The Incurable Maker

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝘂𝗱 𝗥𝗮𝘁𝗲
11th March

But ChatGPT said...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Arduino

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹
10th March

A bad workman always blames his tools. But sometimes...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #MakerSkills

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗻𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲
9th March

No second roll of neon orange? No problem!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗹-𝗨𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿
8th March

No, the temperature isn't changing 30 times per second!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Arduino #Electronics

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗖𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿
7th March

For all of us who are too proud to wear glasses!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting #WorkshopSafety

Wire Stripper Pro – Functional Maker Tool by Da_Rius | Download free STL model | Printables.com Description

This is a pretty spectacular print and given that it's Print of the Year on #Printables we can probably assume that it works!
#3dPrinting #Electronics #Workshop #Tools

www.printables.com/model/148269...

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝗲
6th March

No-one will ever notice... the second layer will cover it all up!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting #FirstLayer

How to Use a Real-time Clock Module with the Arduino Learn how to get the current date and time on an Arduino with a real time clock module. We demonstrate with an example project that outputs the date and time to an LCD.

A nice walkthrough of how to integrate an RTC module in other #Arduino projects.
#ArduinoProject #arduinotutorial

www.circuitbasics.com/how-to-use-a...

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗜𝘀 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀
5th March

Doh!!!!!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆
4th March

Should last for months!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Electronics #PowerConsumption

Screwless Vice by Olafelch | Download free STL model | Printables.com Description

My favourite print. A vice/clamp that fits in your pocket and is great for getting a firm grip on small parts for precision work.
#3dprinting #tools #workshop

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗴𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗼𝘄 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
3rd March

10 minutes to go... Half a metre is plenty. Probably!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting #FilamentRunoutSensor

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 '𝗜 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗜𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆'
2nd March

Someone has clearly been messing with my project!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Debugging

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗲𝗱 𝗟𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗲
1st March

no-one's ever going to see it, and it prints perfectly but maybe just another 0.0005mm...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dprinting #Calibration

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿
28th February

It's OK, my dentist is really cheap!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 '𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀' 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
27th February

sometimes it's just a question of a different perspective.
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗯𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵
26th February

Newton's 3rd Law of Making: The number of "essential" parts expand in proportion to the available space.
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Workshop #WorkshopOrganisation

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
25th February

I know, I know... but a bit of gaffer tape will be fine. Probably... Maybe...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Electronics #ElectronicsSafety

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 '𝗕𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴' 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗹𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲
24th February

Just for a few minutes to see if it works... honest!!!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dPrinting #Recycling

You can log into 28 vintage computer systems in your browser for free, thanks to the Interim Computer Museum — Experience legendary OSes, architectures, programming languages, and games I enjoyed playing a game of Chess on the 'MissPiggy' PDP-11/70 running UNIX v7.

For those looking for a blast of #computer #nostalgia

www.tomshardware.com/video-games/...

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗮𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹
23rd February

Make my day!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dprinting

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝘀𝗽𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗣𝗶 𝗦𝗗-𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝘂𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
22nd February

Ok, so it's never happened to you, but spare a minute for those poor souls!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #RaspberryPi #RPi

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗗𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗲
21st February

Time to give the impression that I'm a real electronics expert!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Electronics #Oscilloscope

Sliderule Simulator Teaches You How To Do Calculations The Old Fashioned Way Ever wanted to know how engineers made their calculations before digital calculators were on every workbench? [Richard Carpenter] and [Robert Wolf] have just the thing—a sliderule simulator that ca…

Love old tech!
#sliderule #mathskills
hackaday.com/2026/02/18/s...

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀
20th February

One day, man will evolve to have 3 hands.
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Soldering

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟰𝟬𝟰 𝗘𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗿 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲
19th February

Who needs documentation? it's all self-explanatory!
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Documentation

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿
18th February

Why didn't I just start arguing about how many angels can dance on a pinhead?
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #CLI #emacsRocks

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗱-𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
17th February

If I just make a tiny tweak to that...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Design

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 '𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁' 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹
16th February

I know I saw it here somewhere...
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #3dprinting #Thingiverse

𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
15th February

Who cares that it works perfectly and no-one is ever going to see it?
#MakerDay #MakersGonnaMake #Cabling #WiringLoom