As we all know, cycling is the best way to get around in Leiden in many regards. But what if there’s a lot of stuff that has to be transported and a Bakfiets is just not available or suitable for you? In this case a bicycle trailer is a great alternative. Here I document the…
Building a carbon-fiber hydrofoil for wing foiling at the Makerspace Leiden. This project used the large CNC, lathe and metal mill to make molds and tools that are used to make the complete hydrofoil.
Een simple sous vide opstelling; met een kookplaatje van 10 euro van de Blokker. Zie https://github.com/dirkx/SousVide-Arduino-TFT voor alle details, code. Het ontwerp is vrij simpel; niet meer dan 5 draadjes en een weerstand solderen. De rest is vrijwel kant en klaar. Gebruikte apparaten: onze 3D printer, de boor kolom (voor de gaatjes om het relay…
As a father of a young family with toys that require many AA and AAA batteries (some LEGO set require 10 AAA batteries!), I rely on rechargeable batteries for power. The ensure the kids always have acces to fresh batteries I laser-cut the simplest possible rechargeable battery manager imaginable. It has slots for AA, AAA…
For a project I required my CNC setup to at various stages in the program to pause to perform manual actions. As there are no GCODEs to hold the program for an indefinite time, only to pause for a fixed period of time I needed to find a different solution. After considering a number of…