ᛉ Raven Wright ᛉ

Trees play as an important a role in death, as they do in life. They truly embody the cycle of life in a quiet and noble way, humbly providing not only for us, but nature as a whole.

@radioactivered I'd be like a fat kid in a chocolate shop, in there. You'd have to drag me out after getting tired of me rummaging through everything

Civil Defense lyfe. ☢️

@celticgarden Was für süße kleine Kerlchen

Der Sonnentau ist eine fleischfressende Pflanze hier hier bei uns. Zwei von ihnen habe ich letztes Jahr gekauft und sie haben den Winter überlebt 🥰 In der Natur leben sie in Mooren und stehen auf der Roten Liste. Oben ist der Rundblättrige Sonnentau, unten der Mittlere Sonnentau

@polinaTrrr Finally, some real science

Wow, it turns out dumb scientists aren't so useless after all.

Der Sage nach ist das Vergissmeinnicht aus den Tränen eines Mädchens, die von ihrem Verlobten Abschied nahm. Die Liebenden sahen das Pflänzchen und nannten es "Vergiss mein nicht" und gaben sich das Versprechen, überall, wo sie es sehen, als Zeichen treuen Gedenkens zu pflücken🪻

@midwhit @BlueBooker75870 There's beauty in simplicity, as I always say

@Raven_Wright44 @BlueBooker75870 i was tempted to shoot a photo of something very similar today, displaying this very principle — tomorrow perhaps

Sometimes the little flashes of colour are nicer than larger ones

@willreil I see this right after doing boards by hand 🤣

You can just 3D print solder paste stencils and save the money. I made printastencil.com after getting quoted $20 ($7 + shipping) for a stencil in a project where every cent counts

@BlueBooker75870 Makes sense, I personally find sage to be very overpowering when burnt. Lavender is a favorite of mine

@Raven_Wright44 It’s not bad at all no. I just like to use other plants better. I really like rosemary, heather, and other plants over sage as a personal preference.

Important. Combustion releases ions & fragrant smoke that bind to pollutants and drop them out of the air. Submicron particles & volatile fragrant compounds linger & reduce airborne bacteria.

@BlueBooker75870 Out of interest, is burning sage bad? Just asking as you meantion them being sage-free.

All of these smoke wands were put together by me with local plants, and are sage-free. Some are native to the pacific coastline I live on, & other plants (like Sweet Alyssum, Heather & Lavender) were introduced to grow in the area by Victorians.

@StoneColdCiggs Free copper time

@alpinespirits Shouldn't have ground it, it loses strength when you do that 😞

What do we think boys

Maintenance

@willreil @MarcoReps No worries, dude

@Raven_Wright44 @MarcoReps I’ll check it out, thank you!

Solder resist is looking pretty good if you ask me, despite being hand painted Thinking of doing a layer of black on the component side for an extra cool factor

@willreil No worries. It's basically where the copper gets chemically coated in a layer of tin. You see it on boards from before soldermask was a thing/common practice. Just another neat process to try. @MarcoReps has a video on it as well as other PCB fab vids you'd probably find cool.

@Raven_Wright44 Thank you! Do you mean like using liquid tin? I feel like that will be something to tackle down the line, for now I plan to just solder the exposed pads

@blind_via That's fair, sometimes you just can't avoid it. I wish that more designers used via anchors, it'd save me from a fair few painful repairs on equipment from vendors that "should" know better. SMT 3.5mm jacks are another one that often doesn't get via anchors.

@Raven_Wright44 I'm sorry, I can't use through hole, it has to be smt. barrel jacks get a lot of mechanical force put on them. and a PCB footprint for SMT should include via anchors to protect the jack from getting ripped off the PCB, since SMT is sensitive to sheer forces.

What is the most Iconic 2 pin PCB mounted connector ever?

@wonderparlour It sounds like a wonderful blend

I’m going to ask a British tea merchant to specially blend a Cotswolds Breakfast tea just for Wonder Parlour Cafe and import it from England. Would you like to try it? 🤔

@madebyjessg It's so unfair not having it haha

@Raven_Wright44 Seriously, like is that too much to ask 😩lol

All I need is a band saw, and a scroll saw, and a big workshop, and infinite glass and other materials, and all the time in the world I would be so S tier if I had all that fr