Month: September 2014
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Fun with 3D Printing: Print a Parametric Peristaltic Pump
So, I’ve been playing around with the Lulzbot we got at work. Inspired by emmett’s sweet planetary gear bearing design, I adapted the design to be not a bearing but a peristaltic pump. Like the original bearing design, the pump prints as a single piece – no assembly required! – with captive rollers and no…
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Tim Tears It Apart: Kidde KN-COB-B Carbon Monoxide Alarm
Of course it happens this way: stuff works for you, but breaks as soon as you have guests and drives them crazy. In this case, the missus and I were out of the house having a baby and her folks were in to hold down the fort. A carbon monoxide detector had failed in the…
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It’s official – I have spawn!
So… That day I never thought would come, and a younger me once *hoped* would never come…has come! Our first spawn, Max Charles G, was born 7/26/2014 at around 6:40am. Glad that’s over! I kid, but seriously, the hospital part is the only real sucky part (for us, at least – Max is pretty chill).…