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1969 Toyota FJ40 build log

This is a sometimes updated build log of my 1969 FJ40. Summer 2022 I bought this FJ40 in the summer of 2022. I had been looking for one for ages and had driven hundreds of miles trying to find the perfect one before I found this green beast literally 5 miles from my house. The…

Making a Read Only SDCard friendly CNCJS Raspberry Pi

CNCJS is kinda amazing and on a Raspberry Pi it gives you an easy way to get modern controls onto your CNC machine. But the pi is still SDCard and Linux based which means it doesn’t care much for being panic powered off and eventually, you’ll find yourself with an unbootable CNC controller. This is…

Storage platform for a 5th gen 4runner

The 5th gen 4runner has a 1.5 inches in between the rear cargo height and the height of the back seats when they are folded down. It’s a little annoying when you are transporting stuff, but it’s a real issue when you are trying to sleep back there if you are camping or overlanding. I…

How to fix the whine on the T9 Headunits

The T9 Headunit that I purchased from Amazon seller YUZHONGTIAN had a terrible whine to it whenever the screen was on. It was a very high pitched, dog whistle type sound that only got worse as the screen brightness was lowered. I worked with the seller for awhile to try to get a replacement, but…

Kindred wolf mask

I found this excellent mask on thingiverse, as usual, but the artist got all twisted about people using it and pulled it down. You should be familiar with this technique by now, so here we go. Print, Filling primer, Sand a lot. Paint, detail, weather Finish and weather a bit more

Blue Spirit mask

Yet another mask to add to the collection, this one is the Blue Spirit mask from Avatar. I found a very lovely model on thingiverse and was able to print it in one piece in PETG with .2mm layers. I did something a little different this time though, I wanted this mask to actually feel…

Robot Art

STEAM day is coming up at a local special needs school and I wanted to bring something fun, engineering-y but artsy too. The kids have various degrees of fine motor control so I knew I would need something as simple as pushing a button, but some of the kids are also pretty motor typical so…

Huawei 2 watch travel charger

For the life of me, I can’t figure out why smart watch makers insist on bundling giant chargers with their devices. Motorola is probably the worst and was the first travel charger I made, and while Huawei isn’t as large, they attach a 3 foot long USB cable to their chargers. For another project I…

Thresh lantern

I made this piece specifically to mess with my youngest sister. She’s a fan of thresh and I wanted to make something iconic to lord over her, because even as an adult, I’m still a big brother. I found a model of the lantern on my mini factory that looked like it would work…

3d printing on fabric

Some folks at my makerspace have been passing around this link showing a maker who figured out a fun way to 3d print onto fabric. His technique is to use a meshed fabric, lay down his first layer, then insert the fabric and resume printing the rest of the print. I had to figure out…