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  1. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    So where do you store your linear actuators? ;) Here's a photo of the gap under the cabinets as of this morning - it'll be a couple of weeks before parts arrive, but I'll take a video of it in action and some assembly photos once I get started.
  2. Ian

    Hello everyone

    Welcome aboard @CTP4500 :).
  3. Ian

    Forum Category Feedback

    Yep, things seem to be going ok so far - I'm glad that the adjustment seems to have been relatively painless :). I'm happy to tweak the forum names and I was just about to click the "save" button on the name update, but I had a quick look and can primarily only find video related threads for...
  4. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    Yep, there's a ~30cm void where the kitchen cupboards meet the corner of the room - I think I could fit a bottle of Lagavulin in there :D Thank you, that is very kind - I just wouldn't want to waste good components like that on a novelty project... but I'll keep this in mind if I do decide to...
  5. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    I suppose I could make it secret whisky storage :D.
  6. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    The funny thing is I'm not even sure what I want too use the concealed lift for yet... we've got a void behind a tall cupboard in the kitchen and I've recently started using home automation software and ESP8266's to automate a lot of things in there (lighting, music, power, temp, etc...). As...
  7. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    Good point, I'll stick to one and use some guide rods to keep it simple :).
  8. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    That's an interesting mechanism and that idea may be useful for another project I've got in mind - but unfortunately the platform is dropping from a hidden void in a cupboard, so it can't have anything underneath it. I've gone for the 100mm motors (which will no doubt take a while to arrive from...
  9. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    That's extremely kind of you @kellys_eye - however that motor and gearbox look far too nice for a little tinkering project like the one I'm dabbling with, so I'll pass on your generous offer so that you can put them to better use (like pulling walls down ;)). I'll pick up a couple of these...
  10. Ian

    Cheap linear actuators

    I'm interested in integrating a hidden "drop down" compartment as part of a home automation project, i.e. using linear actuators to drop a platform of around 0.5kg by 100mm. It's only a gimmicky project that I don't want to spend much building, so purchasing a standard linear actuator seems...
  11. Ian

    Hello from Croatia

    Welcome aboard Josip! :)
  12. Ian

    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    You're very welcome :). Whenever I can make little tweaks to improve things for members, I try my best :D.
  13. Ian

    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    Excellent - glad that did the trick :D.
  14. Ian

    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    I've added some manual CSS overrides to the subscript code, does that look better now? You may need to hit CTRL+F5 to force refresh the CSS cache, so that the page re-renders correctly.
  15. Ian

    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    I'll see if there's something I can do to tweak subscript, as I agree it doesn't look too obvious - I'll have a play around and see what I can do :). Testing: H2O H2O New line Super
  16. Ian

    Subscript / Superscript in Editor

    After a suggestion from @hevans1944 in this post, I've added subscript/superscript tag buttons to the WYSIWYG editor. I remember trying to do this a few years ago, but ran in to problems - however it looks like a more recent forum upgrade has enabled us to now add this feature. I've got a few...
  17. Ian

    Hello one and hello all!

    Hi @anistorian, welcome to Electronics Point :).
  18. Ian

    Hello, varactor(varicap) formula help

    Let me look in to this and I'll make a new thread on it :). I'll tag you in it once I've got an answer.
  19. Ian

    Change Username

    All sorted with @Electrical_Shocker now :).
  20. Ian

    Entering square bracket in text

    Ah, on phones it's harder to predict how things will work - is that using the Chrome browser on your phone, or something different? I've got an Android 7.1 phone I can test it against.
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