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

Opening a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 Case

2016-04-16

Machine Shop PC Tweakage

Repairs

This bends the keyboard enough to get your fingernails underneath
Monthly Image: April Snow

2016-04-15

Oddities Photography & Images

Wildlife

The snow took some critters by surprise
Makergear M2 Updates: New Filament Drive Gear with Marlin 1.1.0-RC5

2016-04-14

Machine Shop Software

Baksheesh | CNC | Improvements | M2

Some long-delayed tweaking
Overstuffed First Solid Infill Layer Debugging: FAIL

2016-04-13

Machine Shop Oddities

CNC | M2

The test blocks work fine, but the actual holder and sections from it do not
Improved Lipstick and Lip Balm Holder With Text

2016-04-12

Machine Shop Software

M2 | Repairs

The bridging layer over the text shows Slic3r doing the best it can
Vacuum Tube LEDs: Another Knockoff Neopixel Failure

2016-04-11

Electronics Workbench

Repairs

It failed by emitting random flashes of primary colors
Refrigerator Trim Tab: Now With Inserts

2016-04-10

Machine Shop

Improvements | Repairs

I absolutely didn’t care if they came out a little crosseyed