Whatever the nuances are surrounding the reported taking down of remixes derived from the famous Benchy 3D printer stress test, it was inevitable that in its aftermath there would be …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/its-a-bench-but-its-not-benchy/)

Fraens’ New Loom and the Limits of 3D Printing
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/fraens-new-loom-and-the-limits-of-3d-printing/

[Fraens] has been re-making industrial machines in fantastic 3D-printable versions for a few years now, and we’ve loved watching his creations get progressively more intricate. But with this nearly completely …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/fraens-new-loom-and-the-limits-of-3d-printing/)

Second CNC Machine is Twice as Nice
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/second-cnc-machine-is-twice-as-nice/

[Cody Lammer] built a sweet CNC router. But as always, when you build a “thing”, you inevitably figure out how to build a better “thing” in the process, so here …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/second-cnc-machine-is-twice-as-nice/)

Usagi’s PDP-11 Supercomputer and Appeal for Floating Point Systems Info
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/usagis-pdp-11-supercomputer-and-appeal-for-floating-point-systems-info/

With an exciting new year of retrocomputing ahead for [David Lovett] over at the Usagi Electric YouTube channel, recently some new hardware arrived at the farm. Specifically hardware from a company …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/usagis-pdp-11-supercomputer-and-appeal-for-floating-point-systems-info/)

Gaming Table has Lights, Action
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/gaming-table-has-lights-action/

We couldn’t decide if [‘s] Dungeons and Dragons gaming table was a woodworking project with some electronics or an electronics project with some woodworking. Either way, it looks like a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/gaming-table-has-lights-action/)

Hackaday Links: January 12, 2025
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/hackaday-links-january-12-2025/

The big news story of the week of course has been the wildfires in California, which as of Saturday have burned over 30,000 acres, destroyed 12,000 structures, caused 150,000 people …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/hackaday-links-january-12-2025/)

Carnarvon’s Decommissioned NASA Satellite Dish Back In Service After 40 Years
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/carnarvons-decommissioned-nasa-satellite-dish-back-in-service-after-40-years/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OTC_Earth_Station.jpg?useskin=vector
" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carnarvon_australia_OTC_Earth_Station.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/carnarvon_australia_OTC_Earth_Station.jpg?w=597">Recently the 29.8 meter parabolic antenna at the Australian OTC (overseas telecommunications commission) station came back to life again after nearly forty years spent in decommissioning limbo. This parabolic dish …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/carnarvons-decommissioned-nasa-satellite-dish-back-in-service-after-40-years/)

Custom Case Turns Steam Deck Into Portable Workstation
https://hackaday.com/2025/01/12/custom-case-turns-steam-deck-into-portable-workstation/