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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · 5d

Next #Livestream I have some SQUiXL goodness to work on and share. Hope to see you in chat!
youtube.com/live/GchXvYZ...
#maker #projects

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · 12d

Next #Livestream - all maker, no politics.... hope to see you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/U8XcjLh...

LIVESTREAM: 2025.24 - Let's do some PCB design

YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · 19d

Hey folks - I'm streaming again tomorrow - w00p! youtube.com/live/dsxYoJ0...
#maker #projects #hardware #coding #chat

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 18

Doing a bit of "file system" cleanup and discovered an old "maker progress" folder of mine and found an image of the very first PCB I designed (well, progress of it)...
Oct 2017 #pcbdesign #eagle #regrets

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 16

Milling backplates for my new feeder rack!
youtu.be/ISntkvShNRA
#cnc #maker #Projects

Milling Juki Feeder Rack Backplates on my Milo v1.5

YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 7

I've been trying Gemini-Cli 2.5 in VSC and though it started out "ok" - the last few updates from Google have completely wrecked it - It now constantly gets stuck in "replace" loops & forgets context - Also fails to update the gemini_md file. #terrible #unusable

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 6

The four plates turned out great! I got a good video capture from start to finish today. I'll hopefully have that published on YT this coming week.

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 5

I have a few plates to make, so I hope to get a full video of one, but here's a snippet of plate #1 - the bores ended up going through - It was just some chips in the hole - phew!

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Sep 5

Finally doing some milling again - It's been a while, I hope I can remember how my Milo v1.5 works ;)
#cnc #mill #project

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Aug 31

Well, Albo and Rudd have given the finger to the sitting elected president of the United States - deteriorating our relationship with our once biggest ally, so nothing good is ever going to come from that. I'd say that's pretty stupid.

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Aug 30

Hey folks - due to some stupidity on behalf of the Australian & US governments + Australia Post, I am unable to ship products by post the US for the foreseeable future :(

If you are in the US and are after any of my products, check my resellers list:
unexpectedmaker.com#resellers

Welcome to Unexpected Maker

Welcome to the Unexpected Maker website and online store

unexpectedmaker.com

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Aug 26

Next #LiveStream I'm going to see if I can fix my broken #RGB #Laser and get it running with chat again!
youtube.com/live/eWBc18Y...

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Aug 19

Next #LiveStream I'm going to waste my time on a PCB for the ESP32-C61 - because it's WAAAAAY too early !
youtube.com/live/Te_RIbi...
I hope you can join me :)
#ESP32C61 #PCBdesign #KiCAD

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 25

w00p! @pimoroni have my new Series[D] boards in stock, as well as a bunch of other UM products!
shop.pimoroni.com/collections/...
Please support them (and me) by plundering (legally) some of kit from them - thanks!
#maker #makershelpingmakers #electronics

All - Pimoroni

shop.pimoroni.com

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 22

Next UM #livestream - not sure what I'm doing yet, but I'm sure it will be epic, or not :)
youtube.com/live/RrBXN1x...

LIVESTREAM: 2025.19

YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 17

I've just released the Edge Carrier on my UM store...
unexpectedmaker.com/shop.html#!/...
KiCAD files are also available for this board - link in the product page.
#maker #products

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 15

Join me on my next #LiveStream as I explain to you all how silly I can be sometimes, and try to design a solution...
youtube.com/live/iriP0Y6...
#maker #youtube #testjigs #3dprinting

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 15

w00! My new #SeriesD boards are now in stock and available from my Unexpected Maker store and on @lectronz
unexpectedmaker.com
lectronz.com/stores/unexp...
#maker #esp32s3 #maker #magic

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 11

Finally able to share the secret thing I've been working on for so many months... Introducing my new range of Series[D] microcontroller boards.
youtu.be/jcsWdfXvBvo
#maker #electronics #products #showcase

Series[D] Announcement

YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jul 1

Gonna try to work out how this #livestream thing works again... It's been so long, I'm sure I can't remember...
I hope to see some of you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/dJ53Czd...
#maker #projects #chat #stuff

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jun 26

New Secret Product - First panel being assembled - From the Juki's point of view!
youtu.be/3ADej1w_b4w
#pcb #assembly #manufacturing #jukicam

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jun 22

I just finished adding a numeric only on-screen keyboard to #SQUiXL that auto switches to this layout based on the datatype of the ui_control - it's pretty snazzy!
#maker #projects #coding #uix

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jun 12

A look at how the sausage, er, the #SQUiXL is made... low volume manufacturing at it's finest!
youtu.be/CF7BVJy6LuU
#maker #manufacturing #electronics

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jun 3

Next #livestream I'm taking a break from working on #SQUiXL by working on a 3D engine for #SQUiXL - It's logical, in a Seon kind of way! I hope to see you there...
#maker #3d #coding #fun
youtube.com/live/bgxoRAh...

LIVESTREAM: 2025.16 - A 3D Engine on SQUiXL?

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Unexpected Maker @seonr.bsky.social · Jun 3

I just pushed a new #SQUiXL firmware update that adds a bunch of cool things including user uploadable wallpaper. I'll be adding support for multiple wallpapers down the track, with random selection on bootup, but this is a great start!
unexpectedmaker.com/squixl
#maker #coding #uix

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