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Review: Stainless Steel 4 ply
RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 3 ohms machine sewn top thread breaks. Unable to sew 8″ trace. machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 3 ohms THREAD QUALITY easy to...
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Review: 234/34 from Karlson Robotics January 2013
RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 17 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 18 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 11 ohms THREAD QUALITY...
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Review: 117/17 Stainless Thread
RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 100 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 250 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 125 ohms THREAD...
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Review: Silverell Conductive Thread
RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms machine sewn top thread 8” trace has a resistance of 13 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms THREAD QUALITY...
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Review: Karl Grim Solderable Thread
RESISTANCE hand sewn 8” trace has a resistance of 7 ohms machine sewn top thread 4” trace before thread broke has a resistance of 1 ohms machine sewn bottom thread 8” trace has a resistance of 1 ohms...
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Fiber Optics – multiple colors from eBay
Its rare, but sometimes I purchase a dud on eBay. The fiber optics from me80 Wholesale FIber Optics, they are a mega dud! The product is a .75mm fiber optic that has been dipped in paint. The colors do...
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Conductive Fabric Comparisons
I like to use a non-woven conductive fabric because the edges don’t fray when cut with a scissor. Woven rip stop fabric will fray even when using pinking shears. Non-woven conductive fabric has a nice...
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Source for Breadboards and Male to Male Jumper Wires
In 2014 I’ve purchased more 400 pin breadboards that I ever thought possible! Fortunately I’ve found an eBay seller that is reliable. CXB Electronics on ebay is the place to go for large quantities of...
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DigiKey Ribbon Cable Connector
A no-sew conductive trace can be assembled by using Flat Flexible Connectors (FFC) and a conductive ribbon. Simple. Durable. Cost effective. This conductive ribbon is from Fabrick in 100+ yard...
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DMC Memory Thread
I purchased a package of DMC Memory Thread from Amazon in hopes that I could use this colorful product as a conductive thread to embroider a circuit. Unfortunately the thread’s diameter is too...
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Unpacking the Brother ScanNCut
Brother ScanNCut CM600 straight out of the box with power adapter, blade holder, stylus and removal tool. Opening the carriage. Instruction booklet for Quilting techniques in multiple...
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Cutting Conductive Fabric Speakers on Brother ScanNCut
While at PIF Camp in Trenta Slovenia we tested the Brother ScanNCut with Statex conductive fabric to make eTextile speakers. Denis began the project by drawing samples of the coils on his computer....
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Hacking the Brother ScanNCut Pens to Use Conductive Ink
The Brother ScanNCut uses a separate pen holder with specific sized felt tip ink pens to draw your designs. I want to plot electronic traces, but Brother doesn’t manufacture conductive ink pen...
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Problems Using the High Tack Adhesive Support Sheet with the Brother ScanNCut
In hopes of resolving the low tack mat adhesive holding the conductive fabric in place while cutting a speaker coil we tried the High Tack Adhesive Support Sheet included with the kit. This product...
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Sticky Mat Sticks – Problems with Conductive Fabric on the Brother ScanNCut...
The Brother ScanNCut mats have an adhesive application already applied to the surface allowing fabrics and papers to be securely held in place while using the machine. Although the adhesive is low...
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Brother solved my problem! At PIF Camp we attempted to hack the pen holder to work with electronink conductive ink pen…. and failed. Details are in the 28 September 2015 blog post. Little did I...
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