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Maker Cast is a monthly live show featuring a bunch of YouTube makers. Join us as we talk about making stuff, new trends, and our latest projects.
The show will be hosted on a different Maker’s channel each month, follow @TheMakerCast on twitter or join TinyLetter Makercast for announcements.
David Watts keeps a updated playlist with all episodes
Table of makercast episodes
| Episode | Date | Participants |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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| 1 | 2019-02-03 | H | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | 2019-03-03 | X | X | H | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | 2019-04-03 | X | H | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | 2019-05-05 | X | X | H | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 2019-06-09 | X | X | X | X | X | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | 2019-07-07 | X | X | X | X | H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | 2019-08-04 | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | 2019-09-01 | X | H | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | 2019-10-06 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | 2019-11-03 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | 2019-12-01 | X | X | X | X | H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | 2020-01-05 | H | X | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | 2020-02-02 | X | H | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | 2020-03-08 | X | H | X | X | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | 2020-04-05 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | 2020-05-03 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | 2020-06-14 | X | X | X | X | H | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | 2020-07-05 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | 2020-08-02 | H | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 2020-09-06 | X | X | X | X | X | H | X | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | 2020-10-04 | H | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | 2020-11-01 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | 2020-12-06 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24 | 2021-01-03 | H | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 25 | 2021-02-07 | X | X | X | H | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 26 | 2021-03-07 | X | X | X | X | H | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 27 | 2021-04-11 | H | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 28 | 2021-05-02 | X | X | H | X | X | X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 29 | 2021-06-06 | H | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | 2021-07-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 31 | 2021-08-04 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | 2021-09-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 33 | 2021-10-03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 34 | 2021-11-07 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 35 | 2021-12-05 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Host | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member | 18 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Show notes
Episode 1
Episode 2
Episode 3
Episode 4
Episode 5
Episode 6
Episode 7
Episode 8
Episode 9
Episode 10
Episode 11
Episode 12
Episode 13
Episode 14
Episode 15
Episode 16
Episode 17
Episode 18
Episode 19
Episode 20
Episode 21
Stephen Ludgate (ChunkySteveo)
Christmas lights
Thingiverse - Customizable everything box (waterproof)
Aliexpress - WS2811 DC 5V/12V 12mm WS2811 LED Module , Black/Green/White/RWB Wire, IP68 waterproof Pixels string Christmas light
Clem (Mayermakes)
Electroplating, copper, gold, iron
Alex (@tinyledmatrix)
Berlinclock Wikipedia - Berlin Clock
Tiny nixie with leds on one pcb - idea from Tindie - PIXIE - Chainable, Dual 5*7 Micro-LED Displays!
Holder for Tindie - Picoplanet (made by Bleeptrack) Available at Github - Bleeptrack/picoplanet
Ledmatrix pcb 22×9
Timon
Upgraded 3d printer to mk3
Designing a USB 2.0 hub - with headers for stacking, or a shield with functions
USB A and/or USB C ports.
By default USB standard power limits, or jumper to disabled spec and use more power. Autoswitch to external power.
More info in Youtube - Livestream: USB Hub Layout Part 1
Twinkle Twinkie
Dave Darko
Decorate and organizing workshop, spiderman mask
Episode 22
Clem (Mayermakes)
Got the Holy book, Art of Electronics. Minimultimeter built on esp32-s2, usb-c, wifi, oled. Problem with a part on kicad.
Showed a animatronic skeletonhead, arduino nano, beagleboard ai pre-release, used facerecognition to look at people and tell Terminator quotes.
Bitluni
No butterfacts now!
Went to a rabbit hole with color blindness. Looked into image sensors without color filters. Showed prototype setup to examine light spectrum with diffraction filter.
deshipu
Starts with some old projects.
Spiderrobot arduino-based. Legs included on the pcb (breakaway), and change to Adafruit Feather and 12 servos. Next version use 8 servos.
Gameconsole using CPython.
Tiny keyboard with rgb led under every key, 10 by 4 keys. (TwinkleTwinkle and Matou showed weird keyboards) Lowprofile key. Created lowest version with keyswitches sunken in the pcb. Dog-fooded the ergonomic keyboard since last week.
Made microkeyboard, 6 by 2 keys.
Keyboard kits/pcbs on tindie?
samd21 ? board feather compatible board, with only 5 components on the pcb, all pins connected, usb plug made with the pcb.
