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Ornaments are even more special when we give them our special touch!
Macro Monday project - 12/29/08
"Meaningful holiday ornaments/decorations”
This is my take on a telescope piggyback camera setup.
Motorized telescope heads have tons of applications from astrophotography so that you’re not limited by 30 second exposures to panning time lapses. Sky is the limit really (no pun intended).
Here’s what it takes (I suppose):
- motorized telescope. Mine is Meade etx-70at (2-axis panning) with #494 controller and tripod (about $75-100 off eBay)
- cheapo tripod with quick release plate head ($5 off eBay)
- plumbing hose belt (metal hose clamps with screws) errrrr… about $2(?)...
- a day in my dad’s garage (priceless)
Fred had previously flown in with this large branch. I watched while both Fred and Ginger worked together and placed it on the nest. When Ginger flew down for a bite, Fred decided it needed to be rearranged.
Copyright Barb D'Arpino
First attempt at Pinhole photography. I messed up in the developing tank. I didn't have enough developer so the bottom has that white area. DIY camera, 6x9 film. 0.3mm Pinhole. Lens is about about 1-1/2 inch (4 cm) from film. If I figure out a way to move the lens a little further away from the film, I can get rid of that vignetting ring. But that ring looks kinda cool.
I decided to get rid of the giant Ikea shelf in the living room and build my own. Thanks to Matt for the clever design for the sliding doors.
We cant leave November without dropping a group gift! Slap on your group tag and come grab a DIY Christmas Tree. If you start working one it now, you should be finished by Christmas...
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One of our irrigation system water valves decided to flow water even when the system was turned off and that's not ideal. I did get lucky and was able to replace just the upper valve body and diaphragm and that fixed it. Replacing the whole valve would have been a nightmare involving lots of shovel time for my poor wife. 8)
I did have some excitement here as I was head down in here working in our 375 degree heat when an alligator lizard darted across my hand and I thought I was snakebit for a second. Whee.
DIY Headband! A very cute headband with paper flowers attached.. By Request of our very own Whisper Mizin.
District 5 starts tomorrow and geek. is in the Indie District!
<3 All original mesh & can be found in 8 diff colors. One shown in pic is with black & white comics look :3
geek. <3
Sometimes, you've gotta buff your own train. Here's my A447 sitting on the Dixie siding while we wait for Neenah yard to clear up for us. No, the gp9 was not for power, just tagging along for the ride to Green Bay. Some junk bonga is back there in the train running DP and wasting my time.
Taking 447 up the Fox is the last bit of my territory that PTC isn't in effect and we run big trains fast. You don't realize how much you use the box until it isn't available to you, and I'm grateful to get the opportunity to "really railroad" every once in awhile.
Don't try this at home!
It has been going on for longer than you might think:--
In the Ebers Papyrus from ancient Egypt dating to 1550 BC, a section is devoted to eye diseases.
Celsus the Greek philosopher of the second century AD gave a detailed description of cataract surgery by the couching method.
Couching is the earliest documented form of cataract surgery. As a cataract is a clouding in the lens of the eye, couching is a technique whereby the lens is dislodged, thus removing the opacity. Although couching is nowadays routinely practised only in remote areas, it was a precursor to modern cataract surgery
Maybe DIY Orthopaedic surgery next.
Beneath the large, abandoned, hoarders house sat piles worth of DIY equipment, wood, doors, paints, solvents, and heaps more!
Visit my website at akikorhonen.org for more projects, thanks!
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My DIY ringflash that I've been doing for the last few days.
(Photo, starting from top left) Description
(1) I started with a 24 cm diameter steel bown and a normal food can.
(2) Added some tape on the bowl and drew the cutting lines with the can as a guide.
(3) Bottom from the bowl and can removed. I also shortened the cat a little bit. I first drilled a hole on the bottom of the bowl and then cut the metal with metal cutters.
(4) The two parts connected with strong epoxy that was meant for metals.
(5) Hole for the flash made and few connecting holes drilled. Also the needed aluminum parts are cut and bent in shape.
(6) The bottom part covered with black hockey tape. In the photo it has a Manfrotto quick attachment plate on it. Also has a hole for attaching it to the tripod mount of the camera.
(7) The top part where the flash is attached. Made some holes for the DIY TTL flash cord.
(8) I added some plastic parts for the flash hole to make it look nicer and to prevent light from escaping too much. Next I added some putty to finish it (wasn't necessary but I got too carried away again with the building).
(9) Putty and the bowl fully sanded and waiting for some gray primer and matte black finish.
(10) Painted and finished. Added some black hockey tape on the can's edge to prevent it from scratching the camera.
(11) Close up of the flash hole. A little bit of aluminum foil tape on the inside and black hockey tape on the edge.
(12) White thin fabric streched and being glued on the edges to get some diffusion to the light. There is a rubber band holding the fabric to the can.
See the finished righflash:
* DIY ringflash finished, without camera
* DIY ringflash finished, with camera
Cost: bowl 3€, can 0€, aluminum 1€ + some extra costs from paints etc. but I'm not going to count them to the total. Cheap anyway.
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