3D printer has been picked up and is ready for crating
My brother picked up the machine I bought. We are now discussing how to crate it up and ship it to Ottawa. Anybody have any suggestions on how to crate…
Read moreModel Planes
My model plane project has been one of the most interesting projects of my entire career. It’s simple but I get to learn about a lot of different things and…
Read more3D Printer Aquisition
The past couple of days I spent some time procuring a 3d printer as part of my propeller project. I already have an extruder head from MakerGear and this 3mm…
Read moreAnother Camera Pen
This came in to replace the one that went in the laundry. This will be for the dumpster project. Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed…
Read moreArtSku with Tempera Paint
We’ve done a couple more installments of “ArtSku with PapaDarcy”. As you can see we’ve graduated to tempera paint. Very fun to mix the colors. Blog this! Digg this post…
Read moreBusy Body
I’m not made many posts lately as I’ve been up to my eyeballs in model planes. That business is generally pretty easy but I’ve seen some higher volumes. I had…
Read moreAnother drawing robot!
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Read moreOttawa Makers Meet
Last Wednesday I attended Ottawa ModLab. I invited friends (such as TickTockTom.com). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnmqwy4rpRA Blog this! Digg this post Recommend on Facebook Share on FriendFeed Share on Linkedin Share via MySpace…
Read moreVoice
I’ve had this idea that a flying wing could be constructed for beginners. Lots of wing area, low parts count and simple assembly. I cooked this prototype up out of…
Read moreThe joy of sharing
I’ve been sending planes out to schools and children in many places. Recently I met Dinkar from India who’s been very successful at sharing them with kids (and adults). He…
Read moreUnusual Dream
I started a dream log a few months ago since I have lots of dreams and really like it. Right away I found patterns. I can assure you it’s very…
Read moreFlat box success
Flat Box V2 has arrived with two Squirrel Model Airplanes enclosed at a destination in Ontario and as you can see here is in excellent shape after that short run.…
Read moreAndroid Tablet
This just in. I tried it and it works okay. The screen needs a bit of pressure so it’s not as nice as my HTC Raider android but this tablet…
Read morePepper and business cards
I was showing off my wooden business cards I made the other day and this young lady did something I never thought of. She put pepper on it and presto,…
Read moreSquirrel model airplane made from another kit
Here’s a cool article on how to take an AMA Cub which is the competitive model for the Squirrel and using the kit to make Squirrel. It’s a nice DIY…
Read moreDIY 3D Wire Bender
Michael found this nice DIY wire bender. Its along the lines of what I was working on so I can model some of what I’m doing after it. They’re not…
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