Projects
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Significant progress on the Jacquard Loom; I have a method for semi-automated manufacturing 3d printed parts with embedded coils using just the printer and a spool of wire, and I have a design out for PCB fab for the hooks.
Well, intentions and failings thereof aside, this needs some more attention. I've been working on the core bits of a Jacquard Loom, and a bronze-and-ebonite Drop Spindle, but life has a way of getting in the way of things with health and vehicle issues that took more attention.
I've also been doing some fuss with my Pool Controller, trying to get extra buttons on the interface to fit how I actually use the thing.
I've also made progress on the various varieties of E-Spinner, both a very simple high-speed one based on a charkha or great wheel spindle, and a much more complex cantilevered spool and flyer spinner with an integrated level-winding system that moves the spool.
Starting a basic "post some notes and updates about what I'm doing" website. It's built in ikiwiki, so simple and git-backed, hopefully not going to take too much time to keep up to date.
Of course, this did eat most of the day with CSS fiddling.
Did also get a bit done on the new E-spinner; I have a viable-seeming assembly for the flyer spindle with enough space to plausibly pass the level-winding mechanism through it's bore, after much fiddling with bearing fits and arc overhangs on the printer.
