15
votes
What are you currently working on?
Any projects? Ideas/Plans? I'm approaching this from a DIY perspective but anything else is welcome too!
Any projects? Ideas/Plans? I'm approaching this from a DIY perspective but anything else is welcome too!
Don't tell my dad, but I'm currently working my way through a box full of old chisels from his dad and restoring them as a father's day gift.
That's a great way to spend your free time.
That's awesome! Does your dad do anything special with chisels?
Just random little wood projects, but these are way better quality than what he's working with. They just need a little elbow grease to get them back into shape.
That's a fantastic gift idea. I had been working on restoring an early 1900s Stanley No. 78 plane (not my picture), but it's been shelved for ages for a bunch of other projects.
Aside from the Magic: The Gathering edh deck I'm altering here, I am storyboarding for a guest issue of the comic book Pineapple Man. Hopefully it will be distributed at a late August con. :)
I'm working on a simple python program that does an internet speed test every 20 minutes using speedtest-cli and then logging it to a spreadsheet. The next step is building a local web page that displays the info on a graph or chart. Just one of many raspberry pi projects I have on the go. I pay for 25Mbps and lately I've noticed it dropping to like 1Mbps for periods of time and it pisses me off.
I've heard of ISPs ensuring speed test works a lot better than your 'normal' net use. If you think they're doing that, do a google for 'download test files'. Most hosting companies host test files in various sizes to let potential clients see how fast their network is.
Have your program curl/wget a few files from random hosts around the world and you'll get an even better picture of how well you connection really works!
I don't think they are doing that, cause it's been showing really slow results. But your method would be a really good comparison. I'm definitely going to look into that. Thanks.
One of my hobbies is cars. I have a 1969 Chevy C10 pickup truck I’m restoring and customizing with special made air ride suspension. I think it’s going to be several years before I’m close to done with it. I also have a Pontiac G8 GT I’ve been putting some energy and money into. I’ve fixed the A/C and upgraded the suspension and wheels. Next up is a brake upgrade.
Sounds awesome. Pics or build thread?
I really want a ~cars or ~auto added here but doesn't seem like there's enough interest yet. Reddit car subs are too full of hate, drama, fanboys, etc. I just want a place to chat about ALL cars/bikes and modding/restoring without all the cliquey bollocks.
I'm fixing up a '97 Stagea (JDM import) that the previous owner thrashed. Got it all purring like a kitten now and concentrating on the fine details. I'm a perfectionist so it's things like replacing missing bolts/fasteners, hiding wiring, repainting and polishing everything, etc. I don't want to stance it out or build the motor to 1000hp of anything, I just want it to be better than new and rock solid reliable.
I'd definitely like to see something like that as well, something dedicated to garage builds/restoration and not the reddit circle jerk. Be able to show progress pics and ask for advice, that kind of thing.
I got a Raspberry Pi a few months back, so I've been playing with that for home automation type stuff - within what we're able to do with what we have.
I've wanted to learn French for some time now, but as other projects and laziness take priority, the progress has stagnated. Hopefully, I will be able to continue at the end of this month.
I feel that with other things getting in the way. You feel motivated to work on fun projects as soon as important deadlines get close.
I have an older desktop in my closet running Ubuntu server that I want to be able to remotely power on when I’m away from home at school if I need to. Because wake on lan doesn’t work over the internet, my plan is to make a program that allows me to quickly send a raspberry pi a command that will send a magic packet to my server. A relatively simple project for sure, but I dont have a lot of experience coding personal projects and want more experience doing so.
Just moved, so my current project is getting everything unpacked and actually organizing all my stuff this time. I'd forgotten how much work organizing is...
I have a small woodworking project trying to make a figurine that I've been working at in my free time occasionally. Along with working on a cosplay prop for my next convention.
I have an electric scooter, a bunch of arduinos and raspberry pis, a bunch of sensors, and a bunch of individually-addressable LEDs. I've got a bunch of projects in mind including a GPS tracking device using GSM and SMS commands to send location, remotely disable the bike etc.
As for the LEDs I was thinking of putting them in the rims of my tires and have them light up dim red then orange as I accelerate. I'm thinking at night it should look like something out of Akira. I'm also planning that gyro sensors will detect the exact angle of the wheel so I can make patterns that stay static while the wheel rotates. It won't be a pixel grid, just a ring around the outside, but I should still be able to do some cool effects. I'm also thinking of putting a bunch more of the LEDs under the frame, maybe see if I can get a speed output from the controller or the hall-effect sensors in the wheel, use that to sync the LEDs to the speed of the ground I'm traveling over.
Still a ton of problems to work out to make this a reality. Not the least of which is delivering power to the outside of the wheel. It's kinda ironic that so much battery power is available, and so much power is being delivered to the inside of the wheel, but delivering it to the outside shell of the wheel turns out to be a significant problem, since the stator, the coils in a hub-motor stay still, and the outside shell of the wheel with magnets on it is the part that spins. I'm going to need to play around with some brush/commutator arrangements if I want to avoid putting rechargeable batteries outside my wheel.
I always have dozens of projects going. It's endless, but I enjoy the variety.
Polishing, painting and restoring various parts of my car. Upgrading the '97 sound system and centre console to a modern 7" RPi driven touch screen with ECU integration. Building an RPi based media player for the kids with big LED arcade buttons to play their fav shows so they don't have to deal with a keyboard or remote control. Retrofitting a digital camera sensor into a 1920s Kodak camera. Full home automation system with no pre-built kit or components and no internet connection (a lot of ESP8266s and similar, with relays, sensors, and a web app dashboard on local LAN for controls).
Endless endless projects. One day I'll even complete one ;)
I'm working on improving my foreign language skills (specifically Spanish and German.) if that qualifies as a project. If you mean projects literally, I have to work on my summer assignments for next year...
Spent a month helping my kid build a chair out of redwood.
He's six, so it took a while.
Just have to stain and varnish it, plus maybe some supports for the legs.
A lego version of a Finnish designer glass bird for my wife.
Metalworking - I 'm working on a copper butterfly that i've sawed out and begun to layer, but I'm having trouble with the soldering, so I bought a hotter torch.