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- MakinThings's instructable Part Holder for Drill Press's weekly stats: 8 weeks ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Part Holder for Drill Press2 months agoView Instructable »
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- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Part Holder for Drill Press2 months agoView Instructable »
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- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners4 months agoView Instructable »
Too long, makes the most title less clear in previews :p
- MakinThings's instructable DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners's weekly stats: 4 months ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners5 months agoView Instructable »
I was really rushing to get it done on time for this season. It ended up taking way longer than planned as I pieced it all together :p
- MakinThings commented on taifur's instructable PiScope (Raspberry Pi Based Oscilloscope)5 months ago
Hummm only 200 ksps https://www.buyapi.ca/product/raspberry-pi-high-precision-adda-expansion-board/
View Instructable »How many channels are required? I can get an 8 ch 10bit or a 4ch 12 bit locally at a reasonable price
- MakinThings entered DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners in the Raspberry Pi Contest 2017 contest 5 months ago
- MakinThings entered DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners in the Wireless Contest contest 5 months ago
- MakinThings entered DIY Musical Xmas Lights for Beginners in the LED Contest 2017 contest 5 months ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Turn Your 3D Printer Into a Plotter7 months agoView Instructable »
Awesome, post a pic of your build! You could try making the design have a long line upwards after so the pen lifts.
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable How to Save a Dry Highlighter Lifehack7 months agoView Instructable »
Nice, thanks for the picture :)
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Add Powered USB Ports to Your Car9 months agoView Instructable »
The 20A is essentially the max the buck converter will output without frying when actively cooled (I would say that if it'ts not ventilated, run it at 30% of max if you can, no more than 50%). Whatever you plug into it will draw a certain amount of current, and that will be controlled by your devices. What you may want to do is put a fuse or breaker that caps the draw at whatever you feel comfortable. When calculating, I would say that phones usually have a max draw of 1.5-2A, and tablets can go 2-2.5. If you are making sure you plug no more than 10A draw in total, then those ballpark figures are more than enough. If you are going in higher amperage in total, make sure that the wire is thicker, especially if it starts getting longer than a few inches.Last think, make sure it's a switchi...
see more » - MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Turning a Dead Scooter Into a Speed Machine!1 year ago
Well the harder you push batteries, the less you will get out of them. So with 2x 3Ah packs in parallel, you would get a bit more run time than if you took each battery 1 at a time. The same is true from 3 to 4. You do not want to mix 4 and 3 ah batteries, but rather make 2 packs. The reason is that the smaller one will drop voltages sooner, so if the average voltage stays too high overall, you could over-discharge your 3ah batteries and prematurely kill them. If you do go with 3ah and 4ah, you would have to find a way to stop when the 3ah is discharged. They are expensive I agree, which is why some NiCads might be nice for this, especially since you can find people getting rid of them for free if you take your time. The 2x 3ah would give you something like 15-20 minutes run time, which...
see more »View Instructable »Something I had not thought about if running these at 18v. If it was a 12v, it will likely be pushing it but work (like I did with 24 to 36), but on a 24v controller, you may be below the safety shutoff and the scooter simply won't accept the pack. I think the normal cutoff for this would be around 20v... so 18v won't work.
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Turning a Dead Scooter Into a Speed Machine!1 year agoView Instructable »
Alright, quite a few questions there.There are a few things here. First the 24v controllers are generally rated to 36 volts, but there is no guarantee. In the case of the Razors, when I did find the parts and look up the specs, the 24v did seem to be able to take it. Now, HOWEVER, they do this to have some over head in case parts aren't perfect or whatnot. We are effectively removing that overhead when running at 36 (upwards to 40v when fully charged because of the float charge). MORE IMPORTANT STUFF ON THIS BELOW.Next, yes it has to go through the controller, for a few reasons. One of these reasons is that it controls and limits the current going through the motor, which is important as we will see next.For the batteries, when you say 2x2, I assume you mean 2 series 2 parallel. Series ...
see more » - MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Controlling Any Device Using a Raspberry Pi and a Relay Module1 year ago
In should be connected to a pin that you can actuate. When you say 0V it makes me think that you connected it to the ground.When you say that the relay stays on, have you disconnected the VCC? I don't know what module you have, but some relays "stick" by design. Is this what you have? It would really help if you posted the part numbers. Also, sometimes the PI defaults to having the GPIO pins active so that you have to send a first command to actually turn them off (I had to reverse the default setting on mine).
View Instructable »In should be connected to a pin that you can actuate. When you say 0V it makes me think that you connected it to the ground.I don't know what module you have, but some relays "stick" by design and have to be actively turned on or off. Is this what you have? It would really help if you posted the part numbers. Also, sometimes the PI defaults to having the GPIO pins active so that you have to send a first command to actually turn them off (I had to reverse the default setting on mine).
