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I bought an old Arco Solar panel way back in 2002 but never did anything with it. It was so old I couldn’t even find a spec sheet online! The #kids and I used the multimeter we recently fixed to measure basic Voc and Isc, then built our own #diy #solar USB charger for batteries and #solarpunk #maker projects, like powering our recent “Cricket in a Can” piezo #music platform with the sun. We added a few nice touches like (some) water resistance, sun-angle clamp, and of course some personal decor.

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Announcing a makers calendar for the uk.

parsecsreach.org/makers_calend

If you run an event for makers in the uk please let me know. At the moment I don't really care how you let me know, replies to this are fine, but ideally issues on the github repo here: github.com/emilyselwood/makers or even pull requests if you feel up to it. (you can do them through the github web interface, no need to even clone it)

I've added @MakersHour and my local repair cafe to get started.

parsecsreach.orgCalendar Page

I fixed the adjustable leg supports for the gaming laptop cooler for the kid. One had broken, so I made two new ones from a piece of hardwood, with white paneling nails to replace the swivel pins.
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So after figuring out which bits to remove, I set about building it. I first tried laying it out on a single one of my custom #protoboards I posted about before. It gets very dense, and would require cutting / splitting a whole lot more of the 6-hole #pad #strips than I really wanted to do. So I built it on two boards, using the same modular connection between them that I use for the rest of my effects boards.

Even the original Boss pedal used 2 separate boards, so I don't feel too badly about it.

Anyway... it took a while to fiddle with the layouts to get something I like, then document my parts placement, remove all the parts and start re-populating and #soldering them into place. But I got that done this evening.

I did a little meter #probing of the results to find any obvious missing connections or such, and fixed a couple. Then I plugged in my guitar, and ...

It #worked, perfectly, the first time. I believe that's the first time any of my effects have not required any #debugging at all. I'm #chuffed .

And it sounds *fantastic*.

The originally-called-for #transistors and #diodes are mostly #obsolete and hard to find. I dug through datasheets to find ones I thought would (a) be acceptable substitutes, and (b) I already had in my parts bins. Frankly, given the nature of the effect, I doubt the selections are too critical, but I'll include what I used for completeness, in case anyone else wants to make one of these.

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Does anyone have any tips for non-destructively dismantling old incandescent lamps (E27 base) with the intent to modify/reassemble them?

The process is presumably "desolder the pip on the base, then loosen the cement/epoxy/whatever that attaches the base to the glass envelope and separate"

But does anyone have any details of how to do that last bit?

I'll tag some communities that might know, feel free to add more?

I've built kernels. Programmed software.
Hacked systems. Modded hardware. Built synths (from kits). Installed OSes on my computers & phone. Soldered stuff. Broke stuf & repaired it.

BUT today was the first time that I updated the software on a car manually.

Still felt a bit giddy & nervous about it, but it seems to have been successfully updated.

Apparently *everything* is a computer now.