Logs
Write it down before the lesson disappears.
Logs are where I keep the real part of the work: why a thing exists, what changed, what failed, and what the next test has to answer.
Before a log
Some ideas start as tape on the wall.
The idea wall holds the rough machine thoughts until there is enough proof for a real build note.
Notebook
Recent notes from the table.
Miniature work, lighting passes, software tools, rig-control problems, and the useful fixes hiding in them.
On the bench this week
KORETH, CorridorKey, the Enterprise lighting system, and this site are all moving from plan to usable proof.
Tungsten and LED on the corridor build
Same corridor, same camera, same exposure. Tungsten still held the miniature together better at scale.
KORETH: Corridor scale update
The 1:6 corridor is built and primed, which means the scale can finally be judged honestly.
CorridorKey: Building my own green-screen tool
A custom keying pipeline for miniature plates, built because normal keyers struggled with spill on practical surfaces.
Miniature Corridor: First lighting pass
The first corridor pass proved the key light worked, but the fill flattened the set way too quickly.
Servo Y-Axis: When hardware fights back
A day of PID tuning showed the motion-control problem was probably cable routing, not only firmware.