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#DIY

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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

The glider winglets have been sanded and buffed/polished...well enough.

I did not use the polishing machine. These are small parts and somewhat fragile, so I buffed by hand.

The winglets have electrical connections (spring loaded car door jamb connectors, lol!) and a molded receptacle for these nav/position/strobe lights:
aircraftspruce.com/pages/el/wi

The 2nd and 3rd photos show a progression from ugly runs and drips...to a scraped surface that is almost ready for sanding.

#avgeek #aviation #ElectricAircraft #ExperimentalAviation #homebuilt
#Glider #DIY #Paint #Sand #Buff #Polish #winglets

Glider winglets, buffed reasonably well. They are removeable and feature electrical connections for tip lights.
Ugly runs and drips on the paint stand tall in low-angle light.
Scraping the paint with a single edge razor can smooth the runs and drips so that they stand only a couple thousandths of an inch (0.05mm) tall. Then they are ready for sanding for final smoothing.
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Ricardus

I did my first Mouser Electronics order in quite a while. I bought some special Pots to fix and restore my original, American made Mackie 1202. It's been a back-burner project for quite some time.

I also paid my first Tariff that I'm aware of. They had a line-item for it. It wasn't a huge order and the estimated Tariff was about $2.50, but still...

FUCK THE CHEETOH.

#Mouser#DIY#Electronics
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Marcin SJ :blobfoxfingerguns:

I've been looking into tinkering with old game boys and stuff and found this: kickstarter.com/projects/jamet

Amazing, a raspberry pi zero in a GBC shell 😍

It's reportedly in fulfillment phase, and a couple days ago I read on its website (reboi.io) that additional preorders are available outside of the finished kickstarter campaign. There was no preorder link on the website then.

Today, reboi.io is giving 403.
Does anyone know what's up?

#gameboy#DIY#electronics
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Simon Peng 🐵

I didn’t like any of the off-the-shelf cable management boxes for standing desks because they usually are for when your desk is against a wall. So I made this box that presses into the desk with tension and hides the nasty cables! Fun hand tool project! Still needs finishing, but I like it so far! #Woodworking #handtoolsonly #diy

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Y⃒̸̷̝̜̙ͥͥͥngmar

Defencestration.

Most of the fence posts pulled out easily, with a few exceptions. The fence itself however was ingrown like a bad toenail. I had to pull really hard and then clear a bunch of soil, roots and weeds off the bottom.

A young maple (those really like to self-seed around here) and some thorny monstrosity that had incorporated several fence links got extracted, too.

Now there's room to expand the garden with some no-dig beds :)

A garden on the left, a former goat grazing area on the right, separated by a chainlink fence that is now laying down and partially rolled up. A lot of soil has been torn out where the fence was deeply embedded in it. If you look closely, you can see another overgrown concrete beam that was missed at the last harvest. Also one of the many pieces of galvalum sheetmetal laying around everywhere.
A pile of former fence posts laying on the ground. Most are galvanized steel pipes, a few rusty ones, a large steel beam with concrete footing and some weird profiles made of weird material with weird gunk stuck in them that I have no idea what they once were, but they're lousy fence posts. Behind a few tractor cab windows that were leaning on the fence, a bucket to collect various trash found in the process and an upside down beer crate with reclaimed ceramic tiles.
#DIY#Homestead#Gardening
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Bryn Davies

Decking project update

Outer frame done, joists levelled and attached, 2 corner posts fixed with new tops to replace the rotten sections. Really sturdy now and managed to reuse all the old carriage bolts which were fine, just a little surface rust.

To do: Diagonal cross beam and 2 or 3 noggins by shed to cut and fix, then figure out how to put in a step down to the new veggie growing area. Then it's boards on and paint! Should be done before end of May hopefully

Renovated deck subframe seen from front
Renovated deck subframe seen from side, looking back towards the shed
Close up of corner post with new top attached
#diy#decking#garden
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DoomsdaysCW

#BicycleCoalitionOfMaine - Fix-A-Bike - #KitteryME

May 1 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm

"Be your own mechanic! Learn how to maintain your bike, fix a flat, pump up a tire, change a chain or cable, make shifting adjustments, and more in a hands-on learning experience. Please bring your bike and be willing to get their hands dirty. Class may take place outside, weather permitting."

Thursday, May 1, 5:00-7:00 pm

Registration Fee: Free, prior registration required, class limited to 15

Traip Academy
12 Williams Ave.
KITTERY, ME 03904

Register here:
kittery.maineadulted.org/cours

#ReuseRepair #SolarPunkSunday
#BicycleRepair #BicycleMaintenance #DIY #Bikes #BikeTooters #BikeRepair
#RightToRepair #ReuseRepairRecycle #TraipAcademy

kittery.maineadulted.orgCourses<p>Be your own mechanic! Learn how to maintain your bike, fix a flat, pump up a tire, change a chain or cable, make shifting adjustments, and more in a hands-on learning experience. Please bring your bike and be willing to get their hands dirty. Class may take place outside, weather permitting.</p> <p>Thursday, May 1, 5:00-7:00 pm</p> <p>Registration Fee: Free, <strong>prior registration required, class limited to 15</strong></p> <p> </p>
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