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materials, microscopy

Porcelain, Tungsten, and other yaks

January 5, 2019

Yak shaving : Any apparently useless activity which, by allowing you to overcome intermediate difficulties, allows you to solve a…

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materials

Time for science!

October 3, 2015

Today’s experiment: tungsten wire recrystallization.

materials

I <3 stainless socket caps

June 8, 2014

Before: After:

electricity, materials

Porcelain HV switch

November 5, 2011

After tragically melting my previous HV switch, and given that a 15kV multi-ampere switch isn’t exactly something you find at…

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materials

The rheology and thixotrophy of slip slurries

August 29, 2011

Here’s a great article on the importance of deflocculants and specific gravity in maintaining your slip suspensions. A more modest…

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materials, robots

MakerSlide Kickstarter

May 10, 2011

Barton Dring (of Buildlog DIY laser cutter fame) is holding a Kickstarter for an Open Source linear bearing system. This should…

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