Post #2077181

2025-11-15 18:59 UTC

#makevember 15: I can&#39;t claim that this is an original design idea, but I must&#39;ve seen it on Mastodon maybe a year ago. Combine two inexpensive drawing compasses into a pair of multimeter probes that can be used one-handed while holding something else in the other hand

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@drmikepj@mastodon.social 2025-11-15 19:06

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social @libbymiller@mastodon.me.uk genius!

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@ansonkennedy@mastodon.social 2025-11-15 19:11

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social I wish I had thought of this years ago. I'm now adding compasses to my next shopping list.

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@AngelaScholder@mastodon.energy 2025-11-15 20:21

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social Luckily I've always been quite handy holding two test probes in one hand. But, a nice solution.

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@AlexsandraSmart@mastodon.nz 2025-11-15 20:23

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social Did @Unixbigot@aus.social make a tool like this?

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@cmdrmoto@hachyderm.io 2025-11-15 20:34

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social @rrmutt@mastodon.social Added to the “why did I never think of this” file

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@sarajw@front-end.social 2025-11-15 20:43

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social ha! Love it when things come full circle - @mattround@crispsandwi.ch boosts an old colleague into my feed :) I very much like this idea! Hi John 👋

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@GoatsLive@mastodon.social 2025-11-15 20:53

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social I eat most of my meals with chopsticks, so well adapt at using one hand with my test probes, but that's brilliant!

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@Ollivdb@nrw.social 2025-11-15 21:02

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social Idea. Now add that to one of these to have a hand free. With a little spring which brings a little pressure on the probe.

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@ImpossibleUmbrella@infosec.exchange 2025-11-15 21:42

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social I did this a while back. It works so well!

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@iris@neuromatch.social 2025-11-15 22:04

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social ohhhh that's brilliant

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@pthane@toot.wales 2025-11-16 07:51

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social Definitely copying that. Thanks. 👍

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@andrewg@mastodon.ie 2025-11-16 12:15

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social oh, that is *genius*

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@oliversampson@sigmoid.social 2025-11-16 19:35

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social wow! #lifehack !

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@sinmisterios@mastodon.uy 2025-11-16 20:15

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social love it!

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@TemplailloAhi@mastodon.social 2025-11-16 20:20

@anachrocomputer@mastodon.social Adding this here for the people who don't have two compasses just lying about but do have a 3D printer. https://hci.social/@floe/114313208746299134

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