Latest posts:
- New House 3: Modeling and Ideas
Modeling the new house in Sweet Home 3D to understand the layout, then spitballing ideas for renovations, testing out colors and textures, etc. - New House #2: Window Film
Remediating an annoying neighbor light pollution situation on the cheap, at least until the permanent fix is feasible. - New House #1: The Dryer Deflagration
The dryer receptacle in the new house tried to kill us, so it got replaced with the new hotness. - Hello, interwebs!
I’m back after a hiatus. We moved into a temporary apartment, bought a house, and sold a house. But we’re finally sessile again. - Modifying a 3-phase kiln for single phase power, part 1
Convert a Skutt KM1027-3 kiln from 3-phase power, to more common single phase 240V power with surprisingly few tools and parts.
New House:
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Hello, interwebs!
I’m back after a hiatus. We moved into a temporary apartment, bought a house, and sold a house. But we’re finally sessile again.
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Modifying a 3-phase kiln for single phase power, part 1
Convert a Skutt KM1027-3 kiln from 3-phase power, to more common single phase 240V power with surprisingly few tools and parts.
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Kilnmaster Controller Repair on Skutt 1027
Fixing a slightly broken Skutt-1027 kiln, and saving myself ~$400 in parts in the process.
Home Lab:
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Modifying Supermicro Fans in IPMI
Using IPMI tool to set fan thresholds, and prevent overly-noisy fans, or pulsing between max and normal speeds every 3 seconds.
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Bringing old APs to life with OpenWRT
Flash OpenWRT firmware onto an Aruba AP-105, because we don’t like paying multiple hundreds of dollars for licenses.
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The State of the Lab: 23.12
A snapshot of the home lab in its current state. Thoughts on future development/expansion.