Tips for Makers #4

A weekly curation of hand-picked maker tips

10 Hand Picked #TipsForMakers June 2020

Hey there maker friends, join us this week as we explore tips on Switches, Kinetic Displays and many more.

Tip 1 – Add Threaded Inserts to Your 3D Print

Tip 2 – Simple Way to Stack Your Filament Boxes and Save Space

Super simple yet effective way of stacking filament boxes – stack them in rows and lay a couple boards between each row. Lets you pull out individual spools and keeps the boxes from falling over if the sides aren't perfectly square! pic.twitter.com/P1ERYJSood
— Thomas Sanladerer (@madewithlayers) May 30, 2020

Tip 3 – Make Your Own USB Power Tester

This simple, open source USB power tester is based on an ATtiny45/85: https://t.co/9xo0Zdquq5 pic.twitter.com/VNU5Wk8CY1
— Microchip Makes (@MicrochipMakes) June 2, 2020

Tip 4 – Some Useful Tips on Switches

As simple as switches are, how they are categorized can be difficult to understand

Let's talk about it 👉 https://t.co/yl8i8nqERv #electronics #education #protip #switches pic.twitter.com/ih978x4ZMz
— DigiKey (@digikey) June 2, 2020

Tip 5 – Use an LED to See If Your Fuse Smoked

What a genius idea!

Put an led in parallel to a Fuse to see if it smoked.

Will remeber pic.twitter.com/QEjEwETXW7
— atc1441 (@atc1441) June 4, 2020

Tip 6 – How to Remove Battery Contact Corrosion

How to Remove Battery Contact Corrosion https://t.co/uC8UgR1W2c #battery #electronics #howto #teaching #moment pic.twitter.com/d33KThZpvu
— DigiKey (@digikey) June 3, 2020

Tip 7 – Look to Nature for Inspiration.

Robots are often engineered to move in ways copied directly from nature. In this case a vine or tendril served as the source of inspiration. (CNet) #Robotics pic.twitter.com/RvPSyN4qFc
— James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer (@jamesvgingerich) June 6, 2020

Tip 8 – Simulate Eye Contact for Your Next Video Chat

Tip 9 – An Innovative Way to Make a Robot Shoulder

Tip 10 – Make a Stunning Kinetic Display

For everyone asking questions, I am documenting my work on my personal webiste:

— https://t.co/v0jHuemRyh

This is still an ongoing process.
For the code, I will probably release it next week on my Github. pic.twitter.com/Oc4ja6zHTv
— Andy Duboc (@andyduboc) June 6, 2020