What has Greg been up to?
Hello everyone! It has been a while since my last video and webpage entry, so I thought I’d drop a quick note.
Busy Busy Busy!
First things first- I am still around! I’ve taken a bit of a break from creating content over the last few months. In addition to my day job picking up, I’ve been outdoors tending to my garden, flying drones (conducting automated mapping flights for my local city’s tree commission), and of course, spending time with the family. With that in mind, I have plans to get some new content out, and have several ideas in the hopper.
June- MRRF 2024
I attended MRRF earlier in the summer, but I just went for Saturday. It was great seeing everyone, thought I felt a bit more rushed than usual with being there only a day. There were quite a few booths. Of course, I had to stop by and say hello to my friends at West 3d!
At the last minute, I decided to set up a “Swap table” as a bit of an experiment! The idea behind it was to clear out space from my Maker Corner, give other folks the opportunity to stop by and “trade”, and of course just say hello and thank-you to the community and for all who stopped by. It was a ton of fun, and I met some new friends!
Swap table here.
I found a new home for my 3d printed Prusacaster! I was glad to see it go to someone who could put it to use. I had a lot of fun printing it, but have many other guitars I play, and I couldn’t let it sit by idly.
Speaking of guitars, I’ve also picked up an adjacent hobby- DIY guitar pedals! This has been very beneficial, and I’ve been able to add several pedals to my board. I also decided to incorporate 3d printing into this hobby. I have some ideas for future content on this. Below are a few pictures of my first fully 3d printed pedal, which incorporates hueforge art. I modeled the enclosure in Open SCAD, and printed it with ASA for toughness. Then, I lined it with copper foil tape for shielding. The pedal s a Pro Co Rat clone, which has a fantastic distortion / overdrive effect. I purchased the circuit board from PedalPCB, the electronics from Tadya, and soldered the project together. All together, you can build one of these for around $30 in parts. I have shared all my design files and more information on Printables.
