Projects
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: Electrical
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There are still a lot of lighting parameters I don’t know. I’ve tried to work out a general wiring mechanism that will hopefully be expandable and reasonable to both install and service. The shortwave light is big, clunky, and complete. …
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: Part 2
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Work on the display case has followed three areas. Room Finishing This part is time consuming and mundane. The room that the case is in is a combination office, workout room and more than a little bit of storage space. …
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BeerMKR Board Replacement: Experiments 5 & 6
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These experiments involve the addition of a “RAMPS 1.4” board. I realized that for a lot of this stuff, making my own board was silly. For less that I could make some very basic stuff I can buy a board…
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BeerMKR Board Replacement: Marlin
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This isn’t a post that lends itself well to pictures. A lot of what the BeerMKR does during the brewing process is to just hold a temperature. My concept for replacing the board on the BeerMKR is to use Open…
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BeerMKR Board Replacement: Connections
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Thermoelectric Assembly connector: JST VL Series Board Power Connector Hirose DF63 Series Heater Connectors (2 top 1 bottom) JST VH Series Pressure Sensor, Button light assembly JST XH series (2.5 mm) Temperature Sensor and TEC fan JST PH Series (2.0…
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Shortwave UV Display Light – Part 1
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I’ve had my eye on building a shortwave UV display light for a few years. When my wife started collecting samples that included fluorescent minerals we didn’t have any way to activate them. When she was in school she was…
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BeerMKR board replacement – Why?
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My BeerMKR isn’t brewing well and I’ve been investigating to find out why. I had recently replaced the Thermoelectric chip on the unit and that part seemed to be working well. The mash cycle seemed to take longer and I…
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Fluorescent Mineral Display: The Case Part 1
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For several years my wife has been collecting geological samples from all over the world (ebay is great for that) and we used to display the samples in our dining room china cabinet. That Queen Ann style furniture gave way…