Author: Verdi

  • Smartphone Speaker Boxes

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    Since Christmas I have been building smartphone passive speaker boxes. To be honest I was prompted to do so by my daughter who has instigated a regime of making Christmas presents that cost less than $20 which leads to a lot of pre Christmas stress for me and who knows, could be a topic next…

  • Laser Cutter Finds A New Home

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    Notice: The laser cutter will be undergoing scheduled maintenance from March 4th to 11th. Sorry for any inconvenience. Today, the laser made it’s move from it’s old location in the back of the wood shop area over to the new clean room space we’ve recently acquired. This is the first step in the process of…

  • Fron and his stirling engine powered car

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    Fron came in today with his awesome little gas powered toy car. It uses a stirling engine to propel itself and looks to be made entirely out of day manufactured parts. Thanks Fron for bringing in such a cool toy!

  • Breaking news: Tools in the shop now have faces!

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    Due to a rash set of attacks around the shop, many of our tools now have faces. The exact number of victims affected in this feat of sillyness is currently unknown but it will assuredly continue until the giggles stop. The following contains images of tools who have given their lives of serious use up…

  • More Toys Erm. I Mean Tools!

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    A couple days ago, a whole list of new tools have arrived in the shop! This means an end to our big ticket spending. Thank you so much Ontario Trillium Foundation   http://www.otf.ca/   for the money you have provided us with to spend on new tools and equipment around the shop. It has made…

  • What’s happening down at Diyode? – January 2013

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    The Diyode community never ceases to amaze in it’s ability to push forward. Let’s take a quick look at some of the current events going down at Diyode this month: New Space! – Diyode has just acquired some new square footage in it’s current building. We are now working on renovating and organizing the new space to…

  • It’s alive!

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    Just a small snippit of what goes on in the shop.