This project, sent in by [Henk], goes through a few different ways to make a solder stencil using a vinyl cutter, a CO2 laser, and a fiber laser. The project …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/solder-stencil-done-three-ways/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 324: Ribbon Microphone From A Gumstick, Texture From a Virtual Log, and a Robot Arm From PVC
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/hackaday-podcast-episode-324-ribbon-microphone-from-a-gumstick-texture-from-a-virtual-log-and-a-robot-arm-from-pvc/

This week, Hackaday’s Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos joined forces to bring you the latest news, mystery sound, and of course, a big bunch of hacks from the previous week. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/hackaday-podcast-episode-324-ribbon-microphone-from-a-gumstick-texture-from-a-virtual-log-and-a-robot-arm-from-pvc/)

A Network Status Panel The Way It Should Be
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/a-network-status-panel-the-way-it-should-be/

Sometimes a project forms itself around a component rather than an idea, and thus it was that [Maximilien] found himself building a data rate monitor for the connection between two …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/a-network-status-panel-the-way-it-should-be/)

A Flip Clock Becomes a Flip Timer
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/a-flip-clock-becomes-a-flip-timer/

Sometimes it’s nice to have a widget to do a single task and avoid getting distracted by the supposed simplicity of doing it with an app on a smartphone. [Dina …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/a-flip-clock-becomes-a-flip-timer/)

Freeze-drying for improved metal printing
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/freeze-drying-for-improved-metal-printing/

For all the remarkable improvements we’ve seen in desktop 3D printers, metal printers have tended to stay out of reach for hackers, mostly because they usually rely on precise and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/freeze-drying-for-improved-metal-printing/)

The Bellmac-32 CPU — What?
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/the-bellmac-32-cpu-what/

If you have never heard of the Bellmac-32, you aren’t alone. But it is a good bet that most, if not all, of the CPUs in your devices today use …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/the-bellmac-32-cpu-what/)

3D Pen Used To Build Cleaning Robot That Picks Up Socks
https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/3d-pen-used-to-build-cleaning-robot-that-picks-up-socks/

Your average 3D printer is just a nozzle shooting out hot  plastic while being moved around by a precise robotic mechanism. There’s nothing stopping you replacing the robot and moving …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/06/06/3d-pen-used-to-build-cleaning-robot-that-picks-up-socks/)