BLE Beacon Dog Door
Wyatt’s Security door
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Wyatt’s pull cart
Obviously this was a quickie but also probably more accessible for anyone else in a similar predicament. You don’t really need much other than a few small hand tool, some spacer material and a rigid platform of whatever length you […]
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Mad Eye Moody & Snitch
Another consequence of housecleaning this week was rediscovery of the “Mad Eye” I made just prior to Delilah’s birth at Halloween 2016. Team Amanda & Delilah made a great “Golden Snitch” costume that fit right into the pregnancy. This particular […]
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It came from the 80’s- Nitro conversion
So I started this project by attempting to clean out the garage (an attempt still in progress). In one particularly exciting corner, I rediscovered a boxxed nitro car & parts that my friend and former coworker at Enventys had gifted […]
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Welding kitty
Lets start at the beginning on this one: Welding isn’t your average toddler activity. Del is curious about welding, but we (collectively) haven’t actually welded anything (yet). While I might let her flip the switch on our spot welder, that […]
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Lightbox
Colors are a little tricky. You’ve seen those filters at the average kids museum that illustrates that yellow and blue make green by overlaying acrylic shapes, but in that example you’re just filtering white light and so reducing the output. […]
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3D Printing!
It occurred to me recently- & to my surprise that lots of people still aren’t clear about just what 3d printing is and what it’s good for. The short answer is: Lots! But not everything! Also, the term “3d Printing!” […]
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Saul’s New Bike
Every toddler seems to have a favorite “friend”, & Del’s no exception. Although she’s quite fond of Minnie, and Monkey, her favorite is her camel friend, “Saul”. Nobody knows why or how she opted to name him but she’s been […]
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Rocketeer
As tribute to SpaceX’s inaugural human spaceflight, we built our own rocket swing, complete with motor actuated landing legs, take off/landing pulley, and coaxial dragon capsule emergency escape. Captain Delilah saved everybody with her amazing red button. Huzzah! Here’s the […]
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SupaCar
This project is still a bit of a work in progress but the heavy lifting is done. Now that we’re getting to an appropriate age for power wheels, I had the idea to recreate one of the vehicles from my […]
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