About This Space

I needed a place to capture and share various things. This is it. For decades I’ve benefitted from people posting what they’ve learned. This is my way of giving back. I make no claim that what’s posted here is correct or a best practice, merely that I’ve found it useful or satisfying. It is here in the hopes that you find it of some use.

A wooden cabinent holding small and large Harbor Freight storage organizers

Storage Tranquility

I think that I’ve achieved a state of storage tranquility. Like many with a with maker bent, I’ve accumulated all manner of bits-n-bobs. Screws, bolts, components, connectors, and any number of other little collections that are too useful to throw out but useless if I can’t find them when I need them. Over the years, I’ve used a variety of organizing mechanisms. And that was the problem, it was a variety. Different shaped containers, with different means of organization. And then, of course, there was the problem of where to keep the organizing containers? ...

A SQFMI Beepy in a Custom Wooden Faceplate

Early Beepy Wooden Case

I’m in the process of designing a CNC/Lasercutter case for my Beepy Here, only the part above the PCB is wooden. I cut it with a Glowforge laser cutter using medium draftboard (about 4mm) and walnut veneer. The back is a 3D print of the bottom half of the Beepy slim case. The SQFMI folks make Step 3D models available. I used it to create the the plate that sits on top of the PCB. I created a 2D projection of the top of the slim case to create the cutting file for the veneer. If you have a laser cutter like a Glowforge, these SVG files might be useful to you (you’ll probably need to “Save Link” from your browser since these will likely render): ...