#making

It's Friday and my multiple step casting on my current project is done I even build a little slope to get the top at the last step level. In a few days unmolding and see what the result will be . Enjoy ur Friday!!

For finished works ->
https://thuhstudio.etsy.com

#concrete #lamp #triangle #unique #workinprogress #sculpting #casting #abstract #design #handmade #craft #architecture #abstractart
#making #progress #process #mold #luminaire #geometry #art #productdesign #wip

This desktop SoftGel (0A-40A) injection molding machine on kickstarter looks very useful for makers who need this capability:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/saltgator/saltgator-the-1st-desktop-softgel-injection-molding-machine/description

#making #kickstarter

@MakersHour@cupoftea.social @makershour@a.gup.pe Q3: Imposter syndrome – I suffer really badly from this! Can you give any tips to other makers on how to beat this feeling?
#MakersHour
A3 I think it’s an integral part of #making to be honest. I often tell myself I am such a beginner and know so little I can’t really even be an imposter! Which is imposter imposter syndrome if you will. Perhaps we should turn it round and say we all *deserve* to make and we all deserve to be treated as the experts we actually are. Putting this into practice in my brain is another thing entirely.

https://www.europesays.com/2270765/ Major electoral law overhaul includes ending same-day enrolment, clarity on treats for voters #address #change #clarity #electoral #ending #enrolment #for #Government #includes #law #Laws #major #making #necessary #NewZealand #ON #overhaul #sameday #significant #strain #system #treats #voters #zealands

Due Timelapse fatti dalla stampante :3 #3dprinting #anycubic #kobras1 #s1 #making

Thuh mold for my current project is finished It consists of multiple parts. Hence to prevent airgaps the casting will be done in multiple steps . One thing left to do... fill it up!

For finished work
https://thuhstudio.etsy.com

#concrete #lamp #triangle #unique #workinprogress #sculpting #casting #abstract #design #handmade #craft #architecture #abstractart
#making #progress #process #mold #luminaire #geometry #art #productdesign #wip

https://www.europesays.com/2259774/ Auckland man made covert intimate recordings of 64 women; just three victims identified by police #64 #admitted #after #auckland #by #clothing #covert #faces #identified #including #inside #intimate #jail #just #made #making #Man #NewZealand #newmarket #of #police #recordings #some #store #Three #victims #video #women #years

New Tim Hunkin "Secret Life of Components"
https://youtu.be/raMCWfltyRs
#Gears #Making #Mechanical #TimHunkin

$0 #free #book
Country #Baking Quick #Breads and #Muffins #Recipes
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009HJYARO/

Step by Step #Soap #Making: Material #Techniques #Recipes
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01AB9RD2M/

Transforming #Healthcare: The Role and Impact of #AI
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#deal #delete #ebooks #ebook

Wake up, honey. New #TimHunkin "Secret Life of Components" just dropped
https://youtu.be/raMCWfltyRs
#Gears #Making #Mechanical #Machines

Finished this dirndl for my daughter (back view) #sewing #making #cosplay

A random little waffle about printing mundane stuff on my blog. Whilst one printer was printing a long complicated back panel for my uConsole another machine made these practical tie down points for my USB light panels. https://concretedog.blogspot.com/2025/07/printing-mundane-can-be-so-rewarding.html #3dprinting #making #freecad

I recently took my stall to the Liverpool Makefest – an excellent day put together by passionate and enthusiastic volunteers. It was a farewell of sorts, as many of the organisers were retiring and the future of the event is uncertain. It was a farewell of sorts for me, too – and a valuable learning experience.

One thing that isn’t going away is my homemade cash register. It might get a few upgrades, but building the machine was definitely worth the effort. I was quite surprised to see how people reacted to the cash till at Liverpool Makefest, partly because the till is normally hidden away at the back of my stall. In liverpool, I had a square stall with no hiding space for The Private Things of the Shop_(tm). People were excited to see a homespun cash register, and I had a sit down conversation with a few people about how the system worked.

I built the cash register more or less out of desperation, because I wanted a battery powered cash till but didn’t have several hundred pounds to spare. I wanted something to throw around, that I could repair myself, and something that I could modify in the future. Battery power might seem a bit of a strange requirement for a cash register if you’ve never hired a stand at a large exhibition. Typically, exhibition centres will charge you hundreds of pounds to provide you with a power socket, on top of the hundreds of pounds you’ve already paid for the stand itself.