- MakinThings's instructable 3D Printer PCB Etching's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered 3D Printer PCB Etching in the Build a Tool Contest 2017 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings favorited A reliable plasma speaker by grenadier1 year ago
- MakinThings favorited The Plasma Speaker by Plasmana1 year ago
- MakinThings favorited Solar George Foreman cooker by GregO291 year ago
- MakinThings's instructable Turn your 3D printer into a plotter's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Trump that stump! Easy removal of a tree stump1 year agoView Instructable »
I did start off by making holes, but the stump was still green so large bits, and even smallish ones had trouble. Also the oil would have been burning on the surface, it would not have helped much, and oil needs to be pretty hot to burn and burns real dirty. Getting it under might have worked, but then it would have soaked into the ground.
- MakinThings entered Turn your 3D printer into a plotter in the Build a Tool Contest 2017 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Controlling any device using a Raspberry Pi and a relay module1 year agoView Instructable »
Absolutely not "5V-35V Drive current 2A(MAX single bridge). Max power 25W Storage". I didn't realize this was AC. Are you modifying an existing device that has physical buttons? In that case, you could just use relays to bypass / be remote versions of the buttons. You would just have to make sure you can't short anything once again though.
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Controlling any device using a Raspberry Pi and a relay module1 year agoView Instructable »
Short answer: yes but you probably don't want to. Long answer: for the sake of a DIY project where you want to learn and understand the circuit, you could use 4 relays so that each side of the motor has a + and a - line interrupted by the relay, so that you can turn on pairs of relays to change the side. However, this opens up the risk of a short, and would require some sort of fail safe. You will be better off with one of these modules http://amzn.to/2kIuwQF
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Turn your 3D printer into a plotter1 year agoView Instructable »
Of course, the big advantage of a plotter is that it can print on any flat surface you can place under it. In this ible I only did for very thin ones, but I have another ible coming about doing thicker and double-sided surfaces. It's just that it got to be something like 30+ steps when I put them together, because I did it specifically to draw with a sharpie on copper clad boards to make circuits (etching PCBs). Another advantage is that if the type of ink matters, it can also be the only way to get it done sometimes. Printing a document on this would be a waste of time for sure. Plus, this is also a step 1 for me, as it allowed me to properly get a hang of 2d prints, so that I can move on to my next steps; a cutting blade, and eventually a laser.
- MakinThings's instructable 100 AMP multimeter upgrade's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings's instructable Ultra-zoom macro for a few bucks; DIY high resolution microscopy!'s weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings followed kobyx1 year ago
- MakinThings favorited DIY Power resistor by kobyx1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on kobyx's instructable DIY Power resistor1 year agoView Instructable »
ha, that's exactly how I landed here. I need 12x 0.05 ohms at 100W.
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable 100 AMP multimeter upgrade1 year ago
the read out is actually going to happen where your multimeter intersects with the shunt, the voltage drop is only occurring between those two leads, so the extra resistance added by the clamps won't play into the voltage drop measurement. circtuit-------+---shunt---+------- where + is where the multimeter reads in, as long as the clamps are before and after it, it will not be part of the shunt.
View Instructable »Right, but stainless requires more than 50 cents, and is not as simple to make into getting a 1:1 readout for simplicity. I have other shunts, but this is certainly going to be my go-to for testing stuff in my workshop. Powertools, welder, and e-bikes aren't going to go belly up on a 5% misread.
- MakinThings entered 100 AMP multimeter upgrade in the Build a Tool Contest 2017 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Ultra-zoom macro for a few bucks; DIY high resolution microscopy!1 year agoView Instructable »
haha, thanks! :)
- MakinThings entered Ultra-zoom macro for a few bucks; DIY high resolution microscopy! in the Build a Tool Contest 2017 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable 1$ DIY cable lug1 year agoView Instructable »
Nice, thanks. It is good in a pinch or for pure hobby usage. I wish we had harbor freight here, I'd have to order directly from China and wait 3 months if I don't want to spend something like 10$ per terminal!
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Controlling any device using a Raspberry Pi and a relay module1 year agoView Instructable »
It can pretty much be used as is since it can take AC or DC on the switching side. You would have to figure out if the reset switch on the PC is one where when you press it it opens or closes the circuit. Once you know that, you simply use the relay in a way which works for you. These kinds of relays have the option of always on to off, or always off to on when you apply power to the other side. After that I guess it's just a matter of flipping it back right after you activated it.
- MakinThings's instructable Prevent frost inside your car's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Prevent Frost Inside Your Car1 year agoView Instructable »
Lol, it just means you were doing it right from the start :p. It's also more of an issue with electric cars. The climate control gets used less and it's a heat exchange pump rather than a resistive heating element... But really the worst was when I just did it plain wrong.
