cclark00

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by cclark00 3mo ago
Got a donated 6x18 surface grinder with hydraulic x/y autofeed up and running at our Portland hacker space, but we have no floor space for it. I have lathe and mill hobby experience but going from knowing nothing about surface grinders
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by cclark00 2y ago
Scale model of the solar system! https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/solar-system/activity/... Have each kid 'adopt' a planet, give them the materials to construct the planet at the appropriate sc
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by cclark00 5y ago
I would suggest finding a community college or hardware hacker space like The Crucible in Oakland, CA to take a class. Nothing like hands-on instruction and having the machines set up perfectly so you can concentrate on your skills and get
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by cclark00 5y ago
I have run a Raspberry Pi Zero W with 5mp camera and MotionEye software outside for 3 Christmas seasons to control an animated display. I trigger on movement and capture still and video images to the SD card and automatically upload them ov
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by cclark00 5y ago
This has been done in various forms! One interesting one is shown in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hv2zh_Z0Io Sergei Rachmaninoff recorded a 78 album simultaneously with a piano roll of several pieces - thus capturing t
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by cclark00 6y ago
And the "USS Pandemonium" at Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. A ship they built on land that they could apply radioactive contamination then teach sailors how to clean it up. Then dump it all out into the b
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by cclark00 6y ago
I love the pacing note on the sheet music. "I Got It From Agnes" should be played "Infectiously".
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by cclark00 6y ago
The most jaw dropping but easily missed story I remember from that book: "That was the case once, when we were all seated around the table in the middle of the lab, having lunch. I glanced up, and noticed that the contents of one flask
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by cclark00 6y ago
I just finished old reel-to-reel tape digitizing of family audio files going back to 1953. Luckily they were stored in a cool dry place. I had to cannibalize 2 players to get one working.