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Sparks and Code
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Let’s make cool stuff and maybe learn a little bit too.
i made a robot golf putter
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I'm terrible at putting. So I decided to make a robot to make myself better.
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I'm terrible at putting. So I decided to make a robot to make myself better.
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i made a robot that picks locks WITHOUT A PICK
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This was a doosie of a project (i'm glad it is over). Follow along as I design and build the next version of the lock picking robot. CONNECT Subscribe! ua-cam.com/users/sparksandcode Instagram: @sparksandcode STLs / Firmware github.com/SparksAndCode/Lock-Picking-Robot-V2
The Maker | Short Film about making a rotary phone call Santa
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Making an old rotary phone call Santa and plays a voice mail for a friend. CONNECT 🎯 Subscribe! ua-cam.com/users/sparksandcode Instagram: @sparksandcode Affiliate links mean I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. This helps support my channel at no additional cost to you. Project Parts •Sound Board amzn.to/3HdO0pM (Amazon) •Battery Holder amzn.to/47xMklt (Amazon) •SD Card amzn.to/47tWin...
upgrading my washer to yell at me
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Forgetting to move the laundry from the washer to the dryer ends today. This is a story about how I fix this problem for the second time over a month or so. The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP32 Board: amzn.to/46ykFBj Current Sensor: amzn.to/3PXa2AY ADS Board: amzn.to/3rSCnk2 Headphone Jacks: amzn.to/46DzTVW Current Meter: amzn.to/4026p1d Tools used in video (some ...
never have a dead battery again
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Out in the shop I keep running into the same problem where I reach for a power tool and it has a dead battery. I can't seem to remember to swap them out on the charger. So, I decided to build a robot that swaps out the batteries on the charger for me out in the workshop using an Arduino and stepper motors.
gave myself a headache trying to soothe my wife's
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Follow along as I attempt to make my wife a cold compress that lasts for hours instead of minutes to soothe her headaches. Link to STL and code github.com/SparksAndCode/ColdCompress The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): Water Jug - amzn.to/3uzEc3h Silicone Tubing - amzn.to/3AEDZ2G Velcro Strapping - amzn.to/3AxVPV9 PLA Filament - amzn.to/3Im7qZi Brass Elbow Fittings - am...
making a lock picking robot
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Today we’ll be designing and building a lock picking robot. Why, because…. Why not?. I had fun making this, I hope you enjoy it too. GitHub Link (STLs for the design and Python Code) github.com/SparksAndCode/Lock-Picking-Robot The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP32 (Arduino shape) amzn.to/3LuL3l3 Stepper Drivers amzn.to/3KsjgAz CNC Shield amzn.to/3vJphU4 Arduino Scr...
making a wind tunnel for my son
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The story of many mistakes I made engineering and building my son a wind tunnel for Christmas. Hope you enjoy. Fusion Model a360.co/3KkvLyi The fan www.harborfreight.com/8-inch-portable-ventilator-97762.html The plastic www.dickblick.com/items/grafix-clear-acetate-25-x-40-x-0075-single-sheet/
Never Forget To Flip The Laundry Again
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I always have a hard time remembering to flip the laundry from the washer to the dryer. So I made a system to monitor the washing machine and text me when it finishes. Code: github.com/SparksAndCode/LaundryMonitor The parts used in the video (some links are affiliate links): ESP8266 amzn.to/3sbAdJg Vibration Sensor amzn.to/3sa2srv 22ga Wire amzn.to/3MQ9CJk Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/...
Fixed With A 3D Printer
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I've had a old wood cutting bandsaw in the back of my shop for a while. I have never used it because the blade guides weren't very good and you couldn't cut a straight line if your life depended on it. So I fired up Fusion 360 and designed and printed some new ones. They worked out great. Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/julian_avila/
Made my most useful tool
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I've been needing a bandsaw for cutting metal around the shop for a while. I got a really good deal on a portable bandsaw and decided to make a quick and dirty stand from scrap metal to hold it since I rarely need it portable. Music By: Julian Avila soundcloud.com/julian_avila
Can I buy a manual
What did you use for the 3D animations and hand drawn overlays? they are beautiful
When you can see the pins, you are not picking anything ! Zero practicality! Licensed Locksmith over 30 years! What a waste of time, and deceitful video! This is total nonsense! Period! All of you thinking this is cool ! lol do not have a clue!
Please bring this to OpenSauce 2025!
Where's artificial intelligence?
@StuffMadeHere vibes 🤩 keep up this quality content!
Next @Stuffmadehere!
Now for v2 where you do a topographic map of the area and adjust it to shoot on non flat ground 😂. Awesome work mate this was ace.