Find all designs on hackaday.io/deshipu
Odd_Jay
Wearable robots. Smart mechanical solutions for spider legs. Makes open source to give back to the community. Powered by Adafruit Trinket. About a month for this design.
Talked about designing companion robots.
Do things for fun. Trial by error
Matou
Showed 3d printed hydrophonic wateringpot, got inspired by bleeptrack and used a picoplanet.
German 3d printing challenge, got a Ender 3 to experiment with, generate 3d printed art sculpture, more at https://www.hnu.de/en/transfer/news/detail/2020/10/22/final-of-the-1st-south-german-3d-printing-challenge-team-bitart-from-ulm-takes-first-place
Twinkle Twinkie
Showed projects from Blitz City DIY, Stephen Hawes, Brian Lough.
Miniquiz:
- Complete one project or start a dozen?
Episode 23
This Sunday at 4PM ET I'll be live hosting Maker Cast on my channel with guests @witnessmenow @davedarko @ecken @sophywong && @timonsku
Adafruit promoted todays Maker Cast thanks to @ecken shameless promotion
Noé Ruiz (@ecken)
Woking with Adafruit since 2012
Doing lots with wood. Shelf for Liz (xylophone cabinett), Parametric Designs for crate. Fireplace made of wood with leds for effects. Use Arrange feature in Fusion 360 to make simple plans. Outdoor LED sign. Many future designs in wood.
sophy wong (@sophywong)
Doing 3d printing, trying out organic shapes. Quick demo in Adobe Illustrator on iPad to create vector shapes with Apple pencil. 3d printing cupcake ornament. Candycanes failure Creating designs with filament change between layers
Dave Darko (@davedarko)
Made hairy furby, improved design and now have an army of small furbies. https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/44309-furrbie Jefferies tube Infinity mirror. https://www.prusaprinters.org/prints/42639-jefferies-tube-for-infinity-mirror Hand solder https://www.tindie.com/products/connornishijima/pixie-chainable-dual-57-micro-led-displays/ ? More explanation about how to create the furby
Brian Lough (@witnessmenow)
Focus for camera via manual remote control. https://github.com/witnessmenow/C920-Arduino-Control Released D1 mini screen shield https://www.tindie.com/products/brianlough/d1-mini-tft-shield/ PCB Christmas tree http://blough.ie/pcb3/
Ported tetris to run on a matrix board
Nunchuck Breakout https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/OwGxGJVk https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/RcIxSx2D
Timon (@timonsku)
CNC milled bottle opener Minimal Raspberry Pi CM 4 Carrier https://hackaday.io/project/175832-minimal-raspberry-pi-cm-4-carrier Showed a preview for a bigger Pi CM4 Carrier board
Blitz City DIY (@blitzcitydiy)
Magtag advent calendar
Use easybake oven for reflow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iopyx1IxjE
General chat
About 2020/2021
Bitluni asks: Best butter? Liz answer: peanutbutter
Episode 24
James Sharman
Building 8bit cpu on breadboards and pcbs. Demotime a snake game, and audio system. Developes code via eprom.
Emily
Optical sound decoder for 16mm filmstrip. Tricky to get the audio.
Becky Stern
Made a 2020 candle with a hidden dumpster fire, using a 3d printed mold and paraffin wax. Part of a colab.
Zack Freedman
Built a glove to feel magnetic fields.
Bleeptrack
Designed procedurally generated snowflakes pcbs using inkskape and https://github.com/badgeek/svg2shenzhen to convert.
Designing procedurally generated snail-shell in blender
Talk about implanted rfid chip
bitluni
Got 3d printer with pause function to change filament. Tried new stuff with SLA, 3d printed lenses, transparent heart, fresnel sheet
General chat
New year resolutions
Episode 25
Helen Leigh
Made workbench, leather glove to control a heard of robot unicorns. Resistor & harmonic wave tattoo. Recommends Kicad for pcb design. Showed a solder sucker. Have a new book coming about experimental music controllers.
Ian Charnas
Electroplating plastic, showed a nickel coated pickle. Goal is to electroplate a 3d printed Thor-hammer. Musical tesla-coil. Demo videos
UnexpectedMaker (Seon)
Showing a manual PnP part dispenser.
Becky Stern
Computer driven embroidery using processing, a Brother PE-770. Showed a birthday gift for Estefannie Tape measure antenna https://www.instagram.com/p/CKgyGx5r7FP
MAYER MAKES
(Having connection problems) Showing a tiny multimeter with wifi for breadboard use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kbc5S5ff98. A Egg shaped IOT board breadbord-friendly. A CNC controller with many features.