I enjoy my job, even though I’ll never be rich. Yes, I have a PhD., but academia isn’t something you can really do when you have a young family and your partner works unpredictable and anti-social hours. As much as I’d like to keep running my little workshop as a hobby, business is (as the saying goes) business. With postage costs being what they are, a long run of lost and damaged postal orders, international war and madness, and the fact that I’m not allowed to drive any more for health reasons, the shape of Andrew Lewis Workshop is going to change. There will be fewer products available online, some bulky or fragile products will disappear entirely (mugs, for example), and some new products will take their place on the stock list. It’s evolution, and it needs to happen to make the business viable and physically more portable in the future.

The till uses a Dewalt battery to power it, regulating the power with a couple of buck converters for the Raspberry Pi, the thermal receipt printer, and the cash drawer’s solenoid. The issue I have at the moment is space. I want to make the whole unit smaller, so that I can carry it more easily on a train. To do this, I’m going to redesign the case a little bit and use a smaller cash drawer. There are small 30cm square drawers available, and I think they’ll be worth the upgrade. I’m also going to hit the receipt printer with a hammer, because it’s pretty unstable and prints garbage occasionally. I might even switch to a Bluetooth unit rather than a built in printer if it looks like I’ll be able to make it work.

Whatever the exact shape of the new cash register, I hope it will continue to get people thinking about creating their own versions of ubiquitous objects at maker-related events.

If you have a very long memory, you might remember that Shedlandia had a web and social media presence about 10 years ago. The site eventually stopped getting updates, and finally disappeared into the aether around 2016. Well, we’re back and we’re going to be trying to reach out to some of our old friends.

Who are you and what is this blog about?

I’m Andrew Lewis, and you might know me from Andrew Lewis Workshop, Hackspace Magazine, Make Magazine, or as that chap who sells funny signs at geeky events. I’m doing less technology now, and more gardening. I, and the rest of my family, are trying to be a little bit more self sufficient and think more about protecting the environment we live in. We’ve gone a bit green, really. That’s what this blog is about. We’re not crazy preppers living in a bunker – we’re just a family doing what we can, and making some notes about our adventures on this blog.

Did I see you with a bike a while ago?

Yes, we’ve got a Long-John style cargo bike, which was partly paid for by kind donations from the community. I was recently diagnosed with SSAS (Severe Sleep Apnea Syndrome), and that means I’m no longer allowed to drive a car. When you have two small children and live in an area that’s largely designed with the car in mind, that can be quite a big problem. Thankfully, I can ferry the children to school on the new bike and they absolutely love it, as do I. You can read more about the reasons behind our fundraiser here: https://gofund.me/4b5ec52b

Didn’t you have chickens at one point?

Yes, we do have a few chickens. They’re great at turning vegetables and bugs into eggs, and they also make manure and rake over the compost for us. The children get their pocket money from egg sales to friends and family members.

So what are you actually doing with this blog?

It will be a mix of recipes, blogging about our garden and about our attempts to reduce, repurpose, reuse, and recycle. We’ll also talk about things like solar power, wind power, electric vehicles, water purification, preservation of foods, and all that sort of thing. We’re doing this because we’re not thrilled by the modern trend of videos from the content mill being generated for everything. We and want things written down, without any algorithm driving them. That’s what we are aiming for here. We’re not here to advertise or push paid product placements in anyone’s face, and we’re not trying to get rich through advertising clicks.

That said, if you do want to support us on Ko-Fi, we have a tip jar at https://ko-fi.com/lewisworkshop# – What? It doesn’t hurt to ask.

Die Dinge verändern.
Den Fokus setzen.

So nüchtern wie auf dem ersten Bild schaut der Kuchen noch nicht einmal in der Realität aus.

Sony alpha 3. Ohne Raws. Veränderung nur Helligkeit und Kontrast. Bei niedrigen Blenden mit Stativ.

#Making #Kuchen

Writing up an upcoming small tutorial on the @FreeCAD sheetmetal workbench. Just made a no thought example and suddenly I want to make rugged chassis mount bumbers for robots and RC cars! #making #cad

I’m updating the @raspberrypi.com pico lessons for my course on #electronics #making: beginner thru IoT & robotics. We use #CircuitPython. Here is the first lesson youtu.be/d6e6En1OjNQ Will also have a low-cost book & online quiz. Feedback & shared always welcome. #CSed have at it

DIY portable gramophone repair job - fettling a 1947 machine back into working order.
My new video up now:
https://youtu.be/dkHvdi8s2jU

#repair #making #gramophone #turntable

I made a hat! Process thread coming...

@sewing

#sewing #making #hat #crafting

This is what happens when you finish a #cosplay early. You start one for your daughter. #sewing #making #crafting