Kendall D

1:200 3D printed scale model of a X-20 spaceplane on the Titan 3C booster

X-20 model printed, painted, and assembled. I think it looks pretty sick (I am incredibly biased)

cat face with human eyes and lips edited on looking done with everything

me when I went to turn the hot water off to fix the washer but the valve started leaking like crazy

Two 3D printed UA1205 boosters with fins that the Titan 3C would have used when launching the X-20 spaceplane if it had ever made it that far.

Finally got the boosters printed for the 1:200 scale X-20 / Titan IIIC model I'm working on. It's gonna be sick when I finally get it all modeled (if I'm not lazy about it)
#rocket #model #3dprint

ooo I love the lighting you have going on

Two loaves of freshly baked bread

bread
#bread

I use DigiKey, it's a bit less hobbyist oriented but you can find pretty much anything you'll ever need there.

I used KiCad to design and ordered from JLCPCB, it was a way simpler process than I was expecting

You can also use it as an input (kinda) without setting the fuse by using a voltage divider to keep it above 2v. It isn't super useful but it's nice for prototyping

Arduino shield with a buzzer and pads that act as a keyboard

Legally distinct Arduino shield (definitely not inspired by Stylophone at all)

Circuit board with many tiny components on it

Well it doesn't work (it's the first iteration okay) but I got some great experience soldering surface mount components. I've definitely learned a bit from this little project

I really enjoy trying to minimize program overhead because of this. Sure this project will run on most machines, but what if I could make it so compact that it could run on a potato? How small and efficient can I make this? It's definitely more fun than web dev (oh god why)

Gotcha! I usually get spools from Overture and they haven't let me down yet, so I'd probably recommend them.

Usually just normal PLA, it's good for pretty much everything and it's cheap. PLA+/PLA pro for anything that I think will need a little extra strength and it's also pretty cheap.

I mean I gueesss I can go on another Factorio binge

Aw nice, that's exciting. I can't ever figure out normal USB protocol so I wish you luck 😁

You can! I've messed around with this in the past and you can send serial data through the USB from the arduino to the pc, I processed the data sent with a python program. There's probably better ways but this way is pretty simple.

Two circuit boards, one is clearly homemade and messy and the other looks like a clean "professional" circuit board

Just getting into custom PCB design so I figured I'd start with something simple and remake my protoboard circuit. I might be biased but I think it's pretty neat