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Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler said:
Time to put my money where my mouth is. I got 5 pcb's in my order (because that was the minimum order) and I've spent the last couple weeks brushing back up on my soldering skills one one of them as a throwaway, because boy were they rusty.

But today, after spending most of the evening flashing a new firmware to the arduino-based controller chip for the whole shebang, I decided I had dusted them off enough to quit procrastinating and get started.

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Not as nice as they might've once been, but seem perfectly serviceable.
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finished making my VOC sensor and hooked it up to wifi and home assistant.
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Looks perfectly serviceable for knowing when my printer is printing. Now to get some smart switches and connect the Bento Box and the room air purifier to automation based on this data.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

coming soon: 3-piece 'Traveler' version of my whistles


Free bonus: secret sneak peek I haven't posted anywhere else: Simple system irish flute
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PatrThom

PatrThom

No key (tab/slot/notch) or slight cross-section shape adjustment (oval/triangle) to reduce torque drift while still allowing telescoping for tuning?

--Patrick
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

PatrThom said:
No key (tab/slot/notch) or slight cross-section shape adjustment (oval/triangle) to reduce torque drift while still allowing telescoping for tuning?

--Patrick
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The new 'traveler' whistle definitely has that feature in the body section where the two halves join. Whistlers generally want their holes perfectly aligned.
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The flute was patterned after actual Irish flutes I own, and they typically lack that kind of lock-in. Some people like to rotate the bottom three holes for easier reach. Most flutists snug up their tuning slides or other joints with teflon tape if they're loose enough to drift. But since these things aren't gripped that strongly in the hands, it doesn't take much friction to keep them in place.
 
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Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Overnight print failed...toppled right over. Cleaned the print beds and gave them another whirl.


Not "pro" by any stretch...but considering it's the very first print off the machine without any tweaks or improvements, I think it's a great start.
 
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Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Decided to make some radical changes to my mouthpiece, cribbing some features from other whistles that I like such as the flattened area at the top of the ramp, and the wall around the mouthpiece hole. Both of these features are in some of my favorite whistles, but aren't on the *same* whistle.

The flattened area should make the highest 2 notes of the whistle easier to hit and cleaner sounding. The wall should strengthen the bottom two notes. At least, that was my working theory.

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I ended up with a louder, stronger and cleaner sound across the entire range of the whistle! I'm quite pleased.

 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

GasBandit said:


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Le Cube: 13 Switch Games in 1 Question Block of 5cm

Everyone knows the question blocks that Mario encounters in all his adventures. Maybe some of you have even seen Nintendo Switch cartridge storage boxes shaped like a question block. But how many of them can hold 13 cartridges in a 5cm cube? And fully unfold to reveal all your games laid flat...
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that's cool, but I'm not paying for a model when I already printed this one for free :)

 
Frank

Frank

My hyperfocus died like moments from liftoff and I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to get it back. I know that ain't how it works, but it sucks.
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

basically, I stay interested by trolling the maker sites (makerworld, thingiverse, printables, makeronline) and i see something several times a week that makes me go "well, that's freaking cool" and then I just print it :D
 
Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler

Tinwhistler said:
I asked one of the most recognizable pro whistlers on the planet if she'd take a look at one of my whistles, and she said yes! So nervous.
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So, I haven't posted more about this, because An Post lost my whistle. It sat 'undelivered' since Sept, and last week they quietly just removed the tracking number from their system. Heh.

But, she (Joanie Madden) was at North Texas Irish Festival this weekend, so I made the trek out there to hand her a whistle. Here's what it sounds like in her hands.
 
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