Category Archives: Random

Meyer Lemon Take Two

Posted on 2014-07-09 by Nigel VH

A while back I posted about getting a pretty small Meyer Lemon tree, in the hopes of not failing utterly at growing things, like I normally do. Unfortunately, I’m not sure I succeeded there… I’m not sure it was entirely … Continue reading →

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2014 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2014-06-01 by Nigel VH

Launch happened the morning of Saturday, May 31st. We had two launches from Moses Lake, WA. We were successful in recovering both of the payload strings, and received good data throughout the flights. The first flight carried a number of … Continue reading →

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Black Rock 2014

Posted on 2014-05-11 by Nigel VH

As some of you may know, each year for the past several, I’ve been fortunate enough to be able to volunteer my time and expertise to a couple of classes at the University of Washington, one of which makes a … Continue reading →

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Learning to Lathe – Threading

Posted on 2014-03-09 by Nigel VH

I posted a little while back about picking up a small lathe, and working with it on various things, but something I hadn’t tried yet was threading something. The lathe has interchangeable gears that can connect the chuck with the … Continue reading →

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Ludicrous LEDs

Posted on 2014-03-09 by Nigel VH

A little while back I was visiting a local electronics/hobbyist store called Vetco, which has, in addition to their normally stocked new components, a selection of limited quantity new/used items they manage to get their hands on. On this particular … Continue reading →

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