High Pass and Low Pass Filters
I wrote an introductory class on using some National Instruments products, including LabVIEW and the Virtual Bench, for the Urban...
Cutting External Threads
Thanks to the wonderful staff at the Urban Workshop, I have learned how to cut external threads on the lathe! This can be tricky because,...
Prius Maintenance Madness!
My Prius, affectionately named Jarvis, was overdue for an oil change recently so I went to the Urban Workshop to do the maintenance work....
Incremental Gains
A couple weeks ago, I listened to a podcast by Freakonomics Radio called "In Praise of Incrementalism." The podcast argues that progress...
Struggles with the Nozzle
Last weekend everything was going really well with my 3D printer. I was humming along, on track to completing both cylinder heads (each...
Photoshoot of Pens!
It's been raining all weekend here so why not spend the time indoors making chips fly? I spent the entire weekend at the Urban Workshop,...
The Devil's in the Details
This weekend was devoted to making some aluminum pens on the lathe. I've written about this project before, but even though I've already...
More Lessons Hot off the Press
It's been about two weeks now since I started printing the Chevy Camaro V8 LS3 engine on Thingiverse designed by Eric Harrell and I've...
A Photography Lesson from my Sister
Over the holidays, I was lucky enough to get schooled in photography from the greatest photographer I know, my sister Molly. We were...
Reconnecting with the 3D Printer
It's been over 6 months since I used my 3D printer, and during the recent holiday I decided to break it out again. I wanted to write down...