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  • Date Created: 8 Jun 2016 11:55 AM Date Created
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Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: Shed Dweller

spannerspencer
spannerspencer
8 Jun 2016

The shed is the universal domain of the dad. This probably isn't news to you.image

 

But that's nothing to do with the shed itself. What draws the old man to the garden construct is the solitude it promises (aside from the colony of spiders, but their company is necessary to facilitate the absence of other humans), and the tools and toys he can tinker with therein.

 

So to kick off our week's worth of exclusive Father's Day badges, I'd like you to post a comment below, with an accompanying photo, about your current favourite piece of tech that you enjoy playing with alone; whether it's in the shed, your workshop, your office or the cupboard under the stairs where you're allowed to keep all your junk.

 

And let's all show our appreciation for that most noble of structure, the garden shed, by liking this blog post, too!

 

Remember, to get the rest of the Father's Day badges this week, you'll first need to earn this one!

 

You have until 26th June, 2016, to get all the badges, so don't delay!

  • Day One: June 13th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: Shed Dweller
  • Day Two: June 14th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: Boys' Toys
  • Day Three: June 15th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: DIY Ninja
  • Day Four: June 16th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: The IoT of Chaps
  • Day Five: June 17th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: The Maker
  • Day Six: June 18th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: The Maker
  • Day Seven: June 19th - Father's Day Badge-a-Thon: Day of the Dad
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Top Comments

  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 9 years ago +11
    Favourite bit of tech? That's tricky. Actually, no it's not - it's always that last thing you bought! Mine would have to be a stero microscope for SMD work. (The laser cutter just to the right comes close…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago +9
    Ah, yes, favorite techie. My "shed" is actually my workshop where I spend most of my "idle" time. You see, I'm a scrollsaw guy. Scrolling is like making pictures from wood. The picture below is me working…
  • rsc
    rsc over 9 years ago +8
    The most fun is turning off the lights and turning on the plasma and the lasers (little ones at home - BIG ones at work). scott
  • Robert Peter Oakes
    Robert Peter Oakes over 9 years ago +8
    Well, my most fun piece of kit right now is the CNC I built, a nice 1500x1500 cutting area... But my Shed is actually my Basement (Too cold in the winters here in Canada to be working in a garden shed…
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 9 years ago +8
    My shed is on wheels - a sort of Mobile Man Cave..... I disappear down to Henry, my Motorhome, to write software and design modular synth hardware for the Raspberry Pi. Henry has a long-range wi fi aerial…
  • balearicdynamics
    balearicdynamics over 9 years ago +7
    In the meantime take a look: Bed -> Kitchen -> table-for-all -> tools -> window -> terrace ... Animals and insects that prefer to live here: spiders, small but very fast to build webs just in one night…
  • Fred27
    Fred27 over 9 years ago +7
    If it's pictures of our shed (rather than the tech in there) we're going for then I'll add this. A fairly recent upgrade to my previous bit of space next to the washing machine. https://0xfred.wordpress…
  • profcooksez
    profcooksez over 9 years ago +7
    I enjoy making things that are not supposed to work ... work. Right now I got this Verifone 3750 for $5 and now I would like to make it work as a USB printer for my PI. Welcome suggestions.
  • jw0752
    jw0752 over 9 years ago +7
    I like to disassemble and salvage old circuit boards for the components which I then study and build into simple circuits to confirm my understanding. Recently I got a ZD-985 desoldering station and this…
  • Nate1616
    Nate1616 over 9 years ago +5
    My favorite gadget would have to be my 3d Printers. My space/office/man cave was taken over when we had our 3rd child so wish i could of showed my setup. But here is one of the printers in my fleet.
  • godblessamerica
    godblessamerica over 9 years ago

    I like working with "junk" that I get at yard sales and thrift stores; then making all of the stuff better and awesome.

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  • gpolder
    gpolder over 9 years ago

    currently the stuff that keeps my attention is the Pi IoT kit I'm working on.

     

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    Former Member over 9 years ago

    digital caliper

    Four-key Digital Calipers With Data Cable - Series:EC20

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  • gregoryfenton
    gregoryfenton over 9 years ago

    My favourite bit of shed tech?

    One you all overlooked - the shed's light bulb. No more listening to snores from the wife when it is too hot to sleep, I can retire into my man cave and tinker to my heart's content.

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  • the-dubster
    the-dubster over 9 years ago

    Well, I guess I have to go for my desktop PC, you see I like to plan to do things - Interweb is useful for info there, I buy bits - again, a bit of browsing then some online shopping; at this point I usually run out of steam!

    Whether it's car bits, computer bits, general electronic bits or whatever, that's where it stops.

     

    Then something else tickles my fancy, a bit of research here, a bit of digging there and the cycle begins again.

     

    I WILL get round to finishing stuff, until then there's always YouTube videos of how other folks have made it . . . . . 

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