Zach Fredin
@zachfredin.bsky.social
electronics! machines! fab labs! teaching! flexures! birds!
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https://zachfred.in
https://hackaday.io/zakqwy
Oh! Sorry I will contextualize more. Merlin, in addition to being a stubby bird of prey, is also a wonderful app by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ("Merlin Bird ID") that helps one ID birds by description, image, or recorded sound. It is a brilliant and free educational tool, highly recommended!
October 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Oh! Sorry I will contextualize more. Merlin, in addition to being a stubby bird of prey, is also a wonderful app by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology ("Merlin Bird ID") that helps one ID birds by description, image, or recorded sound. It is a brilliant and free educational tool, highly recommended!
Merlin doesn't yet have giant yellow glowing bird statues in its database!!! Ugh
October 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Merlin doesn't yet have giant yellow glowing bird statues in its database!!! Ugh
yes! Mostly aluminum in the case of this machine. And clay slop, at generally 50:50 by weight. It's been quite a rabbit hole.
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
yes! Mostly aluminum in the case of this machine. And clay slop, at generally 50:50 by weight. It's been quite a rabbit hole.
Maybe typical aspect ratio?? I dunno. Seems pretty chonky. Lots of berries.
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Maybe typical aspect ratio?? I dunno. Seems pretty chonky. Lots of berries.
oooooooooh flexure printers 🥰 I knew I should have gone to fab25!
August 12, 2025 at 11:02 AM
oooooooooh flexure printers 🥰 I knew I should have gone to fab25!
ah fabulous!! Let me know if you end up building it!!! 😁
July 31, 2025 at 12:12 PM
ah fabulous!! Let me know if you end up building it!!! 😁
I think a good bet could be to find a friendly neighborhood welding shop, they should have tanks of argon and might be into using it for weird things
July 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I think a good bet could be to find a friendly neighborhood welding shop, they should have tanks of argon and might be into using it for weird things
Hmm are they resistors? Resistors are pretty important
June 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Hmm are they resistors? Resistors are pretty important
ooh are they diodes?? Those leads look diodey
June 4, 2025 at 9:22 AM
ooh are they diodes?? Those leads look diodey
that isn't spit-up, it's "feed-forward"
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
that isn't spit-up, it's "feed-forward"