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Updates to my wood stain and iron gall ink articles, including improved application methods for the stain, and fountain pen compatibility for the ink.

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Significant improvements to my various oil-based coatings, including a fast-drying tung oil varnish and the possibility of using it to make light-colored enamel paints.

Turning blueprints into a creative process led to some minor improvements to earlier materials and methods. The camera is fun too, of course.

Low-tech solar power! Not very efficient, but very interesting.

Your project seems to have some parallels with this forgotten solar panel : https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2021/10/how-to-build-a-low-tech-solar-panel/

That article is actually where I started my research! Unfortunately it seems that George Cove exaggerated many of his claims about his panels, including their efficiency. For example, I was unable to observe any photovoltaic effect in zinc antimonide, contrary to what the article claims. Furthermore, the number of junctions in his panels is what you'd expect from a purely thermoelectric device. Pretty disappointing.

Made a couple of minor edits to my paint and varnish articles, and at this point the website is up to date.

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Very heavy/dense article, but it should hopefully make thermoelectric materials somewhat more accessible.

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