Learning how to use a loom

Lume is an online video recording tool that allows you to record your screen as well as your face through your webcam. It was invented by a group of teens that were sponsored by a foundation called 1517. I happen to be going to a camp run by some of…

Moving a bunch of pottery molds for our friend.

So today we had the opportunity to help our friend move a bunch of super cool pottery molds from one storage unit to another one. The pottery molds are incredibly rare. They're only manufactured in India or Europe. It's a bowl shape with a separate shape…

Learning to weld.

So today I had the amazing opportunity to go over to a friend's house with a group of boys and learn how to weld on their welders. When we got there, they briefed us on general safety and how to operate the machines. They had: - a flux core…

Fixing our 3D printer.

So we have an Ender V3 SE. It's a pretty cheap, supposedly pretty good printer but in our experience it has trouble making quality prints or even starting the print is incredibly hard for it. You have to make it go really really slow. I've been…

Claude's age restrictions

So I've had a Claude account for almost a year now and I do tons of coding and I use it a bunch. Recently my sister was using Claude and she got banned for being under 18, which I found out was a new rule that Claude had…

Day four. Final day volunteering at my robotics camp

So today I continued to push my team to add modifications to the robot. After a little bit of encouragement and showing them a few designs they can make, they decided on: * a aliner to help them score easier * an extension to the claw to help them pick up the…

Day three, volunteering at my robotics camp.

So when we arrived the first thing we began working on was attaching the claw and its supporting structure to the base of the drivetrain. It was a relatively straightforward attachment although it did take surprisingly long since my team was relatively inexperienced. After that we wired up all of…

Day 2: Volunteering for my robotics camp.

So today we mainly worked on the supporting structures for the claw for the robot. We didn't actually attach it to the base yet but we fully assembled the arm and the supporting structure that holds the arm up. All that's left tomorrow is to attach…