Making Things in 2017

It was late in 2016 when I started getting into electronics and this summer I started buying more tools and converted most of my basement into a workshop. Here’s a recap of my 2017 posts related to making or fixing things.

January

• Garage Temperature Sensor & Monitor
• Home Assistant Pi

February

• Solar Power

March

• AdaBox002: Make Robot Friend
• Blog in a Box Paparazzi
• HC-SR04 as a Motion Sensor

April

• DIY Spliced USB Cable
• Electronics by Number
• Using a 74HC74 Integrated Circuit
• Using a 555 Integrated Circuit
• Combining 74HC74 & 555 Integrated Circuits
• Set Mac Volume to a Specific Percentage with an Alfred Workflow
• Infrared Hacking
• DIY Farmers Walk/Carry Handles
• Phone Keypad Hacking: Part 1

May

• Phone Keypad Hacking: Part 2
• Phone Keypad Hacking: Part 3
• HackerBox #0018 – Circuit Circus
• Fidget Spinners
• Phone Keypad Hacking: Part 4

June

• Multiplexing 7 Segment Common Cathode Displays on a Raspberry Pi
• A Raspberry Pi HAT
• 5V Relay Module – Part 1
• A Quick Multimeter Fix

July

• Dad’s Bear Hunt
• Wire Loop Game
• 5v Relay Module – Part 2
• CB&J&B
• HackerBox #0020: Summer Camp
• Home Fixes
• DIY Overhead Camera Rig

August

• Kacilia Tru-Align Body System
• RBT 1911 Pull Back
• Updates to Home Assistant Projects
• Sound Card Oscilloscope
• Counting Types of Days in PHP
• 5v Relay Module – Part 3

September

• Recipe: Crock Pot Pork Chop Rice Casserole
• Designing a Speaker in SketchUp
• Resurrect a “Dead” Power Tool Battery
• Upgrading a Used Table Saw – Part 1
• Cutting a Cove With a Table Saw

October

• AdaBox 005: Break For Pi
• DIY Cyclone Dust Separator
• Upgrading a Used Table Saw – Part 2
• Eagle No. 66 Oil Can
• Homier Distributing Company BDM 5 Drill Press Restoration
• Walls Be Gone

November

• More Hand Tools
• Upgrading a Used Table Saw – Part 3
• Clamp Storage Racks
• More Eagle Oil Cans

December

• Shop Lighting
• Basement Bathroom Upgrades
• Quarterly Maker Box #MKR08 by Adam Savage Part 1
• Burnt Cap
• $10 Bathroom Floor Upgrade
• Bacon-Wrapped Smokies
• Quarterly Maker Box #MKR08 by Adam Savage Part 2
• Fixing a Simple Button & LED Circuit
• Pi-hole Port Update Helper
• I Made an Escape Room
• Making a Bluetooth Speaker

Wow, I did a lot of experimenting, failing, learning, and accomplishing in my “free time” last year! 2018 should be even better when I combine the new skills I’m acquiring with my list of project ideas.