• Parabolic Reflector Base for Lichtenberg Figure

    Parabolic Reflector Base for Lichtenberg Figure

    I have a cylindrical acrylic Lichtenberg figure I have been displaying for several years on a turned cherry base I made…and never liked. I decided to improve the situation by building a system for more uniform illumination of the entire column. You can find the major files for this design at Thingiverse:5508486. My design uses…

  • 3D Printed Theodolite and Survey for Stellarium

    3D Printed Theodolite and Survey for Stellarium

    For years I’ve wanted a theodolite but even used they are not particularly affordable. To support planning sky viewing a wanted to be able to survey the obscuration from buildings and trees in my front and back yards. Thingiverse offered the answer–a printable 1 degree resolution theodolite. I ended up remixing it and you can…

  • Pi Weather Station with InkyWHAT Health

    I made a thing. This thing is–neh, this ensemble of things–is a Raspberry Pi 3 server with attached local sensors and an attached local eInk display. Furthermore this Pi uses an RTL SDR to collect information from my outside sensors and my neighbors’ weather stations. This post is about only the server’s mechanical structure. The…

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