FreeCAD Is Simple According To This Tutorial

Remember learning to tie your shoes or ride a bike? Like many things, that’s easy once you know how to do it, but seems impossible before you learn. [NovaSpirit] asserts that Freecad is simple, and provides a simple walkthrough to create a part in the video below.

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Découvrez la GameCube Nano une console 90% plus petite que loriginale

C’est le genre de projet un peu dingue qui montre les possibilités acquises par de simples particuliers ces dernières années. Arriver a réduire de 90% le châssis original de la console pour proposer cette GameCube Nano est assez ahurissant. Le projet est assez simple en théorie.

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Gumball Coaster Is 3D-Printed Candy Fun

Marble runs are fun enough on their own, but what if you could eat the marbles? Gumballs are the satisfying answer to that question. To that end, [Adrian Seeley] whipped up a system for producing gumball runs programmatically for entertainment and candy dispensing purposes.

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Portable Soldering Station Runs On Drill Batteries

Power tool batteries are a convenient portable power supply for all manner of different things. [Zachary Goode] noticed that Ryobi was using them to power soldering irons, but no such tool existed in the DeWalt range. Thus, he set about to build such a rig himself.

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Comment sont fabriquées les Raspberry Pi par Sony

Jeff Geerling a été visiter l’usine Sony qui fabrique les Raspberry Pi et revient avec une vidéo très complète. On y découvre les méthodes employées pour assembler les cartes, les tester et les empaqueter. Une visite intéressante a plus d’un titre.

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Reverse engineering the Tempur-Pedic adjustable base remote control (part 1)

This is the first in a (probably) three part series. About a year ago, I decided to upgrade my old spring mattress to a TEMPUR-Contour Elite Breeze and I cannot say enough good things about it. I opted to also get an adjustable base (this one) for it, which has also been great.

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