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FDM Timelapse Controller

I wanted to document my FDM prints with a timelapse, so I hacked a GoPro controller with a microswitch to take a picture on every layer. After every layer, custom GCode moves the head to the trigger point at the edge of the X axis.

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2BC Ornament Contest

For the holiday party at Two Bit Corporate this year, we were all tasked to make an anonymous ornament that must fit in a 5x5x5 cube. I decided to make a mini arcade cabinet running Die Hard. I used full-size arcade components, raspberry pi, and tft touchscreen. Not bad for a 3 day after work project. I won 3rd place.

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The Electric Longboard Lives.

At long last, my custom-built electric longboard is completed. Of course, I’m only willing to call this version 1, but I’m pretty Impressed with the results.

Custom welded batteries, hand made case, milled motor/ wheel mounts, the works. I had a lot of fun solving every problem that comes from doing it yourself. It’s not perfect, but I got almost exactly what I wanted.

And it looks cool.

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Odds and ends of what I’ve been up to.