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Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.
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Show threadPatch ArcanaFeb 5

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Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.

A1: For me right now my favourite is probably no surprise to people: I'm quite obsessed with the journal I'm binding and illustrating as a worked example of gameplay for The Game for Scribes, which is a solo RPG I've written over the last two years.

I'm sure folks expected me to mention PETI, my virtual pet, but uh... I'm not feeling real technical just now.

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@patcharcana
A journal is a good favourite. Something that you can keep coming back to.

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Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @patcharcana journals are great. I've gone back to mine or rather ONE of mine to reignite my "themakeroftrees" project
Show threaddiyelectromusicFeb 5

@MakersHour A1 I'm not sure I have a single favourite really, it is probably more about "what has captured my imagination right now".

Having said that I do still like the various projects that went out on 1st April the past few years and were both serious and jokes at the same time...

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@diyelectromusic
Haha, I am never really sure about the April 1st creations. I love them for their creativity but hate that very often I can never tell if they are jokes or not.
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Show threaddiyelectromusicFeb 5
@MakersHour Mine are always real :)
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 5

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Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.
#MakersHour

I think it has to be Tลท Llygoden, my 1:16 scale dolls house, furnished almost entirely from scratch. I learnt miniature making to do it, including soldering a brass bed, a venneered wardrobe, and dozens of items of furniture.

Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @suearcher I love this and I'm so impressed (jealous) that you have lights on and stairs... I'm not even thinking about that tonight. I know that I have a very special house with stairs but that's for when I prove myself worthy
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 5

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I have to credit Alfred for the lights really - I made the shades and laid the wires, but under his direction, and he did all the connecting and working out how to power them.

Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @suearcher he is a whizz at such things. I think Nettie and co will have to like mini fairy lights. Light features in the rooms are likely to be for show
Show threadMaaikeFeb 5
@MakersHour Oof, i dont know! Too hard to choose just one. My quilt was a recent favourite, but my winter coast is also still high on the list. And the in-beteen-jacket, and...
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@Stratski
Sometimes it can be very difficult to choose one, even if just to talk about.

There can be so many favourites for different reasons.

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Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@Stratski @MakersHour absolutely. In terms of my quick projects. Actually I'm really proud of a fix I've done of a jumper this week
Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour A1 #MakersHour hi Amy (Ropey) here currently on lockdown with Shingles so trying to on focus creativity.
I have many things I have made that I was pleased with. The recent Pikachu hat that I know my eldest Trollkin will love... but my most special one is currently undergoing a change of focus: #themakeroftrees my personal thyroid recovery project. I'm not going to give a lot away until I am happy with my decision and planning
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@Indigoatcrafts
Oooh!
I can't wait to hear more about #MakerOfTrees, when you're ready.

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Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour oh can I show this collage of pictures of a fix I did for my mum. She cut the neck off a polo neck to make a crew but when she handed it over it looked like it had been shredded by a wolf
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@Indigoatcrafts
That is an amazing fix!
Well done!
Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour thank you ๐Ÿค—
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 5

@Indigoatcrafts @MakersHour

Oh, that's brilliant! Well done!

Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @suearcher yay. So proud you like it
Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour I'm really excited about this new idea and the Scotsman is very supportive. He's going to redesign the website (that never went online properly) with my new ideas
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 5

@Indigoatcrafts @MakersHour

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear about the shingles!

Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @suearcher I wasn't too bad at first but it seems to have become a disseminated variety now across my face and arms
Show threadSue ArcherFeb 5

@Indigoatcrafts @MakersHour

Oh, how rotten! I hope it clears up soon.

Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @suearcher yup uncomfortable, painful, itchy and stop me working and being paid
Show threadAlfred Chow - Maker of ThingsFeb 5

@Indigoatcrafts @MakersHour
Sorry to hear about the Shingles. That is a horridly painful affliction, what I can remember.
I hope you get better soon.

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Show threadRopeyFeb 5
@MakersHour @Maker_of_Things it's horrible indeed
Show threadDr Footleg (he/him)Feb 5
@MakersHour A1: My favourite project is my current project. All other projects were just leading up to this one. It is my favourite because it is what I am excited and motivated about right now.
Until my next project, which will of course be my favourite. #MakersHour
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@drfootleg
And why not! ๐Ÿ˜

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Show threadTedFeb 5

@drfootleg @MakersHour
Yes, I can't share my favorite project because I haven't started yet. :p

Though of past projects, I will choose Magnemite - though if you ask tomorrow, I might have a different choice

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@tschundler Well, just for this evening we'll go witht he Magnemite as your faavourite.

