I wanted to do some high voltage experiments which leads to the need of a high voltage transformer. It seemed to make sense to build the case from aluminium and fill the whole thing with oil. The core is a Weiterlesen…
Instead of having gas hoses attached directly to the burners I changed to copper pipe. I also added a ball shut off valve and two needle valves. While I was at it I also replaced the pressure regulator. The new Weiterlesen…
I recently picked up some unknown to me fruits from a tree in Venice. The PlanetNet app told me it’s probably Melia azedarach. Here is a picture of the fruits hanging on the tree. There is only a thin layer Weiterlesen…
The Ficus macrophylla trees are now about 9 to 10 months old. One of them began to develop aerial roots recently
A couple of years ago I bought a Murraya paniculata from a local orchid nursery. After a few years it started to develope flower buds and I was excited to finally see it blossom. Unfortunately the buds never fully developed. Weiterlesen…
Here are some pots from my latest glaze firing. The white glaze is a recipe from digitalfire. I’m still learning how to use it. This time I sieved the glaze because I had some problems with big ragged particles being Weiterlesen…
Hidasuki (緋襷) is a style of Japanese Bizen pottery. As far as I can tell the pots are unglazed and wrapped in rice straw before firing. The straw leaves distinctive red lines on the clay. For my experiments I used Weiterlesen…
This article will give a rough overview of how I built a 2×72 belt grinder (more specifically 50×2000 mm). I tried to keep this project as cheap as I could using a combination of old and new parts. It probably Weiterlesen…
In this article I will briefly explain how I built a foot controller for the GYS Protig 201 AC/DC TIG welder. Previously I’ve already talked about the connector for the foot pedal here. The (almost) finished pedal looks like this: Weiterlesen…
I built a second, smaller kiln very similar to this. You can find it here. Years ago I picked up an old electric kiln for free. The insulation wasn’t bad although the kiln was made in the 1970s by a Weiterlesen…