My Project Diary of Coding, Making, and Tinkering
This blog was not my first attempt at keeping an electronic diary of my adventures. There were several before this one, each meeting the fate of majority of blogs: a handful of entries before tailing off, followed by the hosting platform going out of business and all content lost. New Screwdriver was my 2016 New Continue reading I Write For People, Not Machines
About ten years ago Ars Technica published a long article titled OneCore to rule them all: How Windows Everywhere finally happened chronicling a long and expensive push within Microsoft to consolidate operating system code across the company into a single Windows core. One that can serve every purpose from an inexpensive power-efficient Raspberry Pi all Continue reading Windows Everywhere Was A…
I tackled the Spent Spool Storage System (R2S4) project to answer a prompt/challenge what can we do with spent spools . Pleased with the result, I was given another prompt: the drawers of a rolling toolbox storing fasteners are filled with boxes of various sizes, exactly as shipped from McMaster-Carr. When we want to grab a Continue reading Dovetail Storage Grid
When I created my WordPress account and started writing, I thought odds were pretty good that I would write a handful of entries and stop. This is the fate of most blogs! But I managed to keep a pretty good pace going for several years. I increased my tempo as I went. Starting from once Continue reading Trying New Format For New Screwdriver
Once I was satisfied my spent spool storage system design covered the basics and offered some neat features, it was time to tidy up my CadQuery code. I had been experimenting in a free-wheeling fashion and now I need to apply the Python code organization best practices I ve learned to date. This is also the Continue reading Tidying Up R2S4 CadQuery Code
I ve designed a 3D-printable storage system using spent 3D printing filament spools as its central structure. I ve made the design configurable to fit different size spools and generate different size trays. The parameters to fit a specific spool size are fairly straightforward if we already have one such empty spool in hand: get out some Continue reading Build-As-You-Go Storage System with Tray…
I thought it would be fun to turn spent 3D printing filament spools into the core of a storage system, and my CadQuery script for generating individual elements can generat a base module matching a removable storage tray using the same parameters. There are two categories of dynamic configuration involved: that to match the spent Continue reading Storage Trays Configurable To Fit Different Object…
I thought it would be cool to reuse spent 3D printing filament spools as the core of a storage system. The storage trays can be configured to be within a range of sizes. Each could be printed either with filament-efficient single-wall vase mode for light duty use, or with thicker walls for heavier duty use. Continue reading Tray Mounting Base To Fit Within Spent Spools
Prompted by a fellow 3D printing user s comment I wish there s something we could do with these spent spools I decided to investigate a project idea that s been sitting in the back of my head: a dynamically reconfigurable storage system which uses a spent 3D printer filament spool as its structural core. After setting a Continue reading Storage Trays To Fit Within Spent Spools
While I was spending much of my free time playing MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, I still worked on my usual project ideas. I just wasn t writing them down on this blog! I am already starting to forget important details so I ll try to catch up the best I can. First up for documentation: the spent spool Continue reading New Project: Spent Spool Storage System