If there’s anything more frustrating than mounting holes that don’t line up with the thing you’re mounting, we don’t know what it could be. You measure as carefully as possible, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/06/3d-printed-extensions-make-hole-measurement-easier/)

FlatMac: Building the 1980’s Apple iPad Concept
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/flatmac-building-the-1980s-apple-ipad-concept/

The Apple FlatMac was one of those 1980s concepts by designer [Hartmut Esslingers] that remained just a concept with no more than some physical prototypes created. That is, until [Kevin …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/flatmac-building-the-1980s-apple-ipad-concept/)

Printing in Multi-material? Use These Filament Combos
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/printing-in-multi-material-use-these-filament-combos/

If one has a multi-material printer there are more options than simply printing in different colors of the same filament. [Thomas Sanladerer] explores combinations of different filaments in a fantastic …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/printing-in-multi-material-use-these-filament-combos/)

Tis the Season
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/tis-the-season/

’Tis the season for soldering! At least at my house. My son and I made some fairly LED-laden gifts for the immediate relatives last year, and he’s got the blinky …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/tis-the-season/)

Liquid Metal Ion Thrusters Aren’t Easy
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/liquid-metal-ion-thrusters-arent-easy/

What do scanning electron microscopes and satellites have in common? On the face of things, not much, but after seeing [Zachary Tong]’s latest video on liquid metal ion thrusters, we …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/liquid-metal-ion-thrusters-arent-easy/)

The £25,000 Tom Evans Pre-Amp Repair and a Copyright Strike
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/the-25000-tom-evans-pre-amp-repair-and-a-copyright-strike/

We were recently notified by a reader that [Tom Evans] had filed a copyright claim against [Mark]’s repair video on his Mend it Mark YouTube channel, taking down said repair video …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/the-25000-tom-evans-pre-amp-repair-and-a-copyright-strike/)

Microchess Remembered
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/microchess-remembered/

Playing chess has always been a bellwether for computers. The game isn’t trivial, but the rules are managably simple. However, the game is too complex to be easily solved entirely, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/microchess-remembered/)

A Look inside IKEA’s Vallhorn Motion Sensor Teardown
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/07/a-look-inside-ikeas-vallhorn-motion-sensor-teardown/