The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning – Ed Nisley's Blog: Shop notes, electronics, firmware, machinery, 3D printing, laser cuttery, and curiosities. Contents: 100% human thinking, 0% AI slop.

The Smell of Molten Projects in the Morning

Ed Nisley's Blog: Shop notes, electronics, firmware, machinery, 3D printing, laser cuttery, and curiosities. Contents: 100% human thinking, 0% AI slop.

Grocery Store Self-Checkout Printer Boot Message

2026-03-03

Home Ec, Oddities

Rants

A present emerged before our receipt

MTD Snowblower Muffler Bolt Bracket: Redux

2026-03-02

Machine Shop

Repairs

Those crimps just weren’t enough
Punched Cards: Paper Matters

2026-02-27

Machine Shop Science

Art-ish | Improvements | Laser Cutter

Apparently the other colors don’t generate much smoke
Snow Tensile Strength

2026-02-26

Oddities

If you had to make snow do this, you couldn’t
Blackout

2026-02-25

Home Ec Oddities

Repairs

The bang came from a high-voltage fuse atop a pole 800 feet from our house
Crosman BB Bottle Cap

2026-02-24

Home Ec Machine Shop Software

MK4 | Repairs | Sewing

Somewhat like a grossly overweight door snake
HQ Sixteen: Fabric Rod Bearings

2026-02-23

Home Ec Machine Shop Software

Improvements | MK4 | Sewing

The rods long ago wore through the white powder-coat paint
Google Pixel 6a Battery Performance Program: Just Take The Money

2026-02-20

Home Ec Oddities

Rants

If I had a more active lifestyle, it’d be flat dead by noon