What is it?

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Show threadTedFeb 5

@MakersHour
This Magnemite is a Pokemon. It is my favorite Pokemon - it should be larger but I made this smaller one as a prototype.

It's made out of steel and the magnets are aluminum but have small magnets inside them. The "eye" is a round LCD meant for a smartwatch.

It makes for a good compact companion-bot.

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@tschundler
Oh, I see. Thank you.
I don't know Pokemon, so completely lost on me.

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Show threadAlex, the Hearth FireFeb 5
@drfootleg @MakersHour @tschundler oh good. I've been reluctant to chime in this week because I can't choose a favorite project.
Show threadAndyFeb 5

Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.

A1: Hola! Iโ€™m honestly not sure I can pick a favourite! They all have a piece of me in them and I have a piece of all of them in me!

Weak answer! Sorry!

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@Andy
That's just the way a favourite works, so not weak at all. It might make the other questions a bit more awkward to answer though. ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Show threadThe Oracle WokStationFeb 5
@MakersHour I'm wok and it'd be The Staff or The Fuse. What they mean to me? The death of an Idea Worm. The release of pressure. #makersHour
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@wokstation
You made a staff?!!! ๐Ÿ˜‰

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Show threaddiyelectromusicFeb 5
@MakersHour @wokstation Careful, you might blow the fuse...
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@diyelectromusic
I'm not blowing @wokstation's fuse!

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Show threadQuixoticgeekFeb 5

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A1 I'm not sure if I have a favourite project. That would be like asking a parent which is their favourite child...

I am very pleased with my kerfing plane tho.

https://cetaceanneeded.com/a-kerfed-project.html

And also the marking gauge I made in '24.

https://cetaceanneeded.com/yes-but-what-is-it.html

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[Cetacean Needed] - A Kerfed Project

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@quixoticgeek
I feel the same about favourites, but for this game I chose one. ๐Ÿ˜

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Show threadAndrew Lewis WorkshopFeb 5
@MakersHour hello #makersHour. I can't pick just one, but right now my favourite project was probably Project Splinescan, a 3d laser line scanner I built back at the turn of the century. The code and the designs are lost to time, but a few screenshots and models still exist. These photos show the very first scan from the machine, and a scan from a couple of days later. It might not look like much more, but 25 years ago this was pretty cool.
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@LewisWorkshop
Some of the detail in that is quite amazing, especially given how long ago it was.

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Show threadAndrew Lewis WorkshopFeb 5
@MakersHour thanks-the original model is about 3 inches high, and the camera was pal resolution.
Show threadMorgan โšง๏ธFeb 5
@LewisWorkshop @MakersHour as someone who took a class that involved 3d scanning only a few years ago, I say this is still pretty damn cool! I love seeing where things started, especially from the people who worked on them
Show threadTempo on the PulseFeb 5
@LewisWorkshop @MakersHour Last century! You really know how to make an old bloke feel old. ๐Ÿ˜Ž๐Ÿ‘
Show threadJeff Miller (orange hatband)Feb 5

@MakersHour Q1: Hello, let's talk about our own favourite projects.
Share a brief description of your favourite, and what it means to you.

A1. On the physical side, I would say the Doctor Popular Checkpoint Charlie Hat. This was a pattern on Instructables, reverse-engineered from a souvenir which DocPop (San Francisco creative in yo-yos, digital and physical art and fabric) had brought back from Berlin. I made three copies of it, differently adapted, which gave me more confidence with working in 3D.

Oh the digital side, my revival of Tamsin Bowles' Weatherpixie #PixieReport . A long-running work in progress that has taught me a lot!

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Show threadLynxFeb 6

@MakersHour My favorite project is my custom keyboard and mouse.

I've been a computer user since age 4, and I've struggled with repetitive strain injuries since high school. I've tried many different types of ergonomic input devices, but eventually I decided I needed to build my own, to suit my own needs.

After modifying the Dactyl keyboard and rewriting it in Python, I finally started on my custom vertical mouse, which I designed from the ground up, influenced by the Zalman FG-1000 FPSgun.