Author Archives: mechatronicsguy

Here’s a quick lasercut project. Paul from RnD updated the inkscape box generator to include inside tabs, and I took the opportunity to tidy up my collection of old watercolour inks. Here’s the pieces cut out:   And glued together. I put … Continue reading →

I’ve been playing around with vacuum the last couple of weeks. While I was waiting for more parts and a proper vacuum gauge arrive from eBay, I was impatient to get at least some measurements of how good the vacuum … Continue reading →

The other day I was watching the beautiful series of videos on the Michelson Fourier Analyser, (Yes, I couldn’t resist buying the coffee table book) and I started thinking about cams. They’re a beautiful tool when you’re doing mechanical design. They can be … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick one day project I just finished. I’m quite interested in light, and I wanted a quick way to observe how things change polarisation as light moves through them. You can pick up polariscopes on eBay pretty cheap, … Continue reading →

After my recent experiments into DSLR shutter lag (here and here), I finally got to use my camera the way I was intending. Set up: I started out with the kickstarter kit from here which is very well thought out. I’ve … Continue reading →

In the last post I explained how I made the LED timing device for measuring the shutter lag on my DSLR. The first way I wanted to test triggering the camera was by using the IR remote control. If I could get … Continue reading →