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Care and Feeding of Carnivorous Plants Introduction and Disclaimer This is my culture sheet for the Carnivorous Plants that I grow. The techniques I describe are the ones that I use to keep my plants happy and alive. While I have had success with what I talk . . . → Read More: Care and Feeding of Carnivorous Plants A couple of posts ago, I promised a reciprocating saw. Today I discovered that somewhere in that whole “Measure Twice, Cut Once” thing, I seem to have missed something: The mower deck was just a bit too long to fit within the length of the frame. The way I saw it, I had couple . . . → Read More: Robomower Part 8 – Mowing something… Today turned out to be a good day. Despite daytime temperatures in the mid to high 90′s (roughly 20 degrees f above my personal cranky threshold), I made some significant progress. It sure seemed like most of what I did was just sitting in the hot sun, and all I got done was to . . . → Read More: Robomower part 7 – It’s Alive! This is getting fun! Putting the frame together is, for me anyway, a very important part of any project. Up until this point, the Robomower has been a stack of angle iron, a box of electronic bits, a crate full of wheelchair parts, and a rather daunting pile of random-looking fasteners. Today that will . . . → Read More: Robomower part 6 – Assembling the frame The weather was cooperating today, and I had some time to spend with the Robomower project, so I was able to make some progress. The first major step was to connect the Sabertooth 2×25, the BR6000, and one of the wheelchair motors to the wheelchair battery pack and see if I could make something . . . → Read More: Robomower Part 5 – Lawnmower teardown and first control test! This one belongs in its own special category: Shows I always thought looked pretty stupid, and wondered for years why they stayed in production so long (in this case, even switching networks). From time to time someone would tell me how great it was, and I would usually just nod and grunt and change . . . → Read More: Stargate SG-1  Put parts you probably have lying around to good use and create a point of interest for your model railroad! . . . → Read More: Model Railroad Flatcar Loads: Wheelsets Today was the day to tear down the Invacare Torque SP, and see what parts could be used in the construction of the Robomower! . . . → Read More: Robomower Part 4 – Wheelchair Teardown After some careful consideration and examination of the original Lawnbot design, I was able to make some decisions: First off, after pricing the components for the original design’s H-bridge board (including the supplies and equipment I would need to acquire in order to start etching my own PCB’s), I decided to go with an . . . → Read More: Robomower part 3 – Controls Hooray for Craigslist! $20.00 and a drive across town got me a Craftsman (Re-branded Black and Decker) 24v electric lawnmower. The previous owner was very up-front about the fact that the mower did not in fact operate. At least, he said it would not take a charge. From what I have been able to . . . → Read More: Robomower part 2 – The Mower |
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