I figure it might be interesting to share my knowledge of how LED cyr wheels came about and the history of them. I may have gotten some dates and people wrong, so please feel free... [read more]

A cool green geometric pattern on my LED cyr wheel.

Spinning cyr wheel with my buddy mario.   0.4s exposure, f/2.8, ISO 100, and a light focused on me:     1/8s exposure, f/2.8 ISO100:          

Some more experimental pictures I took tonight with my new LED cyr wheel (version three!): Original source image that I’m playing on the wheel: The wheel has 806 pixels on each side, and the bitmap... [read more]

A quick test run on my latest LED cyr wheel.

Some improvements to the LED cyr wheel app! I am working on adding time codes to my timeline so I can more easily see the scale of things. Next will be at timeline marker, and... [read more]

The LED Cyr Wheel v3 is alive! A few initial pictures that I took with the help of my friend Mark from down the road. I need to do some more work on the wheel,... [read more]

I finally edited some footage I have of me rolling my LED cyr wheel. Here it is!

I needed a good way to control my new LED Cyr Wheel (v3). I previously had an app that would allow me to generate a pattern sequence. I’ve been expanding on it and created an... [read more]

Okay…the wheel is coming along! I haven’t posted a while — my internet was working poorly, and last weekend I went to Sedona (more on that in another post).   Notes to myself: Using the... [read more]

The LED Cyr Wheel moves along slowly! I screwed this little thing to my table so I could route the tubing. I used my same routing jig as last time:   Chips in a little... [read more]

My drilling/tapping jig to hold the wheel steady while I drill and tap the inserts:   I put a coat of paste wax on the inserts to make them slide easily: All the pieces during... [read more]

Okay! I discovered that 1.240” for an insert is too thick. I had to do several passes with a sanding disk to take them down a bit. I’d say 1.230 is more close to the... [read more]

Fresh rolled wheel:   Marking off the circumference with a flexible tape measure: After cutting it into a 5 piece wheel: Some of the curves where a little under-bent, so I rolled a few through... [read more]

“Making Donuts” is Bill Roberts, a “Cyr Smith” [term coined by Jesse], says when rolling cyr wheels.  So, I’m “making donuts” right now for my next wheel. This started by fixing up my harbor Freight... [read more]

My boards arrived from OSH Park today. This will combine all the necessary cool stuff:   A few days ago I got my new LEDs (144 per meter). A month or so ago I ordered... [read more]

I’ve been obsessed with making another LED cyr wheel that has improvements over my last one: Persistence of Vision (POV), better pattern sequence creation, and Bluetooth LE support.  I’m currently working on a PCB that... [read more]