Zack Freedman
Zack is moving to Colorado and no current projects.
Next month, Matthias Matousek, @MatouMakes
Episode 26
Brian Lough
Got tagged on twitter by @smartereveryday (Destin), about matrix display, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngrVccEU4e4 Support for emojis, scrolling text, countdowns, and progress bars
Automation for Tindie and local post office to easier send packages https://github.com/witnessmenow/an-post-pupeteer
Mayer Makes
Internet works, Clem shows stuff next
Shows pcb design for CNC controller with PI 2040 module, missing documentation for PI CM, dots go on the bottom.
Plans to open shop for more unusual stuff. Showed examples.
Usagi Electric (David)
Vacumtubes! Dislikes high voltages, runs tubes on +-12V. Builds a 1-bit microcontroller, prototype design. 555 timer with tubes.
deshipu
Talked about python and programming. Made a small shield in Adafruit Feather format, https://pewpew.readthedocs.io/ https://www.makerfabs.com/pewpew-standalone.html
Timon
Found RGB ring-lights on Aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001445143962.html twitter thread https://twitter.com/timonsku/status/1357681117395103746
Matthias Matousek
Build a chess robot with a 3d printer https://github.com/matou/3d-printer-chess
Game
https://sketchful.io/ with maker words
Episode 27
Episode delayed one week, but back with 2 new makers, Atomic14 and Simple Electronics.
Timon:
piunora opensource carrier board för Raspberry Pi 4, started company Diodes-Delight to sell electronics, logo design by Bleeptrack.
Liz:
16 key Midi keyboard, 3d printed eggs, sailormoon star locket, vhs case for raspberry, midi controlled recorder bot
Simple Electronics:
Shows Snow speeder
Atomic14(chris):
Made walkie-talkies with tinypicos
Deshipu:
Robots, needs googly-eyes, made lots of them.
Seon:
Mostly software stuff, tinys2
Episode 28
Timon host with guests are Debra (GeekMomProjects), bleeptrack, Emily, davedarko and Matou (MatouMakes).
(lost edit) Davedarko and Matou showed stuff
Emily showed Eye game, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7eNHkZovpQ A Simon Says game? Showed the garage
Bleeptrack
Oh my git, a game about git https://ohmygit.org/
https://fuck.bleeptrack.de/stickers/
New picoplanets https://www.tindie.com/products/bleeptrack/picoplanet/
GeekMomProjects (Debra)
Wearable board, https://www.evilgeniuslabs.org/fibonacci64 but smaller Using usbc connectors for mechanical fastener, and magnetic purse fasteners for power.
Infinitymirror cube formed, collar with a infinitymirror look, octahedron shape
Timon
See episode 27, still working on the board. Got first prototype board.
Participants
bitluni
https://youtube.com/bitlunislab http://bitluni.net https://twitter.com/bitluni https://patreon.com/bitluni
Brian Lough
https://youtube.com/brianlough http://blough.ie https://twitter.com/witnessmenow https://instagram.com/brian_lough
Dave Darko
https://youtube.com/davedarko https://twitter.com/davedarko https://www.instagram.com/davedarkocom/
Seon (Unexpected Maker)
https://youtube.com/unexpectedmaker https://unexpectedmaker.com https://twitter.com/unexpectedmaker https://patreon.com/unexpectedmaker
Stephen Ludgate
https://www.youtube.com/c/StephenLudgate https://chunkymedia.co.uk https://twitter.com/ChunkySteveo https://instagram.com/ChunkySteveo
Liz Clark ( Blitz City DIY )
https://www.youtube.com/blitzcitydiy https://twitter.com/blitzcitydiy https://instagram.com/blitzcitydiy http://www.blitzcitydiy.com
David Watts
https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidWatts/ https://twitter.com/mrdavidjwatts https://www.instagram.com/davidjwatts/ https://www.tindie.com/stores/mrdavidjwatts/
Jon Oxer
https://youtube.com/SuperHouseTV https://www.superhouse.tv https://www.freetronics.com.au/ https://twitter.com/jonoxer https://twitter.com/superhousetv https://www.facebook.com/jonoxer https://www.facebook.com/superhousetv https://www.patreon.com/superhouse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Oxer
