Toybox Tractor: Plywood, Lathe Hacks, and 350W of Fun
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/toybox-tractor-plywood-lathe-hacks-and-350w-of-fun/

When you think of a toy tractor, what probably comes to mind is something with fairly simple lines, maybe the iconic yellow and green, big rear tires, small front ones. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/toybox-tractor-plywood-lathe-hacks-and-350w-of-fun/)

Gimmick Sunglasses Become Easy Custom Helmet Visor
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/gimmick-sunglasses-become-easy-custom-helmet-visor/

[GizmoThrill] shows off a design for an absolutely gorgeous, high-fidelity replica of the main character’s helmet from the video game Satisfactory. But the best part is the technique used to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/gimmick-sunglasses-become-easy-custom-helmet-visor/)

A Deep Dive Into Inductors
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/a-deep-dive-into-inductors/

[Prof MAD] runs us through The Hidden Power of Inductors — Why Coils Resist Change. The less often used of the passive components, the humble and mysterious inductor is the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/a-deep-dive-into-inductors/)

Getting the VIC-20 To Speak Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/getting-the-vic-20-to-speak-again/

The Commodore Amiga was famous for its characteristic Say voice, with its robotic enunciation being somewhat emblematic of the 16-bit era. The Commodore VIC-20 had no such capability out of the box, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/05/getting-the-vic-20-to-speak-again/)

Full-Blown Cross-Assembler…in a Bash Script
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/full-blown-cross-assembler-in-a-bash-script/

Have you ever dreamed of making a bash script that assembles Intel 8080 machine code? [Chris Smith] did exactly that when he created xa.sh, a cross-assembler written entirely in Bourne …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/full-blown-cross-assembler-in-a-bash-script/)

BreezyBox: A BusyBox-Like Shell and Virtual Terminal for ESP32
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/breezybox-a-busybox-like-shell-and-virtual-terminal-for-esp32/

Much like how BusyBox crams many standard Unix commands and a shell into a single executable, so too does BreezyBox provide a similar experience for the ESP32 platform. A demo …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/02/06/breezybox-a-busybox-like-shell-and-virtual-terminal-for-esp32/)