I was given an old IKEA Expedit case, flat packed, that was missing screws and dowels. One of the edges was broken, while the piece was being dismantled. I thought I could use it as storage/temp work bench until I had the time to build something more permanent. Fixing the broken piece was easy. […]
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I wanted to convert these IKEA stools to bedside tables. The reason was that they match the rest of the bedroom furniture abd there was limited space near the beds, so we could not really use normal bedside tables. INGOLF is a great basic stiol from IKEA To add a shelf to it, I just […]
I needed a case for the RaspberryPi. The good thing about the RPi being a business card-sized computer is that it fits nicely in a plastic box from old business cards. If you look on Ebay, you can buy 20 of them for £5 including delivery. The boxes make fantastic custom RPi cases! I didn’t […]
This is how the final product looks like on my desk. I now need to write a python script which will translate various button combinations into actions. Stay tuned…
Step one was to draw the positions of the buttons on a piece of paper. I secured the drawing with some tape. I first drilled pilot holes, then used a 16mm metal drillbit to widen the hole. A step drillbit was then used to accurately widen the button holes to the right size. An […]
An IKEA mirror gradually becomes a control panel…