For a hush hush project, I need to use gears and I plan on designing and laser printing them. Theory I found this old article which explains a lot on how to make gears with (older) inkscape. It relies on the following technical reference. With new version 0.91, things have been a bit simpler. Unit can …
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R.I.P Billy
R.I.P Billy, for thou shallt be reborn and never forgotten. I had an old Billy shelf which was starting to collapse and had the wrong color (moved from one room to another...). It was time to swap for a brand new one (yeah, trip to ikea!!!). The old one got repurposed in my cellar to …
Rainbow loom and hacking
A while ago, I ordered from alibaba (or dealextreme) bazilions of elastic bands for the kids. However, I forgot to buy a loom. Being back from vacation, sunday evening needs an occupation for the kids. Time for some hacking! I've already used the elastics between 2 fingers and the kids are now good with it …
Piggy bank for kids
My kids are old enough to have their first coins and they were begging for a piggybank to stash their valuables. I had the idea to build them an actual treasure chest, out of plywood. The final design is available on thingiverse, this post will focus on how to design and build it. Design I used …
Bruce's hideout 