Stuff What I Made

At some point I upgraded my guitar synth unit to a Roland GR-55. This is a fun thing, but has one annoying flaw. Unlikely previous units I had owned, if I held down the button on the guitar to change patch, it would only advance by a single patch. [Read More]

For the most part I was very happy with my Wanhao 3D printer. I performed all the usual upgrades of beefier MOSFETs, better cooling shroud, magnetic bed, Octoprint etc., but one thing always annoyed me; the constantly running cooling fan. [Read More]

At some point I indulged in a GoPro, on a whim. It came with a stick on mount for the top of a helmet, but I found this produced odd looking top down shots. There must be a better way I thought. [Read More]

I wasn’t really happy with the mount that came with my Garmin, it being a rather clunky affair that held the unit in an odd spot on my handle bars. I wanted it more centralised, directly above my fork steerer. [Read More]

Such is the mounting position of the Pinion gearbox in my Deviate Guide that occasionally it hits the undergrowth, or worse. Its case is a cast magnesium alloy so probably not all that resilient to impacts. I thought a simple bash guard wouldn’t go amiss. [Read More]