Aaron Christophel
https://www.youtube.com/user/12002230
Jeri Ellsworth
https://www.youtube.com/c/jeriellsworth/ https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tiltfive/holographic-tabletop-gaming https://twitter.com/jeriellsworth
Arturo182
https://twitter.com/arturo182 https://www.youtube.com/arturo182
Emily Velasco
https://www.youtube.com/emilyselectricoddities https://www.instagram.com/mle_makes/ https://twitter.com/MLE_Online
James Sharman
https://www.youtube.com/user/weirdboyjim https://twitter.com/WeirdBoyJim
Timon
https://www.youtube.com/ProfSparkles https://twitter.com/timonsku https://hackaday.io/professor
Mayer Makes (Clem)
https://mayermakes.com/ https://Element14.com/presents https://instagram.com/mayermakes/ https://twitter.com/mayermakes/
bleeptrack (Sabine)
http://www.bleeptrack.de/ https://www.youtube.com/user/BleeptrackPodcast https://www.instagram.com/bleeptrack/ https://chaos.social/@bleeptrack https://twitter.com/Bleeptrack https://github.com/bleeptrack
Becky Stern
https://www.youtube.com/bekathwia https://beckystern.com/ https://twitter.com/bekathwia https://www.instagram.com/bekathwia/
Stephen Hawes
https://www.youtube.com/stephentherobot http://stephenhawes.com/ https://twitter.com/stephentherobot https://www.instagram.com/stephenther...
Adam Welch
https://youtube.com/AdamWelchUK https://twitter.com/AdmW_
Applied Procrastination
https://www.youtube.com/c/AppliedProcrastination https://twitter.com/AppliedProc https://twitter.com/SimenZhor https://www.facebook.com/AppliedProc https://github.com/appliedprocrastination
Mr. Twinkle Twinkie
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCf8oXAT1uUzen6A57bwsudg https://www.twitch.tv/mrtwinkletwinkie https://www.tindie.com/stores/twinkletwinkie/ https://twitter.com/mrtwinkletwink
Alex (tinyledmatrix)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqgAUNEj6AJagz1gycIDdTA https://twitter.com/tinyledmatrix https://instagram.com/tinyledmatrix https://hackaday.io/tinyledmatrix/
deshipu (Radomir Dopieralski)
https://twitter.com/deshipu http://sheep.art.pl/ https://github.com/deshipu https://hackaday.io/deshipu https://www.tindie.com/stores/deshipu/
Matou (Matthias Matousek)
https://youtube.com/MatouMakes https://twitter.com/MatouMakes
Odd_Jay (Jorvon Moss)
https://twitter.com/Odd_Jayy https://www.hackster.io/Odd_Jayy https://www.instagram.com/odd_jayy/
Noé Ruiz (@ecken)
https://twitter.com/ecken https://noeruiz.me/ https://www.instagram.com/ecken/
sophy wong (@sophywong)
https://twitter.com/sophywong/ https://www.youtube.com/sophywongmakes http://houseoflulu.tumblr.com/ https://www.instagram.com/sophywongmakes/ https://sophywong.com/
Zack Freedman (@ZackFreedman) aka Voidstar Lab
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZackFreedman https://twitter.com/zackfreedman https://www.patreon.com/zackfreedman https://www.instagram.com/zackfreedman/ https://github.com/zackfreedman
Helen Leigh
https://www.youtube.com/user/helenlsteer https://twitter.com/helenleigh https://www.instagram.com/helenleigh_makes https://github.com/helenleigh https://hackaday.io/helenleigh https://www.amazon.com/Helen-Leigh/e/B07JGHGDN9
Ian Charnas
https://www.youtube.com/user/iancharnas https://twitter.com/iancharnas https://www.patreon.com/iancharnas https://instagram.com/iancharnas
Usagi Electric (David)
https://www.youtube.com/user/Nakazoto https://twitter.com/UsagiElectric https://discord.gg/p7UsfHD
Atomic14 (Chris Greening)
https://www.youtube.com/atomic14 https://twitter.com/MrBananas
Simple Electronics
https://www.youtube.com/simpleelectronics https://www.patreon.com/simpleelectronics
Stargirl
https://twitter.com/theavalkyrie https://blog.thea.codes https://winterbloom.com
GeekMomProjects (Debra)
https://twitter.com/GeekMomProjects https://www.instagram.com/GeekMomProjects/ https://www.geekmomprojects.com/ https://www.brightwearables.com/shop/
