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Lightning Strikes

Several photos of lightning strikes from Pays de Gex.

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Wild Visitors

Few photos from around the garden.

3d-printer

Fixing Ignition Missing Cover

Used Iseki TK-25 micro-tractor, that I bought, came with a broken (missing) cover for ignition. I replaced it with a 3D printed part using colorFabb's varioShore TPU. As always, it took several iterations to get the part right. 3D model: iseki-tk25-key-cover-Bodyiseki-tk25-key-cover-Body.3mf47 KBdownload-circle

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Fixing Broken Rocker Switch Cover

Iseki TK25 has a couple of rocker switches with protective rubbers that, due to age, are partially torn. Thanks to Colorfab's varioShore TPU material it's possible to print very flexible objects. It took several iterations to get the right sizes, as the printed pars is not

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Printing Rubber Replacement Parts

3D printed rubber part for missing side panel dumper. Original Iseki part number: 1560-602-001-40. Price is around 10 € (2024). This is the original location of the part: 3D printed part installed: Part design and print: Files: iseki-tk25-side-panel-dumper-Bodyiseki-tk25-side-panel-dumper-Body.3mf28 KBdownload-circle

Cloud Blanket

Jura mountains sometimes offer exceptional views... 0:00 /0:07 1× 0:00 /0:07 1×

Repair of Central Ventilation Box

Repair of a ventilation box, it provides air circulation in the kitchen and bathrooms.

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Repair of a Thermos Bottle

One of the parts of a Thermos bottle got lost and it started to leak. An replacement was printed using TPU material suited for 3D printing. Since the TPU material is more rigid it had to have slightly different size. Several iterations were necessary.

mildly-interesting

Mat Grows Grass

Intense rain caused the mat to become good place for grass to grow. Most probably these come from grass seeds, not the mat itself.

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3D Printed RaspberryPi 4 Case

Here's a nice 3D printed RaspberryPi 4 case:

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3D Printed Pump

Here's a 3D printed centrifugal pump:

Sleeping Toad

While doing spring cleaning I discovered a sleeping (or hibernating) common toad. I had to wake it up, as the trunk it's been sleeping under had to be removed. It was still sleepy, but was able to escape later on (my intention was to move it to a

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Fixing a Sewing Machine Broken Pedal

3D printer replacement case for sewing machine speed pedal.

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Repairing a Washing Machine Again

While after the last repair old trusty BLUESKY washing machine started to have problems again - it did not remove water during the cycle and, after a while, it entered an error state. Water had to be removed manually. In such case the usual suspect is the water pump, but

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Repairing a Washing Machine

Washing machine in my flat started to emit worrying sounds and didn't wash properly, time to buy a new one? Maybe not yet... It's a BLUESKY BLF518 (possibly a Carrefour home appliance brand), it's part of the flat and it's does a

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Repairing a Coffee Machine

Melitta AromaFresh drip coffee machine broke down after around one month of usage – water stopped dripping into the kettle. Disassembling the unit posed the standard challenges: 1. Not so easy to reach screws – longer screwdriver was needed. 2. Latches in the upper part. 3. One anti-tamper screw – special bit was

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Jupiter and its Moons

A photo of Jupiter taken on 2022-12-31 using a 560 mm telelens (35 mm equivalent) and a tripod. Four of its moons can be seen, from left to right: Io, Europa, Callisto, Ganymede. They're called Galilean moons as they can be seen using even the simplest equipment. Note:

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"Rainbow" in Macro Lens

"Rainbow" from prism photographed using macro lens.

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Healthy not Healthy

Here are two thermovision photos of left and right hand. One of the fingers has had an "accident" and it hurts, can you guess which one?

sweets

M&M's Alternatives

Following the test of cola alternatives here's another test of alternatives to popular consumable product – M&M's. In France every big shop network will have its own version of peanuts in chocolate. Bands and shop network/company tested: 1. PICK N' CHOC (Carrefour) 2.

Botanical Park in Geneva

Couple of winter photos from botanical park in Geneva.

Grasshopper camouflage

Interesting observation of camouflage adaptation in different environments of Oedipoda caerulescens. What's also interesting is their wing colour is different to stand out of the background: for first photo (red) it's blue; for second (gray) it's orange.

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Architecture Photos

Short visit to Geneva. Here are some photos of buildings with repetitive patterns.

birds

Birds at the Bird Feeder

Quick bike trip to check on birds in the nearby forest. In couple of places there are bird feeders and they are full of, mostly, birds from tit family. Here are couple of photos.

science

Tonga eruption pressure

On 15th of January 2022 there was an eruption of Tonga volcano. Pressure wave has been registered across the globe, including local weather station. According to BBC article linked above eruption was at 4:10 GMT and it reached UK at 19:10 GMT, which translates to 20:10 CET.