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seonr.bsky.social
Unexpected Maker
@seonr.bsky.social
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I'm Seon, the Unexpected Maker!
Hardware designer & builder, software engineer, 3d printing & laser cutting, general maker & tinkerer & YouTuber.
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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
UM LIVESTREAM: 2026.03
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January 27, 2026 at 7:32 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Next #livestream will be gold!
Hope to see you in the chat....
youtube.com/live/-eLingw...
#maker #pcbdesign #kicad #c-what
UM LIVESTREAM: 2026.02
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January 20, 2026 at 9:51 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Great job! Thanks for sharing :)
January 20, 2026 at 9:50 AM
seonr.bsky.social
It's #Livestream time - 2026 AI style!
I hope to see you all in the chat!
youtube.com/live/f_tBHQa...
#maker #electronics #projects
January 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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
January 11, 2026 at 12:32 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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!
December 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
seonr.bsky.social
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!
November 29, 2025 at 6:46 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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...
LIVESTREAM: 2025.27 - NEW TESTER PCB
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November 18, 2025 at 7:55 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Next #Livestream I have some SQUiXL goodness to work on and share. Hope to see you in chat!
youtube.com/live/GchXvYZ...
#maker #projects
October 21, 2025 at 9:50 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Next #Livestream - all maker, no politics.... hope to see you in the chat!
youtube.com/live/U8XcjLh...
LIVESTREAM: 2025.24 - Let's do some PCB design
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October 14, 2025 at 8:52 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Hey folks - I'm streaming again tomorrow - w00p! youtube.com/live/dsxYoJ0...
#maker #projects #hardware #coding #chat
October 7, 2025 at 9:34 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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
September 18, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Milling backplates for my new feeder rack!
youtu.be/ISntkvShNRA
#cnc #maker #Projects
Milling Juki Feeder Rack Backplates on my Milo v1.5
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September 16, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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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
September 7, 2025 at 12:36 AM
seonr.bsky.social
Finally doing some milling again - It's been a while, I hope I can remember how my Milo v1.5 works ;)
#cnc #mill #project
September 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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
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August 30, 2025 at 10:39 PM
seonr.bsky.social
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...
August 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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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
August 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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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
All - Pimoroni
shop.pimoroni.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
seonr.bsky.social
Next UM #livestream - not sure what I'm doing yet, but I'm sure it will be epic, or not :)
youtube.com/live/RrBXN1x...
LIVESTREAM: 2025.19
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July 22, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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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
July 17, 2025 at 5:17 AM
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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
July 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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
July 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
seonr.bsky.social
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
Series[D] Announcement
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July 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
seonr.bsky.social
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
July 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM