It was cold, slightly windy, and snowy today, so Andy built a fire and worked on designing his electronics. Here’s the tentative schematic for some of it:
And here’s what he has so far for the layout of the corresponding printed circuit board:
The red shows the copper that will be on the top of the board, the green the copper on the bottom. The brown is information for him, so he knows what components will go where.
I don’t know how it all works, but he does love ExpressPCB, the easy-to-use program that lets him lay everything out. When he thinks everything is all right he’ll send it in and they’ll make him a 5″ X 6 1/4″ printed circuit board for this part. How cool is that? (If you want to do this sort of thing!)
That’s what counts as excitement around here. What about with you?
February 23, 2015
I don’t know the baseball equivalent, but for me that is a sixer in cricket terms. When a bowler is hit out of the playing area the batsman gets six runs. The bowler then exclaims that he cannot figure it out!
Yes, and this is just the start. He figures the whole system won’t be done for a couple of years. But he won’t be working on it every day, of course.
OH GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN!!!
you have to understand that comment.
it’s coming from someone with 3rd grade math skills! LOLOL
i love that he’s designing his own little piece of heaven up there in those glorious mountains. it will keep him young and healthy. and there’s no end to the things he can accomplish and take on! i think it’s wonderful!!!
It’s a big project, and this is just the start. There will no doubt be more posts with more details as time goes on. He’s trying to automate things so he uses the solar electric and solar heating systems efficiently. This part was fairly straightforward, he says. Some of the other parts will be easy, others will require a lot of thinking.
what I see is a man who understands his beef; knows where to find the wrinkles if there any; has the right software programme that helps him…
I don’t think it is scary as such, because my knowledge lies elsewhere, example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYW247HlGUU
Her terminology in parts is different to mine but the basics are all there…I am no weaving right now but I do still have the knowledge. My peddles are set up differently to hers because I feel it is more balanced to have her last two peddles in the center.
One of the common fabrics that we love or hate is the “denim jeans” and that can be created on what is deemed a “straight draw” each row is just one shaft which makes what is known as “jeans twill” – if you look carefully you see that the fabric weft is slanting – that gives jeans a bit of flexibility after a few washes…
http://www.allfiberarts.com/2012/rosepath.htm
This is known as Swedish Rosepath – yes you can get your regular twill from it but also more interesting patterns.
Most drafts will give you a completely plain weave and you often need that for raised patterns – anywhere it says “use tabby” is referencing that.
These patterns are for 4 shaft looms, one of more common but you can get as many shafts as you darn will want, just as a more manual loom it will be harder to work manually with more shafts (harnesses/video mentions)
so there you go…
your basics – so much more including accessories, yarns, and finished product 🙂
Wow! That looks complicated to me. How long did it take you to learn it?
I learnt to do basic weaving over a couple of months, much homework on a 24″ wide table loom…
Then of course I wanted a bigger loom and bought a 48″ wide floor loom…
Later on more looms but now back to only one 36″ wide floor loom…many warps later got the hang of weaving 🙂
Wove as self-employed weaver for many years until the bottom dropped out of woolen stuff for the tourist market. i.e. change of policy, stores getting cheap good made in other certain countries….