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Dominic

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I feel like I'm interested in nearly everything.

In the past I have built boats, made musical instruments, sewn clothes, and written computer programs, and constructed robot disguises from spray painted cardboard.

I'm very interested in the design process, and design as a mental exercise, whether you are making some thing from a piece of bent wire, or writing a massive computer program.

History

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2 years 31 weeks

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"Hello World" - wooden center-steered rapid-prototyped recumbent
1 year ago

I've wanted a recumbent for ages, they look very comfortable, have good air resistance because of the low profile and really scream out "LOOK AT ME, I'M AN ECCENTRIC...

REPRAP UPDATE
1 year ago

the reprap is now crudely functionion and has printed out several test shapes.

two squares with layers.

and a flat raft shape.

but most importantly, i've...

Making Music in Ubuntu
1 year ago

after see my friends struggle with weird windows problems, anti-virus software killing windows etc. I've given up dealing with that stuff when I went to linux years ago. I...

Motorise a 1936 singer sewing machine with a drill. All for just $32
1 year ago

a few weeks ago, I saw this great looking old singer sitting in my favorite op shop. it was jammed, and they gave it to me for $7. I slung it over my bicycle handlebars...

Tool rack
2 years ago

You would not belive how satisfying doing something like this is. Next time you feel like you need some emotional payback, I recomend you invest a hour or so in organising...

Open Source Outrigger 5: Valuable Lessons
2 years ago

the canoe has been launched for about two months now. I've broken nearly every part of it. I broke the bottom mast step. I broke one of the aka (outrigger) holders on the...

open source outrigger 4: gluing with epoxy
2 years ago

epoxy is AWESOME. It makes boat building easy. If your peices of wood arn't quite the right size and theres a gap, it doesn't matter. you can thicken the epoxy and fill the gap...

open source outrigger 3: measuring stick.
2 years ago

the first step in building the boat is drawing the design onto the plywood. it is critical that the design is drawn correctly, or else how will it be cut correctly?

I...

RepRap Extruder now squeezing out plastic!
2 years ago

reprap extruder now squeezing out molten plastic!

sorry guys, too late at night...

Open Source Outrigger part 2
2 years ago

It's a boat (model)! [continuing on from part 1]

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