Category Archives: Random

Chain Mail Experiment

Posted on 2017-02-14 by Nigel VH

Medieval armor is an interesting subject, and while I don’t have much interest in acquiring any or joining in for any re-enactments, I was curious about how it is made, and what it behaves like. With a bit of scrap … Continue reading →

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Testing Self Clinching Standoffs

Posted on 2017-02-14 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been looking at better ways to mount a PCB inside a metal enclosure. Primarily I’m interested in ways that don’t require screws protruding from the bottom. I found these self clinching standoffs on Fastenal’s web site, and figured … Continue reading →

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Aluminum Casting Video

Posted on 2016-10-22 by Nigel VH

Recently I had a buddy of mine over to do some casting, and since he had his hands free, he filmed the process in 240FPS slow motion. Check it out! (Apologies for the vertical format video, he’s weird like that.)

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Moclips

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Nigel VH

Recently a large portion of my family got together to celebrate a number of birthdays over at Moclips, WA. We had a good time, and so did our pup. And managed to get some pretty cool slow-mo footage of the … Continue reading →

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2016 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2016-05-21 by Nigel VH

Launch happened the morning of Saturday, May 21st. We had one launch from Moses Lake, WA, which reached approximately 18.5km in altitude. While this is lower than we normally expect burst heights, student experiments were successful. We were successful in recovering … Continue reading →

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