Monthly Archives: December 2008

Working on the new rotary viscometer

Posted on December 23, 2008 by smackaay

Been working on a new version of the rotary viscometer, after many design changes, the result is this. A rotary viscometer bridged with a rotary reaction strain gage. Guess it’ll work. Here are some pictures. I’d say a bit more … Continue reading →

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Kinda been in a creative funk…

Posted on December 21, 2008 by smackaay

For the last while I’ve been in a bit of a creative funk. Troubles at work and the the weather have made it difficult to concentrate on the things that I like. Anyways, perhaps while I have some time off … Continue reading →

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Stuff about sensors, a quick post.

Posted on December 16, 2008 by smackaay

Well, I’ve been looking around at torque sensors and found some interesting information. For one though, they are NOT cheap. Keep in mind that these are higher sensitivity sensors but it doesn’t seem to have an overwhelming bearing on the … Continue reading →

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The LED Clock

Posted on December 11, 2008 by smackaay

Well, for the past little while, I’ve been working on a bizarre clock made with LEDs glued into a dollar-store cookie sheet. I got the idea just out of the blue and decided that it would be fun to build. … Continue reading →

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Complete 180, well, perhaps 90.

Posted on December 11, 2008 by smackaay

So, after doing a bunch of work on the rotary strain gage it’s been declared incorrect. Oh well. Here’s the new concept, although not my own idea, were going to rebuild the entire concept around the notion of a dynomometer. … Continue reading →

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Rotary Strain Gage update

Posted on December 10, 2008 by smackaay

Well, it’s been a little while since the last update, I suppose I should have stated something sooner. So far, the device seems to work but now I have mechanical problems. Friction on the top is preventing the load from … Continue reading →

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Viscometer Rotary Strain Gage update

Posted on December 3, 2008 by smackaay

It hasn’t been long since my last update about this thing but I’ve made some progress as far as making the unit into a single board. I simply used the AD7705B as I suspected it work work great for this … Continue reading →

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Minolta MD Lens test, 200mm Rokkor

Posted on December 3, 2008 by smackaay

A while back I purchased a 200mm f4. Rokkor lens off EBay for pretty cheap, like 40 bucks total. Since then, I haven’t really been taking any photos and thus haven’t been able to get a good feel for the … Continue reading →

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