The first Weekend Woodworker project, the Basic Mobile Workbench, plus first impressions of my mitre saw, impact driver and circular saw.

I’m not sure at what point I’m going to be able to legitimately call myself a woodworker, but I became one step closer to that point today as I’ve finally cut some wood in anger.

I've signed up to Steve Ramsey's Weekend Woodworker course, and found out how expensive it is to buy the tools to get started.

I finally have a house with a shed, so the solar panel is back in action, powering a basic control panel and a set of 12V LED lights.

My Mad Scientist Light from the Instructables Electronics class: vintage filament bulbs on a wooden box, now switched by a Sonoff and Alexa.

Assembling a Prusa i3 MK2S 3D printer kit, and its first prints: a whistle, keychains, a fleet of Benchys, and replacement parts for itself.

Four and a half projects into the book, I'm shifting focus to the Instructables classes and anything else maker-related.

My first project of my own design: a laser-cut box with a backlit monster panel and RGB LEDs, finished four months after Halloween.

Why progress on the book has slowed, and what I've been doing instead: online electronics courses and the Instructables classes.

Project 7 uses a Raspberry Pi and a webcam to spot movement, but the cheap webcam's image noise makes it detect zombies everywhere.