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Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D Printer
Back in June 2024 I got a Bambu Lab A1 mini to add to the printers in the shop. The Bambu Lab A1 mini 3D Printer is a tiny little thing! And it’s not my first mini printer. Back in 2021 I got a Prusa...
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Make It Your Own
Years ago when I was really active at the Milwaukee Makerspace a member there would ask me about the projects I made, and how I came up with ideas for them. Well, I’ve always been a weirdo who thinks...
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Rollo Label Printer
About a year ago I asked about label printer for shipping and people had some comments. My requirements were a thermal printer that could print 4″ x 6″ sticky labels and connected via USB and didn’t...
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Cold Weather Cycling Headgear
It was 37° F last week one morning as I headed out for my 7am bike ride. That’s a bit cold! I have a friend who said he won’t ride when it drops below 40° F but I actually prefer the colder weather....
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I would bike 500 miles…
Yeah, I would bike 500 miles… and I did! I started biking (outdoors) February 2024 and it is now November 1st 2024 and here’s a quick report. You may remember I used to walk a lot and I’ve done a bit...
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Skulls (2D and 3D)
A post I made on Facebook while at Ink Curds: Me explaining my process: “So I 3D printed a skull, then I photographed it, then I made a drawing from the photograph, then I 3D printed plates from the...
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Lino-Style Relief Print
I’ve been using this 3D Printed Printing Plates method for almost a year now, and one of the issues I’ve had is that most of the designs tend to avoid thin lines, and the reason for that involves the...
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Bern Major MIPS Bike Helmet
I got a new helmet. My old helmet (as seen here) was probably 17 years old and when I asked how often a helmet should be replaced people told me every 3 to 5 years! (And yes, I do know that if you are...
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Rugged Box Silicone Gasket Seal
Here’s the short version, I used CHANGTIKEJI Silicone Mold “Super Elastic Liquid Silicone” to make these seals / gaskets for the rugged box(es) I 3D printed. There’s a smaller size available as well....
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A 50 Year Old Raleigh Bike
I’ll just admit it, this post is mostly to share photos of an old bike. This is a 1970’s Raleigh 3-speed bicycle. I don’t know the exact year. I rode it today for three miles and I nearly kept my...
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Meshtastic Begin
What is Meshtastic? “An open source, off-grid, decentralized, mesh network built to run on affordable, low-power devices”… It’s a system of small Long Range (LoRa) radios that form a mesh network to...
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Rugged Box Silicone Gasket Seal (Part II)
If you read Rugged Box Silicone Gasket Seal (Part I) you read about how I used CHANGTIKEJI Silicone Mold “Super Elastic Liquid Silicone” to make a gasket (seal) for these 3D printed rugged boxes. But...
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Rugged Box Silicone Gasket Seal (Part III)
Did you read Rugged Box Silicone Gasket Seal (Part I) and Part II where I attempted (and succeeded!) at using CHANGTIKEJI Silicone Mold “Super Elastic Liquid Silicone” to make a gasket (seal) for...
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Dying Plastic
I sometimes need something a certain color, and this time it was a purple button. I could not purchase a purple button, but I could purchase a white button and some purple dye. So the idea is that you...
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Pizza Advice
A friend asked me for some pizza advice, so I figured I would write up a whole post that everyone could read. Here it is! Warning: At the time of writing this I am ill, and my brain is a bit fuzzy, so...
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I Santa Rampaged 2024
Ho! Ho! Ho! I Santa Rampaged! This was my first time taking part in the largest Santa Bike Ride here in Milwaukee and it was a blast. A blast of cold air for sure, but also a fun blast. Back in...
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