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.

OMTech Laser: It Was The Focus Pen Wire

2025-12-26

Electronics Workbench, Machine Shop, Oddities

Laser Cutter, Repairs

There is a break somewhere along the blue wire

FG085 Function Generator

2016-08-19

Electronics Workbench Machine Shop

M2 | SDR

The DDS sine wave output is rough, to say the least
LF Loop Antenna: GPS Frequency Check

2016-08-18

Amateur Radio Electronics Workbench Science

Improvements | SDR

Given the horizontal resolution, that’s dead on 10 MHz.
External Li-Ion Pack: More Sawing

2016-08-17

Amateur Radio Electronics Workbench Machine Shop

Sherline

So I sawed them open to check the state of the cells
LF Loop Antenna: 60 kHz Tuning

2016-08-16

Amateur Radio Electronics Workbench Science

SDR

What’s more important: the broad hump between 56 and 62 kHz
Monthly Image: Helmet Camera vs. Water Droplets

2016-08-15

Photography & Images Recumbent Bicycling Science

Two seconds later, the droplet stabilized into a nice round lens
Michelin Protek Max Tubes

2016-08-14

Machine Shop Recumbent Bicycling

Improvements | Repairs

The bumps along the tread surface are much larger and uglier than shown in that picture
Garden Shelter, Now With Toad

2016-08-13

Oddities Photography & Images

Wildlife

We didn’t know toads ate sour cherries