Yeah, but take it to a mini golf course. I want to see how it handles the windmill.
dang, those rangefinders are $100 usually! nice find
1:28 this is kind of an oversimplification and reality is usually easier or harder than this. if you hit a ball in an array of angles from the same starting position, you would see that a number of angles actually converge on the same path. this is because of environmental factors like the quality of the grass, how much its been played on or walked on already, and the topography of the ground. a slight bump in the ground could creating a funneling effect where any number of angles end up on the same path. it works in reverse too and you can have chaotic putting greens where if you start on a raised portion, you may have wildly different paths with tiny angle changes. You will rarely run across a perfectly flat green. even if you examine for local flatness, you are still likely to find enough variation to skew your ball's path
So hit us with some stats, what percent of the puts does it make?
Stuff made here .. where are you man, here is a cool idea
Great video. Subscribed.
This is so cool! What LIDAR module did you get? I have been watching engineering UA-cam (and attempting to make projects) for a few years but hadn't realized that you can get a module that cheap! I did a quick search on eBay and couldn't find anything in the same price range. * edit i just rewatched the begining of the video and saw the ebay page🤦
Awesome project! You should definitely have more subscribers.
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Cool project! Is that a royksopp remix in the background?
Cool project! Is that a royksopp remix in the background?
Now make a Robot Driver 😜
Awesome project! It would be cool if you could use a 3D lidar to map the surface gradient and compensate for that as well, that's the trickiest part of real minigolf IMO. I bet the math for that would be an order of magnitude harder tho
Ohh you now have to make a driver equivalent!! Play a round of golf on a course that let's you with a 'pro' (ie anyone who goes semi-regularly) that would be awesome!!
Try it as a mini golf course, see how well you can get it to handle weird topology. Bonus points if you can get it (or more advanced ones) to do holes in one. Seems fun!
Amazing project. Never seen anything like it. Well done.
Can you send me the link to the lidar Sensor you bought with the libraries and amazing video and project
Neat! Such an underrated channel! I'll have to get one of those lidar sensors!
But what I would be interested in is if you put your automatic golf club very close to the target would you still hit it or would the ball shoot out
Where is the A.I in this you talked about at the start of the video
I was a cowboy boots kid when I was his age. Made me smile
you are amazing. you have a really impressive talent!
How did it calculate the distance? Did I miss that part?
Love the idea but it’s just super over engineered being there is so many places in this build you could have simplified it so much
anyone else just get a minute and a half unskippable ad for grammarly?\
So glad this was reccomended to me! Im in Engineering School now, and its fun to see how you sove these problems! Great Work!
Reading the green is a totally different game! Cool project though!
So cool! Really great job making all this but also documenting the process to create this video. When you threw away the burnt-out microcontroller I was wondering: what MCU was that, and on what board? It looks like an ESP32-S2 or S3, but I was wondering if you had any special requirement that had made you choose a specific board and/or with some specific connectors.
I had to go dig it out of the box just now.... but it was a ESP32-WROOM-32 No special requirements other than I knew I wanted more speed than an Arduino but didn't want to pay for a Teensy (I got 3 ESPs for the price of one Teensy). I also had it laying around from a previous project.
@@SparksandCode Thanks for the reply! Yes, this board is cheap and Teensy boards can be much faster but are definitely expensive. It still seems like it would be more than enough for the amount of computation, at least I hope so. The WROOM chip also seems to be super common, Espressif must have made tons of them seeing how often I notice it mentioned in AliExpress listings. Just checked, a "default" board without extra SPI RAM or flash (so 520kB SRAM + 4MB SPI flash built-in) often goes for only $1 each even if you only get 10 of them. They're *so* cheap, it's hard to believe :-)
Cool animations!
Thanks
Your kiddo looks like he had a blast! It's criminal that you don't have more subscribers!
He really does. Thanks
Quality is insane for the amount of subs u got
Very cool. My first thought at the conclusion was, I wonder if you could adapt it to handle variable conditions on an actual putting green. Short of using a camera to assess conditions, could maybe add a dial to modulate the power of the hits and adjust based of it under/over shooting.
I considered rotating the lidar to scan the green for that kind of thing. Maybe v2
Congrats on the new project! It looks really cool! I want it to do some more challenging putts but this is such a great start
I've got some ideas for that ;)
Wow this is amazing.
Thanks
This is awesome! I have no idea why you have less than 500k subscribers. Your projects and editing have "Stuff Made Here" vibes for sure. I'm looking forward to your channel taking off!
Thanks. Maybe one day!
Oh hell yeah!
Awesome, new video!
Thanks!
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Failed when the pick sensor is a part of the lock. A locksmith can't use this practically in the field until all the components are outside the door.
I love this. How long did the initial design take to create in cad? I feel like it takes me too long to create new designs and most videos don't have a sense of hours/days spent on a project.
It took a while (week or so). I don't know the exact time involved. But it was a an evolving project.
This man is Michelangelo of 3D Printing… amazing work!
You need EDM to drill the small canals and holes