- MakinThings's instructable Simple birdhouse for Chickadee's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered Simple Birdhouse for Chickadee in the Homemade Gifts Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable 3$ spot welder electrode holders1 year ago
For brazing a clamp is certainly better, but for spot welding, I wanted to be able to apply the current in an accurate and localized manner on small work piece.
View Instructable »And thanks :)
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Turning a dead scooter into a speed machine!1 year agoView Instructable »
Yes and no. First off, it is important to note that mixing batteries that are not identical is not recommended. If you charge them separately, you could make it work, but it would require active monitoring of the batteries and a good understanding of what you are doing. Luckily, the most you could do is damage them, not start a fire as is the case with lithium, but still.. no one wants to damage their batteries. If they were produced at the same time, have similar wear, and are same brand, then you should be good to go, but then you have more things to consider. How you use them would depend on the ratings. Parallel = more power (necessary to accelerate and / or keep the speed up), voltage = more speed. If they are 12V, 3 in series would give you 36v at whatever amp rating it is capable...
see more » - MakinThings's instructable Carve pumpkins like a pro the easy way's weekly stats: 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered Carve pumpkins like a pro the easy way in the Halloween Decor Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered Carve pumpkins like a pro the easy way in the Pumpkin Carving Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings's entry Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated) is a winner in the Solar Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings's entry Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated) is a finalist in the Solar Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings's entry Bulk canning 600 lbs of tomatoes is a winner in the Canning and Pickling Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings favorited Outdoor Kitchen Island by unetity1 year ago
- MakinThings's entry Bulk canning 600 lbs of tomatoes is a finalist in the Canning and Pickling Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable DIY fully articulated faucet design1 year ago
Lol, that's quite the mental puzzle there. Love it!
Thanks. If necessity is the mother of all inventions, frugality is is close second! :p
View Instructable »Thanks. If necessity is the mother of all inventions, frugality is is close cousin! :p
- MakinThings favorited Perfect Workbench by tomatoskins1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Light up the perimeter of your yard with (solar) light posts1 year agoView Instructable »
A squirle has been knocking mine down now and then :p
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated)1 year agoView Instructable »
Thanks :) I was thinking of making this into two separate ibles, but I thought it was nice to be able to compare them.
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Bulk canning 600 lbs of tomatoes1 year agoView Instructable »
Yeah, it is pretty single use :p
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated)1 year agoView Instructable »
I originally wanted to run the pool pump, but realized it would require too big at the setup compared to mostly free salvage :p. What are you going for?
- MakinThings entered Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated) in the LED Contest contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated) in the Backyard Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings entered Dual solar shed (regulated and unregulated) in the Solar Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Bulk canning 600 lbs of tomatoes1 year agoView Instructable »
Haha thanks. After a day in the sun next to those burners churning that machine, everyone was getting a little grumpy :p
- MakinThings entered Bulk Canning 600 Lbs of Tomatoes in the Canning and Pickling Contest 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable 12v to USB adapter \ 12v to 5v transformer (great for cars)1 year ago
Noise? If you mean power spikes and dips, then yes, the capacitor should handle those, but if your mp3 somehow has poorly isolated power that feeds back through the audio jack, I don't know what to say... Can you describe the issue? Also, modern cig lighter adaptors are tiny these days, it's why I recently added to link to one of those cheap flush mounting ones.
View Instructable »It's hard to diagnose like this, but is the noise different/change when the engine gets revved? If so, the capacitor should do the job, you could even put a bigger one if necessary. If not, it's because the power of not isolated, no clue what to do then....
- MakinThings's entry Deep fried everything in bacon grease is a winner in the Outdoor Cooking Challenge 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings's entry Deep fried everything in bacon grease is a finalist in the Outdoor Cooking Challenge 2016 contest 1 year ago
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Lithium powered spot welder1 year ago
Lol, repetitive maybe, but totally worth it for the xkcd comic :p. They don't explode per say, but violently burst into flames (in the case of lico), but if you pick appropriate cells, the worst reaction from a permanent short would be swelling and venting of hot gasses (that's what those little holes on this site positive terminal are for, and one of the issues with sealed cells or battery packs like pouch cells and laptop bricks). Cell protection would have to be specifically designed; normal protection circuits would not work well here. Tracking temp and voltage are the safe thing to do in this case. A protection circuit would not make the difference between the voltage sag and dangerous discharge levels, so it would be useless as it would either prevent the device from working, or ...
see more »View Instructable »safety sand, always safety sand!
- MakinThings commented on MakinThings's instructable Make a spot welder WITH salvaged lithium cells1 year ago
If that's what you understood from the information provided, then yes, absolutely.
View Instructable »Yup, that's why I say not to use lipo cells explicitly even though they are generally considered high power ish cells. They are too severely compromised by being both high power and capacity; they are optimized for weight and cost. I have a 45 minutes video and a ible longer than this one just on selecting proper cells for high power use. I kept it separate precisely because there is so much information.
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