Category Archives: Project

Bungee Scope Cover/Cap on LVPO

3D Printed Scope Cover

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I saw a shock/bungee scope cover on Insta or YT, and I decided I needed it. But, it wasn’t an ad, so I don’t know where to get it. I have calipers and a 3D printer so I figured it out.

This cover or cap can be adapted for any circular device. I can think of optic, red dot, and flashlight.

I tried modeling in TinkerCAD. It was functional but not adaptable. I tried Revit but it wasn’t going to be accessible. I bit the bullet and learned OpenSCAD. This allowed me to design the cover with variables in a format anyone can access, and natively supported on Thingiverse.

The main variable to adjust is scope_diameter. Size it slightly larger to fit easily. The cord will keep it from rattling.
For personal preference, scope_Height can be adjusted.
Depending on your shock cord and printer settings you might need to adjust paracord_diameter to get enough tolerance.

After 30 prototypes I’m ready to share.

Get it here and customize your own https://thingiverse.com/thing:6279778
Watch the installation video. https://youtu.be/B90__c3qAwk

I used Polymaker PLA Pro filament and Paracord Planet Shock Cord.
Some links are affiliate.

DIY Highlight Trading Cards

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I made a video demonstrating the process I use to make some special trading cards. Here is my written description for Highlight Cards. These are just cool enough to make the extra effort worth it.

DIY Trading Cards Video

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I made a video demonstrating how I make trading cards. This is following my original article on base cards.

ELBC, Part 159

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I am so far behind. Sorry.

2015-01-06
11 cents
Total: $0.11
2015-01-11
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-01-12
5 cents
Total: $0.05
2015-01-23
2 cents
1 nickel
Total: $0.07
2015-01-27
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-01-28
1 cent
1 dime
Total: $0.11
2015-02-03
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-02-04
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-02-05
1 nickel
Total: $0.05
2015-02-06
1 cent
1 dime
Total: $0.11
2015-02-09
2 cents
Total: $0.02
2015-02-10
7 cents
Total: $0.07
2015-02-23
1 quarter
Total: $0.25
2015-02-24
3 cents
Total: $0.03
2015-02-25
2 cents
1 nickel
Total: $0.07
2015-02-26
1 cent
1 dime
Total: $0.11
2015-02-27
4 cents
Total: $0.04
2015-03-02
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-03-03
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-03-04
36 cents
Total: $0.36
2015-03-07
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-03-08
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-03-09
1 cent
1 dime
Total: $0.11
2015-03-24
2 cents
Total: $0.02
2015-03-30
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015-03-31
1 cent
1 dime
Total: $0.11
2015-04-10
1 quarter
Total: $0.25
2015-04-22
1 cent
Total: $0.01
2015 Cumulative: $2.04

Overall Cumulative: $50.87 Loose Change

ELBC 2014 Review

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ELBC 2014 Review2014 was the second year of my Every Little Bit Counts project. I think combining posts as I go rather than reporting each day on it’s own was an improvement. I still had trouble remembering to post. At least once I had over a month to do at a time.

The first thing I noticed is the number of $1 bills I found this year. Almost half of the money I found came from good old greenbacks. I also found a partial roll of dimes. That was a little weird. Again, pennies were the vast majority of what I found though closer to 75% than 84%.

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Custom Bookmarklets for Power Surfing

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I have made a few custom bookmarklets that I bring to my internet experience. These allow me to perform a few tasks that I do on a regular basis in one step rather than copying, surfing to a new page, pasting. These are bookmarks for productivity.

This one takes me to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine page for the current site I’m accessing:

javascript:void(location.href="https://web.archive.org/web/*/"+document.URL.split("://")[1]);

This updates the Amazon.com product page to one with my affiliate link, like for this Hard Drive I just bought.

javascript:void(location.href='http://www.amazon.com/dp/' + document.getElementsByName('ASIN')[0].value + '/?tag=000703-20')

This one uses a Google API to creates the QR-Code for the web page you are visiting.

javascript: location.href='http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=350x350&chl='+escape(location.href);

Camelcamelcamel is a great service that charts the Amazon.com price of all products so you can see if you are getting a good price. This bookmarklet can take me there in one step.

javascript:void(window.open('http://www.camelcamelcamel.com/product/' + document.getElementsByName('ASIN')[0].value))

I hope that these can be useful to you or even inspire you to create new bookmarklets to serve your purposes.

Merge Columns from multiple Workbooks in Excel with VBA

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I had an opportunity where I had several workbooks (5 to be exact) that are updated on a regular basis, daily in some cases. Each workbook has similar information but in different locations. For my usage I desired to combine the applicable columns into a single set of columns in one Excel file. A merged document will allow me to look in one location rather than five, and find all the results.

I searched and searched and wasn’t able to find anyone else who had solved my particular problem. I set out to learn a little Visual Basic For Applications (VBA) so that I could accomplish the task. Continue reading →

JavaScript Color wheel

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I was in need of an elegant way to demonstrate progression across separate articles of media but still show continuity. I decided upon a combination of shapes and colors. for the colors I wanted to flow from mostly white, through the color/hue spectrum to mostly black. I couldn’t figure out a way to get these values without manually selecting them so I did a little research into ways of defining colors. In my search I found a circular layout of colors that seemed to be what I needed. I also learned about HSV which turned out to be the turning point, allowing me to turn my color selection into a set of equations. Continue reading →

Convert Drupal to WordPress

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drupal to wordpressI have used Drupal for the last year or two and have finally gotten fed up with it. There are plenty of places online that discuss the benefits and drawbacks of each platform so I won’t do it here.

The main thing keeping me from going back to a simple WordPress installation was an easy way to move all my old content out of the Drupal CMS in a manner that would be simple to move it into a WordPress CMS.

I looked at some Modules built specially to do the task. I looked at some pay software as well. None of those options did what I needed. Even the pay program had poor reviews. Continue reading →

DIY Camo Vest for Paintball

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I used to be very into playing paintball. Most of what I played was woodsball. Quite some time ago I made a Vest and shared my story at an online forum. I am sharing it here.

I thought I might share a vest that I have almost completed. Using about $10 worth of materials I’ve made a vest with (so far) a tank pouch, two pod carriers and a radio pocket. I also made a Remote Coil cover, not pictured.

I have enough fabric left over to make large pocket for the front, opposite the radio pouch.

I got my digital camo fabric from a fabric store for around $5.95 a yard and only got one yard. Continue reading →