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Ep 336: DIY Datasette, Egg Cracking Machine, and Screwing 3D Prints

Hackaday Podcast · 5 Sept 2025 · 1h 03m · Episode 336

What this episode covers

Elliot Williams and Jenny List discuss a DIY datasette by Bitlooney that uses a microcassette mechanism and custom DSP to interface with a Commodore 64, and an over-engineered egg cracking machine by Stuff Made Here that uses silicone cups and pneumatic release. They also review a polished lightning talk timer with a gravity-actuated bell and a generative art project by Nicholas Roy using line-following plotter bots. The episode concludes with a Field Guide on pivot irrigation and a discussion on using self-tapping screws for 3D printed assemblies.

Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

Topics

Mentioned

Products
Commodore 64, Amiga, Prusa
Also
Bitlooney, Stuff Made Here, Nicholas Roy

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