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RC Knight Rider Car With Touchscreen Control
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
When I was a kid I loved Knight Rider. I had a plastic toy KITT car that would play sounds from the show when you pressed the license plate. It was a great toy. I recently looked it up online and was thinking about buying one. They weren't crazy expensive. But then I got to thinking, I could make that car and something better. The best thing about all of the affordable tech we have now is that you can affordably make a lot of things you dreamed of as a kid pretty easily. I figured 3D printing would be...
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- Tags: 3D print, 3D printed, 80s, arduino, DFPlayer, EdgeTx, FrSky, KITT, Knight Rider, Lua, resin, S.Port, script, X8R
Wood and Monogram Resin Cutting Boards
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
Mother's day just passed and this year I decided to give my Moms something besides flowers. I've been having fun with resin and decided to try to engrave some wood cutting boards and do a resin inlay. I setup the design in Aspire and started with some fancy capital letters to v-carve. The designs carved in the wood pretty easy. Next up I went to fill with resin. I chose Alumilite Amazing Clear Cast resin over my normal Alumilite Slow. It's not a very big pour but Alumilite slow cures fast and bubbles are hard to manage without a pressure...
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- Tags: craft, cutting board, engrave, gift, mother's day, resin, wood, woodwork
Resin Art
Posted by Chris Carpenter on
Working with resin to make some cool Star Wars and Hello Kitty cubes.
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- Tags: art, burl wood, casting, cube, hello kitty, Mandalorian, mold, resin, sphere, star wars, starship, Tie Bomber