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

- Show: [Hackaday Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast)
- Published: 2025-07-11
- Length: 44m
- Episode: 328
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future
- Listen: https://hackaday.com/2025/07/11/hackaday-podcast-episode-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future/

## Summary

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'.

## Chapters

- [0:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=1) Introduction and Hackaday News
- [2:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=121) What's That Sound: Half-Life
- [4:56](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=296) Minuteman Ultra-Fast 3D Printer
- [13:54](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=834) 3D Printed Woodwind Instrument
- [14:47](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=887) Rigol Oscilloscope Function Generator Hack
- [17:35](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=1055) 3D Printed Cowbell with PPS-CF Filament
- [19:58](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=1198) Chisanbop Finger Math History
- [26:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=1611) Pez Blaster and Quick Hacks
- [39:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-07-11-ep-328-benchies-beanies-and-back-to-the-future#t=2389) Dithering and Back to the Future Tech

## Topics

- [Prototyping & iteration](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/prototyping)
- [Materials & manufacturing processes](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/materials-and-processes)
- [PCB design & layout](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pcb-design)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [AI & machine learning](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/ai-and-machine-learning)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Minuteman (product)
- Benchy (product)
- Jan Rutz (other)
- Salim Baleel (other)
- PPS-CF (material)
- Truck (other)
- Rigol DHO 800 (product)
- Matthias (other)
- Raspberry Pi (chip)
- ESP8266 (chip)
- Chisanbop (other)
- Hang Yong Pai (other)
- Ed Liberthal (other)
- Floyd Steinberg (other)
- Back to the Future (product)

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