Category: Tools

More Sturdy Pan-Tilt Structure

After trying the cheap plastic unit, I decided to build a more sturdy pan-tilt mount for my receiving loop antenna.

Ham radio makers are doing well and having fun.

Time has come to make some magnetic loop mounts.

Recently, I helped my friend Victor with a kitchen drawer repair.

Here is my Mostly Printed Butterfly Capacitor, ready for use in a magnetic loop antenna.

Slowly but surely I have been milling butterfly capacitor plates on my Mostly Printed CNC. Read more

Painters tape hold down works with thin aluminum. Here’s how.

Hold down fixtures are easy with a 3D printer.

Back to my loop antenna project. Nearly there with milling capacitor plates.

My first attempt to cut thin aluminum almost worked. But not quite.