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Unexpected Maker

@seonr.bsky.social

I'm Seon, the Unexpected Maker! Hardware designer & builder, software engineer, 3d printing & laser cutting, general maker & tinkerer & YouTuber.

1,148 Followers  |  44 Following  |  130 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023
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UM LIVESTREAM: 2026.03 YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

I've ordered MANY PCB design shenanigans for the next #Livestream (bags of them) - Just to keep everyone entertained!
I hope to see you all in chat so you can live **jeer* me on!
youtube.com/live/l-mq4E6...
#maker #pcbdesign #projects

27.01.2026 07:32 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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UM LIVESTREAM: 2026.02 YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

Next #livestream will be gold!
Hope to see you in the chat....
youtube.com/live/-eLingw...
#maker #pcbdesign #kicad #c-what

20.01.2026 09:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Great job! Thanks for sharing :)

20.01.2026 09:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It's #Livestream time - 2026 AI style!
I hope to see you all in the chat!
youtube.com/live/f_tBHQa...
#maker #electronics #projects

13.01.2026 10:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Calibrating a magnetometer for a 9-axis fusion compass solution, for a DIY omni-directional vehicle controller board, is never a fun thing to do - but making a real-time web tool to help users do it has been a "not fun", interesting challenge ;)
#maker #robotics #projects

11.01.2026 00:32 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Wow, JLCPCB are now selling framed and frameless manual stencil printers. They offer them below the stencil area on the ordering page.

Cool move JLC!

15.12.2025 21:04 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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I was gonna wait until all of the Season 5 Eps were out (it's being released in 2 chunks) before watching #StrangerThings S5, but SCREW THAT!

Let the part 1 binge begin!

29.11.2025 06:45 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LIVESTREAM: 2025.27 - NEW TESTER PCB YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

Next #livestream, I'm working on a custom tester PCB for an "under NDA" project, but the work on the board is ok to do live ... so I will be!
Hope to catch some of you in the chat!
#kicad #pcbdesign #testjig
youtube.com/live/Cq5xxA5...

18.11.2025 07:55 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Next #Livestream I have some SQUiXL goodness to work on and share. Hope to see you in chat!
youtube.com/live/GchXvYZ...
#maker #projects

21.10.2025 09:50 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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LIVESTREAM: 2025.24 - Let's do some PCB design YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

Next #Livestream - all maker, no politics.... hope to see you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/U8XcjLh...

14.10.2025 08:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hey folks - I'm streaming again tomorrow - w00p! youtube.com/live/dsxYoJ0...
#maker #projects #hardware #coding #chat

07.10.2025 09:34 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Doing a bit of "file system" cleanup and discovered an old "maker progress" folder of mine and found an image of the very first PCB I designed (well, progress of it)...
Oct 2017 #pcbdesign #eagle #regrets

18.09.2025 00:35 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Milling Juki Feeder Rack Backplates on my Milo v1.5
YouTube video by Unexpected Maker Milling Juki Feeder Rack Backplates on my Milo v1.5

Milling backplates for my new feeder rack!
youtu.be/ISntkvShNRA
#cnc #maker #Projects

16.09.2025 20:57 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I've been trying Gemini-Cli 2.5 in VSC and though it started out "ok" - the last few updates from Google have completely wrecked it - It now constantly gets stuck in "replace" loops & forgets context - Also fails to update the gemini_md file. #terrible #unusable

07.09.2025 00:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

The four plates turned out great! I got a good video capture from start to finish today. I'll hopefully have that published on YT this coming week.

06.09.2025 07:27 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I have a few plates to make, so I hope to get a full video of one, but here's a snippet of plate #1 - the bores ended up going through - It was just some chips in the hole - phew!

05.09.2025 09:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finally doing some milling again - It's been a while, I hope I can remember how my Milo v1.5 works ;)
#cnc #mill #project

05.09.2025 06:47 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 3    📌 0

Well, Albo and Rudd have given the finger to the sitting elected president of the United States - deteriorating our relationship with our once biggest ally, so nothing good is ever going to come from that. I'd say that's pretty stupid.

31.08.2025 23:52 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Welcome to Unexpected Maker Welcome to the Unexpected Maker website and online store

Hey folks - due to some stupidity on behalf of the Australian & US governments + Australia Post, I am unable to ship products by post the US for the foreseeable future :(

If you are in the US and are after any of my products, check my resellers list:
unexpectedmaker.com#resellers

30.08.2025 22:39 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Next #LiveStream I'm going to see if I can fix my broken #RGB #Laser and get it running with chat again!
youtube.com/live/eWBc18Y...

26.08.2025 10:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Next #LiveStream I'm going to waste my time on a PCB for the ESP32-C61 - because it's WAAAAAY too early !
youtube.com/live/Te_RIbi...
I hope you can join me :)
#ESP32C61 #PCBdesign #KiCAD

19.08.2025 09:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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All - Pimoroni

w00p! @pimoroni have my new Series[D] boards in stock, as well as a bunch of other UM products!
shop.pimoroni.com/collections/...
Please support them (and me) by plundering (legally) some of kit from them - thanks!
#maker #makershelpingmakers #electronics

25.07.2025 21:53 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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LIVESTREAM: 2025.19 YouTube video by Unexpected Maker

Next UM #livestream - not sure what I'm doing yet, but I'm sure it will be epic, or not :)
youtube.com/live/RrBXN1x...

22.07.2025 11:19 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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I've just released the Edge Carrier on my UM store...
unexpectedmaker.com/shop.html#!/...
KiCAD files are also available for this board - link in the product page.
#maker #products

17.07.2025 05:17 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Join me on my next #LiveStream as I explain to you all how silly I can be sometimes, and try to design a solution...
youtube.com/live/iriP0Y6...
#maker #youtube #testjigs #3dprinting

15.07.2025 09:56 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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w00! My new #SeriesD boards are now in stock and available from my Unexpected Maker store and on @lectronz
unexpectedmaker.com
lectronz.com/stores/unexp...
#maker #esp32s3 #maker #magic

15.07.2025 07:58 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Series[D] Announcement
YouTube video by Unexpected Maker Series[D] Announcement

Finally able to share the secret thing I've been working on for so many months... Introducing my new range of Series[D] microcontroller boards.
youtu.be/jcsWdfXvBvo
#maker #electronics #products #showcase

11.07.2025 19:33 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
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Gonna try to work out how this #livestream thing works again... It's been so long, I'm sure I can't remember...
I hope to see some of you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/dJ53Czd...
#maker #projects #chat #stuff

01.07.2025 08:12 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New Secret Product - First panel being assembled - From the Juki's point of view!
youtu.be/3ADej1w_b4w
#pcb #assembly #manufacturing #jukicam

26.06.2025 07:13 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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I just finished adding a numeric only on-screen keyboard to #SQUiXL that auto switches to this layout based on the datatype of the ui_control - it's pretty snazzy!
#maker #projects #coding #uix

22.06.2025 01:24 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0