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I love broccoli. I should give this a try

May we please get another update?

May we please get another update!

Wow, it looks beautiful!

Wow, beautiful work! As a hint, there is a list with upcoming contests (https://www.instructables.com/community/List-of-Upcoming-Contests/) and a "Make It Move" contest is starting really soon. I would suggest checking the list before publishing, since amazing things like this should have a pretty good chance of winning.

Is there a certain one you think should have won? I am not a staff member and rarely judge contests, but considering how many I have won, I might be able to help you. I browsed through a few of your projects and overall they are really good, so these suggestions are at a very high level and are definitely not meant to discourage you. Lighting and camera focus are key. Maybe you should consider getting a camera light. There were a few blurry pictures or the focus wasn’t on the area of interest, try taking lots of pictures of every step and discard the ones that aren’t nice. I sometimes take more than a hundred pictures for the title image playing around with positioning and lighting. A tripod is also very helpful. Try leaving a bit of space around the object, so that it isn&r...

Is there a certain one you think should have won? I am not a staff member and rarely judge contests, but considering how many I have won, I might be able to help you. I browsed through a few of your projects and overall they are really good, so these suggestions are at a very high level and are definitely not meant to discourage you. Lighting and camera focus are key. Maybe you should consider getting a camera light. There were a few blurry pictures or the focus wasn’t on the area of interest, try taking lots of pictures of every step and discard the ones that aren’t nice. I sometimes take more than a hundred pictures for the title image playing around with positioning and lighting. A tripod is also very helpful. Try leaving a bit of space around the object, so that it isn’t cut in your title image. Personally, I do not like having many image format changes and usually just stick to landscape. I think instructables that use only one format are a lot more pleasing to the eye. When going through an instructable, I prefer the ones that have only pictures taken by the author. I think so far I have only once used a stock image. Even though views aren’t a guaranty to win a contest, it certainly helps to have a successful instructable that has made it into the newsletter. In order to get into the newsletter you will need a lot of views in the first few days. I usually take a look at similar instructables or things I have made in the past and try to figure what websites wrote about it. Then I tell them that I have made something new and hope that they feature it on their site. I hope I didn’t offend you with my suggestions, like I said overall you are doing really well.

If you google for example "Deadpool Knife Block" or "Nerf Sentry Gun", you can see that a lot of websites wrote about my projects. So if I was going to build for example a new Sentry Gun I would go to a few of those and tell them about my new project.Btw. both of the projects got caught in the filters and it took a few day for them to get featured. So in the first few days they got hardly any views and weren't featured in the newsletter. Once other sites wrote about them and they were getting a lot of views (way more than other instructables at that time) I asked staff members why they weren't featured in the newsletter and they told me that they got overlooked. They were kind enough to put them in the newsletter and I ended up winning at lot of awesome prizes. I gu...

If you google for example "Deadpool Knife Block" or "Nerf Sentry Gun", you can see that a lot of websites wrote about my projects. So if I was going to build for example a new Sentry Gun I would go to a few of those and tell them about my new project.Btw. both of the projects got caught in the filters and it took a few day for them to get featured. So in the first few days they got hardly any views and weren't featured in the newsletter. Once other sites wrote about them and they were getting a lot of views (way more than other instructables at that time) I asked staff members why they weren't featured in the newsletter and they told me that they got overlooked. They were kind enough to put them in the newsletter and I ended up winning at lot of awesome prizes. I guess if you are passionate about a project, put in some extra work to get people to notice it.

Is there a certain one you think should have won? I am not a staff member and rarely judge contests, but considering how many I have won, I might be able to help you.I browsed through a few of your projects and overall they are really good, so these suggestions are at a very high level and are definitely not meant to discourage you.Lighting and camera focus are key. Maybe you should consider getting a camera light. There were a few blurry pictures or the focus wasn’t on the area of interest, try taking lots of pictures of every step and discard the ones that aren’t nice. I sometimes take more than a hundred pictures for the title image playing around with positioning and lighting. A tripod is also very helpful. Try leaving a bit of space around the object, so that it isn&rsq...

Is there a certain one you think should have won? I am not a staff member and rarely judge contests, but considering how many I have won, I might be able to help you.I browsed through a few of your projects and overall they are really good, so these suggestions are at a very high level and are definitely not meant to discourage you.Lighting and camera focus are key. Maybe you should consider getting a camera light. There were a few blurry pictures or the focus wasn’t on the area of interest, try taking lots of pictures of every step and discard the ones that aren’t nice. I sometimes take more than a hundred pictures for the title image playing around with positioning and lighting. A tripod is also very helpful. Try leaving a bit of space around the object, so that it isn’t cut in your title image.Personally, I do not like having many image format changes and usually just stick to landscape. I think instructables that use only one format are a lot more pleasing to the eye.When going through an instructable, I prefer the ones that have only pictures taken by the author.Even though views aren’t a guaranty to win a contest, it certainly helps to have a successful instructable that has made it into the newsletter. In order to get into the newsletter you will need a lot of views in the first few days. I usually take a look at similar instructables or things I have made in the past and try to figure what websites wrote about it. Then I tell them that I have made something new and hope that they feature it on their site.I hope I didn’t offend you with my suggestions, like I said overall you are doing really well.

Wow these look so good!

