Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Cheese vat

I saw some ideas here and here on the net and got inspired. I want to take my cheese to another level.

I got some parts for a temperature controller and a 22quart turkey roaster to build a Cheese vat.
The parts consist of:
A project box, a mypin TA4 pid unit, a solid state relay, and a couple of things from the hardware store; a spst switch, a female 110v outlert, short extension cord, and some wirenuts.
The roaster was 42 bucks and the rest was about $60. $100for a 4 gallon cheese vat, killer!
Links here:
Prices change on amazon all the time so you should shop around for the same item. When I was writing this the roaster cost 118 bucks and I got it for 42...
SSR
Project Box
PID and RTD
Oster Roaster

Wired it up and filled the roaster with water and put the ta4 in autotune.
That took a long time.

This thing has a lot of potential. A straight up turkey roaster, yogurt maker, cheese vat, proofing cabinet. I'm stoked!


Friday, October 31, 2014

Got a lathe


I decided to make a carbide turning tool.
I drilled a quarter inch hole in the end of a piece of square stock that would fit a quarter inch router bit. I tapped some  set screw holes. I then routed a wooden handle. I then stuck it together.

Friday, October 17, 2014

tDCS


Using Jeff Vier's ideas. I built a small trans cranial direct current stimulation device. It runs on a 9 V battery and delivers less then 2 mA of current. I uploaded Jeff's schematic from github to 0SH park and received my PCB's a couple of weeks later. The rest of the stuff I ordered from Mauser and Digikey. Now that I have built it I need to read up on how best to use it.
Here are some links:
http://www.radiolab.org/story/9-volt-nirvana/
https://github.com/boinger/tdcs
http://www.reddit.com/r/tDCS/wiki/faq



Saturday, July 26, 2014

Monday, June 23, 2014

Picking berries


Every time my hands turn purple I get diarrhea. 

Father's Day waterfall trip

We went to Panther Creek falls, falls creek falls, dog Mountain Falls, and spirit falls on the little white Salmon. We also saw a giant dandelions, and oil trains. 

Trainer kite

We took the trainer kite down to the spit. Aaron learned it really quick.