Hardware Podcasts

Ep 328: Benchies, Beanies, and Back to the Future

Hackaday Podcast · 11 Jul 2025 · 44m · Episode 328

What this episode covers

Hosts Elliot Williams and Kristina Panos review a diverse range of hardware hacks, including Jan Rutz’s ultra-fast 'Minuteman' 3D printer that prints a Benchy in under three minutes using dynamic temperature control and dry ice cooling. They also discuss Chris from Sound Workshop’s 3D-printed woodwind instrument, Truck’s 3D-printed cowbell made from high-temperature PPS-CF filament, and Malcolm Wilson’s infrared photography hack using a Raspberry Pi in a vintage camera body. The episode concludes with a look at Chisanbop finger-counting history and a retrospective on obsolete 1985 technology from 'Back to the Future'.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Minuteman, Benchy, Rigol DHO 800, Back to the Future
Chips
Raspberry Pi, ESP8266
Materials
PPS-CF
Also
Jan Rutz, Salim Baleel, Truck, Matthias, Chisanbop, Hang Yong Pai, Ed Liberthal, Floyd Steinberg

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