Thank you, I used about one roll of 750 g filament in total. I made two different versions of the middle though, since I didn't like my first design once it was printed. Overall the cost should be under $15.

Iwanted to add a boost function and a timer, but you can of course build ithowever it works best for you.

I wanted to add a boost function and a timer, but you can of course build ithowever it works best for you.

You are right, of course. Thanks a lot for your correction!

Yes, sorry. I decided to not publish a "stuff you need" list like I normally do, since I wanted people to read the whole Instructable before starting to build something that might harm them unless they take precautions.

Wow, it is really pretty. Awesome job on the pictures as well!

In principle yes. However, I guess the amount of mold formed on the condenser of a climate control unit is much smaller than the one you described. Taking into account that you also have a lot of other surfaces the ozone can react with (tools, etc.) you would have to use a lot of ozone. I had exactly the same problem with my workshop and used a sodium hypochlorite based cleaner/bleach. The mold practically vanished into thin air after the first spray.

Hi! To my knowledge such oxygen generators use a membrane technique or an absorbtion/regeneration principle and are able to produce significantly more oxygen than my 20 g/h of ozone. I would, however, not expect too much of those "home" oxygen generators. At elevated levels of oxygen (~30%) humans develop signs of oxygen poisoning including vertigo and nausea... Personally, I would not like to sleep next to an oxygen generator.

I haven't tried it, but this is what their site saye:Can I embed a Screencast on my own webpage?Yes! When viewing a public or unlisted Screencast, there is an embed button. You will get a snippet of html code that you can paste into your own website. This will embed the Screencast, and viewers will be able to play the Screencast directly from your page, or follow a link to view it on the Screencast website.

Thank you! Overall painting, sanding and adding the electronics took a weekend (I started with the primer layers on Friday evening) .

Thank you and thanks for all your other comments!

In bearings tolerances are very important. If the balls aren't perfectly round it won't turn very well. So while it would work, I wouldn't suggest it.

Yes, it does. Better than I expected

Thank you. Try your local fablab or a service like 3d hubs. The quality is not that important except for the lenses. So you can cut 3D print time

Thank you! The last time I checked they were more than $300 which is way above my budget.

Sure, double pendulums are quite common. I just built a bigger one for a friend. Thanks, English isn't my first language, therefore corrections are appreciated.

THF is a very versatile solvent. You can use it for ABS. I printed my parts with PLA. PVC will work as well

You can replace the computer with a Raspberry Pi, but you will still need the Arduino to control the motors

Thanks a lot for your comment!

Thanks a lot!

Thankyou! I would love to see your result. There is enough space to add morefunctionality. I was thinking about turning it into a wake up light.

Try going to this linkhttps://www.instructables.com/member/alamtania/ins...Move the mouse over the picture. An edit button should appear

Thanks a lot and thanks for the correction!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you! Yes I gave them a quick wipe with a towel dipped in THF, but since here in Germany it is said to have carcinogenic (cancer- causing) effects (even though there are no long term studies and no there is no proof that the effect is also valid for humans and not only rodents) I decided not to write about it in the instructable.

Thanks, it does wobble a bit, but like I wrote in intro step, the idea is not to spin it extremely fast, but to get it to spin chaotically, which in my opinion is way more fun.

Thanks a lot for the compliment. I am sorry that it can't be bought.

Thanks for the answer, looks like it was a glitch. I was having a lot of problems publishing the Instructable as well.

In my opinion the most boring and annoying step is sanding (I much rather design and paint things) and designing electronics, because I am not good at that. I actually like looking for materials. For me it is part of the process, since I might be able to find things I haven't considered using. Sorry for not helping your with your cause, but looking for things and maybe replacing them with other items is a huge and important part of my work flow.

How do you know if something got accepted? When I click "Publish Cotest Entry" it loads for a few seconds and then goes back to saying "Publish Cotest Entry"

I have been having a lot of problems the last few days, as well.

Thank you, I am still very much a beginner, but I really enjoy using it. Since I discovered it, I have hardly been using any other 3D design program. I am currently working on getting better.

Hi, I really like the idea, but does this mean that if I write an Instructable and enter a design challenge that there will be two entries on my profile page? Can I enter html code in the description of a design challenge?

I am assuming we can't use anything that falls under the Intellectual Property Protection? So for example WALL-E is out of the question?

Thanks for the update!

Like I already wrote via pm, I am going to join you. Let us hope that more are willing to join. I would love to meet some more Northern German makers. I am also willing to help improve the documentation of the projects and 3D print or laser cut stuff.

Maybe you have entered the contest multiple times in the past. I got repeating e-mails and messages as well (though not more than two per contest)...

I absolutely love it! Any chance the instructables one could be a prize in a contest?

Not that great for international members, though...

Is the option gone? Every time I've won in a contest that had to do with cooking I was able to choose.

Another time contest, please and one that has to do with cleaning. Those have obviously nothing to do with my current projects ;-)

Wow, I just had a look at your instructables and you are incredibly talented.

Thanks, I didn't realise that the download link stopped working I reuploaded it to step 1. Have fun!

Thank you! Go ahead and make one, it is not that difficult.

Thanks a lot, I am glad you liked it!

Thanks a lot for the compliment!

Awesome! I was just looking how to make gears in Fusion360. Thanks a lot! The design is great. I am not a big fan of the burn marks from the laser cutter, but otherwise I think it is perfect.