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Coachman's Navigational Top Hat: Making the tip and preparing to cover in fabric.

synaesdav

Today I made the tip for my top hat. I used my sideband to generate a pattern that I cut out of the 1/32" thick plastic sheeting. (McMaster-Carr) Then I zigged a 21 gauge wire around the edge of the tip and the top edge of the sideband. Then I did a ...
- 3 Oct 2014
Easter Bonnet #5 - Short update

sbi3clp

Apologies for being a bit slow with the updates recently, I have been travelling again and haven't had time to work on my hat. The great thing about being away this time was my bonnet finally arrived! Yay! As well as my glue gun! (Sor...
- 1 Oct 2014
Gemma-Splashwear. Code for Neo-Pixel ring button. Yeah! And Showing how to upload it & a link to hoop earrings.

gdgarced

Hey everyone, I managed to create a quick tutorial of how to upload a code.I have had to learn the hard way to do all of this and so I want to spare anyone who is doing this for the first time. If I can help someone with what little I know please fee...
- 30 Sep 2014
Gemma-Splashwear 4 doggy & me. LED Button parts and finished button.

gdgarced

Checkout my cool button build. Below I share all of the pieces that will go into building my cool buttons.It all started with the end-cap. I just thought that I could use them with regular LEDs, but then I put them over the Neo-pixel ring hoop ...
- 30 Sep 2014
Creating the electronic housing

malakai

Hello everyone! I'm back again with another video! in this video, I show how to make custom part for your project using plastic (I cut mine out of a large, clear, squarish Tupperware dish) moving on to Bondo soon! Helmet done with resin, and hea...
- 29 Sep 2014
Coachman's Navigational Top Hat: fiber optic feather detail.

synaesdav

So, once again I was distracted from working on the base in favor of working on something pretty. I decided to try and make the fiber optic feather decoration for the side of my hat. I found a short white and black pheasant feather trim at a local tr...
- 28 Sep 2014
Gemma - Splashwear 4 Doggy & Me, Neo-Pixel ring button and meet Dave from Hive76

gdgarced

Below I show Dave an end cap to a toilet paper roll that would have gone into a landfill. I have an eye for the craziest ideas my husband Sam tells me. I believe that when you are a maker, you see things very differently than most folks. I alwa...
- 27 Sep 2014
Gemma-Splashwear 4 Doggy & me, Cutting and fitting poncho on doggy

gdgarced

Today we move forward with the cutting and fitting of Pierre's poncho. www.youtube.com/watch So above we discuss how to go about cutting the pattern for pierre's poncho and we have had to make a few mockups.We are also trying to figure out,...
- 26 Sep 2014
Blog Summary #003 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014

cstanton

The Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge is running from August 14th to October 31st.Previous activity:Blog Summary #000 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #002 : Adafruit Gemma...
- 26 Sep 2014
Hats Off Fascinator 11: Adventures In Plastic

brenyc13

A post about my disappointing hunt for different plastic sheets.Plastic FantasticI might not be the most experienced programmer or electronics person. But plastic? I am a stealth ninja black belt of plastic. Making things out of plastic sheets is one...
- 26 Sep 2014
Gemma - Splashwear 4 Doggy & me. Inspiration for our ponchos & hats.

gdgarced

Above you can see this cool poncho that was my inspiration. I didn't want a regular poncho.I wanted something different from the norm so, after many hours on the net I found this asymmetrical stye poncho and that was it for me!I also ordere...
- 24 Sep 2014
Coachman's Navigational Top Hat: Design time

synaesdav

Today I took a break from constructing the base of my top hat to consider how I was going to run the electrics in it and how I wanted to cover it. The magnetometer needs to be flat to operate properly, so I will mount it inside the hat at the tip. I ...
- 24 Sep 2014
Tipping Tophat Top Tip

e14 Contributor

If there's one golden rule to follow when making anything, it's "measure twice, cut once". You'll hear people world wide spreading this like gospel and for good reason. There's nothing worse than getting right to the decidin...
- 22 Sep 2014
Hats Off Fascinator 10: Goldfish Writes Code

brenyc13

A post in which I explain that my short term memory resembles that of a goldfish.Apologies for the skimpy post this week. It takes me 100 times longer than a normal human to program something because I keep forgetting how code works. Slow pace = smal...
- 20 Sep 2014
Coachman's Navigational Top Hat: Making the sideband.

synaesdav

Today I started working on the structure of my sideband. I will be making it from Altraform (Douglas and Sturgess: Altra Form, Medium, (43"X 55") using hot water and a heat gun to block it into shape. First I have to choose a block. I have ...
- 18 Sep 2014
Music Mullet - On LEDs

e14 Contributor

So my hat was planned to be structured around its ability to assist in taking photos and also being used as a vu meter for party occasions. Hence the music mullet name (business in the front, party in the back).Adafruit was awesome and sent us 5 neop...
- 17 Sep 2014
Gemma - splashwear 4 Doggy and me. Testing GPS circuit and having fun!

gdgarced

www.youtube.com/watchWell you are going to see how I am not a videographer, I am still learning how to hold the phone.I didn't want to edit the video because i want you to see that even when you make mistakes you can have fun.I also want people t...
- 16 Sep 2014
Gemma - Splashwear 4 Doggy and me. Explanation of circuit parts.

gdgarced

www.youtube.com/watchHere we are going over the circuit. It's so cool when things aline just as we need them. I have learned so much from Kyle. He should really teach. We are showing here the Flora, compass/accelerometer, and GPS from Adafruit. I sew...
- 16 Sep 2014
mod gas mask update.

e14 Contributor

No luck finding that C4(at acceptable price); so going to use the C3 that I have. This is the mask. Have no filter can. so far have removed the front valve to allow easier breathing. This introduces a new problem. The lenses now fog up as the ai...
- 16 Sep 2014
Gemma-Splaswear 4 doggy and me - Meet Pierre and testing circuit at Kyle's house

gdgarced

www.youtube.com/watch So you finally get to meet Pierre, the face of Doggone Couture! He is happiest when he is in my arms, he looks like a stuffed dog, I know. As you can see from the pictures, we have been testing out our circuit o...
- 16 Sep 2014
Easter Bonnet #4 - Making petals

sbi3clp

Lately, I have been busy travelling so I haven't had as much time as I would have liked to spend on my bonnet. However, I have started trying to make flower petals for it. Whether these will form part of the NeoPixel flowers or other flowers on t...
- 15 Sep 2014
Printing the Iron Man Helmet

malakai

How to download/print/cutout and glue Pepakura projects. Hello Everybody, I'm here again right on time with one of Three videos! I will be sure to post the second soon, so watch out for it! In this video, I show how to download/print/cutout/glue...
- 15 Sep 2014
Hats Off Mardi Gras - NeoPixels & Fabric (Part 4)

fearless

This video s is about setting up the electronics and making fabric choices for the mask.I ran into two problems during the set up process. First, a new delay setting between color changes on the NeoPixel Color Wipe function was not working correctly....
- 13 Sep 2014
Hats Off Fascinator 9: Connections Part Deux

brenyc13

A short video where I talk about serial debugging.https://vimeo.com/106051983In my last post I talked generally about connecting the Gemma and the Flora Accelerometer. Here, I tried to put that into action.Thank You, Becky SternA few weeks ago, Adafr...
- 13 Sep 2014
Blog Summary #002 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014

cstanton

The Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge is running from August 14th to October 31st.Previous activity:Blog Summary #000 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014 Blog Summary #001 : Adafruit Gemma Hats Off Challenge 2014Recent activity:Blog Summary #003 ...
- 12 Sep 2014