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Mastercraft industrial Shelves Hooks – pt3

Part 3 : Completion… Almost. I now have a proper system to anchor things to my shelve! It’s not glorious but it holds steady, looks pretty decent and I can pretty much customize it to get whatever I need hooked up. The new model only has one set of holes, which is plenty enough with […]

Published on October 8, 2024
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Repurposed 18650 Batteries into a power station – pt1.4

part 1.4 : cooling and completion! I finally finished to put together the tester and charger system! By itself it would probably deserve a project category on it own but I’m lazy and tired so for now, it is what it is. Last time I left off with a pretty usable system but it was […]

Published on October 2, 2024
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Large battery storage, kinda

Big project means putting it somewhere. So with my latest project ( the power station ), I’ll be needed a LOT of 18650. Since these comes from repurposed laptop battery packs, they don’t come in a nifty case or package that I can put them in while the project is ready to be assembled. Behold, […]

Published on October 2, 2024
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Repurposed 18650 Batteries into a power station – pt1.2

Part 1.2 : Progress on the charger/discharger So, since I needed to make a charger and discharger to test the tons of 18650s I’ll have to deal with, I decided to make it convenient. plus the form factor of the discharger is a bit odd to work with. At this point, I designed a frame […]

Published on September 21, 2024
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Lovely cotton swab holder for the bench

With the printer now working, also means I’m able to get new upgrade for my bench, especially for organizing stuff. One of these upgrade is a little surprise my partner decided to print for me. It’s a cotton swab holder because I was always trying to find where there were in the bathroom when I […]

Published on September 15, 2024
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Simple Wall-Mount Power Switch for rPi – pt3

Part 3: Completion With the 3d print officially working, came more project advancement! I’m glad to report that the wall switch is now complete ! As a first project in fusion 360, I think it worked out ok but I will definitely need to practice further more. Going back in the design to do fixes […]

Published on September 15, 2024
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Mastercraft industrial Shelves Hooks – pt2

Part 2 : First Actual prototype My partner managed to resurrect one of our printer and we managed to get a first prototype of the support and honestly, it’s not perfect but i’m pretty darned happy with the first version. I already have a few things to “upgrade” on the model but I still am […]

Published on August 31, 2024
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Mastercraft industrial Shelves Hooks – pt1

Part 1 : The current situation, the problem & the plan (?) So, here’s the current situation, I have a few things hooked to the side of the shelve to hold them but, they have proven to not be great supports. I have made a lovely Desoldering pump holder but sadly, it doesn’t have any […]

Published on August 13, 2024
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