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2024 is the third year of our Christmas Lights, and another year of upgrades & improvements. We started out with 3040 LEDs in year one, increased to 6618 LEDs in year two, and this year we expanded to 10691 LEDs! With new props, upgrades on some of last year’s features, and added interactivity, this year…
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For my space-obsessed son‘s birthday, my wife wanted a space-themed topper for his cake. After searching through Thangs/Thingiverse/MakerWorld/Printables and not finding anything she liked, I was given a [space] mission with a couple of requirements: This is basically the first time I’ve done a design that’s pure art, rather than something functional. I’m no artist…
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My printer workstation has been getting quite messy – it can be difficult to find the small tools I frequently use (snips, pens, sharpie, knife etc) under all the stuff, and someone told me there weren’t enough LEDs on it. Coincidentally, I’ve also had an LED ring burning a hole in my electronics box. This…
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In 2022 we lit the house up for Christmas for the first time. We used 13 sets of lights – 3040 LEDs. This year we went much bigger – 27 sets featuring 6618 LEDs. Many have asked how it works, so this is a behind-the-scenes look at what the setup entails. As a quick peek,…
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Part 3 of the LED Games Storage Unit series, building a workstation for code monkeying and 3d printing.
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In less than 24 hours we went from a mess and idea inception, to a neat stack of boxes…
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Continuing from part 1 where I talked about the “what” of how I built a mini Blackpool Illuminations for our new board game storage unit, this is the “how”.
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My youngest son is currently obsessed with the planets, and I stumbled across a make for Saturn…
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For our newly-built Games Room, we wanted a nice place to store and display our board game collection, and general geekware (mostly Lego). As it would be a dominant object in the room, we wanted it to contribute to the general lighting, as well as turning its contents into a showpiece.
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