Category: Projects

  • Write a Slot Machine App

    Write a Slot Machine App

    I’ve always wanted to make my own slot machine game. I’m a decent enough programmer, but the slot machines are more than just a spinning reel with a set number of symbols that randomly stop at different positions. A random number generator is used to determine the outcome of each spin. Thus, each spin is…

  • Boba Fett Range Finder

    Boba Fett Range Finder

    A while back I found a Boba Fett helmet at Salvation army with a missing range finder. Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems.…

  • Naza M Quad 450 Test Flight

    Naza M Quad 450 Test Flight

    Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.

  • Arduino Neopixel RTC Clock

    Arduino Neopixel RTC Clock

    Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.

  • 3D Printing and Painting

    3D Printing and Painting

    First of all, I am not a world-class painter. My eyesight isn’t what it use to be and hand-painting these things was a pain. At the behest of my youngest, it started out with Pokémon. While I have 3D printed for years, I had never airbrushed or hand painted a day in my life. Below…

  • Sawppy: How I Built a Rover

    Sawppy: How I Built a Rover

    So a while back I was browsing the internet and came upon a project by Jet Propulsion Laboratory to build your own model of the Mars Curiousity rover. It sparked my interest because I had been looking for something to do. I was a little bored. It didn’t take long to realize how much this…

  • Water Level Detector

    Water Level Detector

    Lots of rain in Iowa lately. Lots of flooding also. In Council Bluffs, it’s not rare to see people emptying crap out of their basements after a good rain.  Here is a shot from my backyard security camera from just last week. So while I avoid a flooded basement for the most part, I have…

  • Stuff Happens

    Stuff Happens

    A nice gentleman brought in a Samsung Galaxy Tab S TM-807V with a severly cracked screen. It was also very attached to the 3rd party plastic case/cover it was in. It was clear the Tab had not been removed from its case in a very long time. The first warning signs should have been how…

  • Analog Meter Battery Cover

    Analog Meter Battery Cover

    So I bought this analog multimeter at a pawn shop for $5 and it was missing the battery cover. It seemed like a perfect opportunity to 3D print something practical instead of Star Trek ships. I took CAD in college and I was pretty good at it. So I fired up  AutoCAD 2019 and started…

  • GPS Tracker

    GPS Tracker

    Chris BondChris Bond is the owner of this website, the father of three children, the husband of a wonderful woman, and the tinkerer of gadgets. He enjoys gaming, flying drones, building Gundam models, collecting robots and solving problems. He is currently a Senior Web Developer at NDIC.