January 30, 2019

Gitalk

Gitalk is an open-source commenting system, and it’s the one I use for this site. It relies on Github’s commenting system, so I don’t need to maintain an additional server. OverviewToday’s issue was “Incorrect comment formatting for emai...

January 29, 2019

Garden Estimation Tool

My current side project is landscape supply planner/estimator. My goal is that it will make the process of gardening solutions based.

January 29, 2019

NodeBB Forum Software

I recently discovered Nodebb, open-source forum software, and so far the community is great. I’m looking forward to adopting it for some of my side projects. Checkout some examples: Windy Sport Bikes Regards.photo

August 07, 2014

LTD Sterling Engine Design

I recently finished a model for a low temperature differential stirling engine. Stirling engines are very interesting, in that they are “closed-cycle”. The engine is externally heated, causing volumetric changes to the working “fluid” (i...

October 07, 2012

Extract Z Section

My latest print failed. I figured that it was time to write a script to split a gcode file and translate the pickup section in the Z direction to the print bed. For those who are interested, This print is a pattern for a cope mount for...

July 23, 2012

Building a Small Furnace - Burner Hole Template Generator

This is the follow up post to building a small furnace, describing how to make the templates for cutting the burner port. Projecting a Circle onto a Cylindrical SurfaceHere is the script I used to create the template to cut the burne...

July 06, 2012

Building a Small Foundry Furnace

The construction of a melting furnace with limited tools is an interesting challenge; many times layout of complex curves is difficult. I wanted the burner to enter tangentially to the furnace wall; thereby, creating a flame vortex. Th...

July 05, 2012

Casting a Matchplate Vibrator

I need a pneumatic match plate vibrator (stl) for my future castings. So working from the plans from Steve Chastain’s awesome book, I created this: I used Sketchup to design the pattern. It’s free and I’ve gotten very proficient using...