]

OpenAuto Pro & CarPiHat.

This entry is part 18 of 19 in the series Subaru Legacy

In this previous post I went through my initial setup of OpenAuto Pro (OAP). There are still a few bits-and-bobs to sort out. I came […]

OpenAuto Pro (for a 2006 JDM Subaru Legacy)

This entry is part 17 of 19 in the series Subaru Legacy

I have swapped out my previous home-brew Android-based (Emteria on a RPi3) in-car screen to a RPi4B using OpenAuto Pro. OpenAuto Pro (“OAP”), by BlueWave […]

Quick and dirty removing components from trash PCBs

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series TIL

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LoRa 101: Getting JayCar/ Duinotech components XC4394 & XC4392 working

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series LoRa

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Amp upgrade v2. Hello ESP32.

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series ESP32

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Greek symbols for variables in Javascript

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series TIL

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HBO style ident

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series vlog

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Blinker: ESP32 library for LED blinking

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series ESP32

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React Tic-Tac-Toe: Function & hooks implementation

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Plateau–Rayleigh instability: a bit more

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Julia first go (with Waterlily.jl CFD)

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Julia lang

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flipmeacoin.com

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Hackaday podcast shout-out

This entry is part 5 of 5 in the series Ball joint

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Slow WordPress (admin) fix

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Active Ball Joint. Too hard box, for now

This entry is part 4 of 5 in the series Ball joint

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Euler angles

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series Ball joint

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Active Ball Mechanism Joint – Monopole gear

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series Ball joint

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Active ball mechanism joint

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Ball joint

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OctoPi plugin to control relays

This entry is part 7 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Octopi: If it ain’t broke…

This entry is part 6 of 7 in the series RepRap

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ESPmDNS: An ESP32 secret (to me anyway)

This entry is part 3 of 5 in the series ESP32

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Hello Reprap. My old friend.

This entry is part 5 of 7 in the series RepRap

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Tsunami: Est time of arrival

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ESP32 meet Science Journal. Science Journal, meet ESP32

This entry is part 2 of 5 in the series ESP32

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I bought 10 ESP32 dev boards off AliExpress.

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series ESP32

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Plot.ly Dash and MQTT

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series ploy.ly dash

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RobotDyn UNO+WiFi: SoftwareSerial

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RobotDyn UNO + ESP8266: AT Mode

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series ESP8266

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RobotDyn UNO + ESP8266

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series ESP8266

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Roof survey and Topaz Sharpen AI

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Corona Bottle Top

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New life to an old amp

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Drafting Table

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DIY CNC COVID-Recommission

This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series DIY CNC Machine

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Why I like open-source

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series ploy.ly dash

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Adobe Premiere Pro: Final Cut

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Adobe Premiere Pro: First Cut

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Autonomous Mapping with Quadcopter: HiveMapper

This entry is part 6 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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New Quadcopter

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Hard and Slow: Drilling Stainless Steel

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Amazing Spaces Special: An Aircraft Carrier

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Pressure transducer: nervous

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The pressure transducer I bought

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Autodesk Recap

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series House model

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Rayleigh-Plateau Instability: Revisiting my A-Level Physics

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Look away, squeamish

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Website of the week: Dubaifont.com

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G4D: RPi4 and python

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series Gardening for Dum-Dums (G4D)

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Wavefront OBJ importer for plot.ly Dash

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series ploy.ly dash

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Kind of back

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Shutdown. The cloud sunk.

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Black body irradiance spectrum

This entry is part 3 of 3 in the series ouch my eyes

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Solar & visible light transmission? PART 1

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series ouch my eyes

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My eyes are burning

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series ouch my eyes

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What was under the magic post?

This entry is part 2 of 2 in the series Magic post

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G4D: Water flow

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series Gardening for Dum-Dums (G4D)

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House foundations: The Magic Post

This entry is part 1 of 2 in the series Magic post

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New Project: Gardening for Dum-Dums, or G4D

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series Gardening for Dum-Dums (G4D)

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Olive Oil: The Trees

This entry is part 1 of 1 in the series Olive oil

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Cosmetic changes

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Website of the Week: predictwind

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“Biggest vs largest vs greatest achievement”

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The Big Stack Overflow 1000

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Conductivity of HOT Bathroom Tiles

This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Website of the Week: &what;

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Casting Day Fuzzy Feeling

This entry is part 14 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Casting Day Brown Gas

This entry is part 13 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Casting Day

This entry is part 12 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Plaster Mould

This entry is part 11 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Wax Cast. Take 2

This entry is part 10 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Aluminium Furnace: Some Pics

This entry is part 9 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Graveyard Spiral REDUX

This entry is part 5 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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Quadcopter Crash Landing

This entry is part 4 of 6 in the series Quadcopter

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Dog’s Head: Furnace Ceramic Shield

This entry is part 8 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Aluminium Furnace Electronics

This entry is part 6 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Dog’s Head: Aluminium Furnace

This entry is part 7 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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Google+ Dried Banana Making Machine

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Dog’s Head: Wax Cast. Take 1

This entry is part 5 of 15 in the series Dog's Head

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