Editors Note: We previously posted about this on twitter.
At the Electronics Flea Market in Silicon Valley, we recently picked up this vintage spiral bevel gear set.
It’s still sealed up in its original 1950s US navy packaging. Let’s see what’s inside!
Continue reading Unboxing a vintage gear set
Jonathan sent in pictures of these wooden signs he made with his AxiDraw.
He shared some tips as well:
It is awesome to see people taking advantage of AxiDraw’s ability to draw on different surface materials. Thank you, Jonathan!
Matt published an Axidraw vinyl/paper cutter project on hackaday.io. He made a longer barrel for a vinyl cutter blade holder to fix it in his AxiDraw V3/A3 pen holder, and notes the settings he used for successful cutting of cardstock, vinyl, and other materials.
Head over to his Matt published an project page for more details!
Alex at Hackster.io posted an awesome build video for the Three Fives Kit!
For this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire we are excited to be collaborating with Eric Schlaepfer and Ken Shirriff. We’ll be bringing decapped chips like the MOS 6502, the 555 timer and 741 op-amp along with microscopes to let visitors see what’s inside of famous and interesting integrated circuits. We’ll also be bringing large scale reference models, including the MOnSter 6502.
Maker Faire is May 18-20 at the San Mateo Expo Center. If you’re looking for us at Maker Faire, our exhibitor number is 65553 and our project name is Uncovering the Silicon. We look forward to seeing lots of you there!
We’ve written about the Silicon Valley Electronics Flea Market many times before. Make that many, many, many, many, many, many, many, many times before. It’s a great source of inspiration, beautiful objects and interesting conversations.
We’re writing about it now because it has moved locations! The April 14th flea market will be at the parking lot of the Sunnyvale Fry’s. We’ll hope to see you all there this weekend!
First cut up the lemons into small pieces and remove any obvious seeds. After juicing lemons, we’ve found that straining it through a julep strainer holds back the seeds but allows most of the pulp through.
Our favorite tool for grating ginger is a fine microplane. For making matchsticks, a mandoline slicer makes short work of it.
Put the lemon pieces, lemon juice, water, grated ginger, and ginger matchsticks in a pot and simmer until the lemons start to soften. Add the sugar. Stir regularly and cook to the desired consistency. To test consistency, put a spoonful on a plate in the fridge. If it’s too runny after cooling for a few minutes, keep simmering and test again after a few minutes.
Makes about four pints. If you want to can it for longer storage, Ball has a nice introduction to canning on their website.
Other fruit preserves from the Play with your food archives:
