https://hkauhanen.fi/tags/diy/ Recent content in diy on Henri Kauhanen Hugo -- gohugo.io en-gb Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/bookshelf-speakers/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/bookshelf-speakers/ For my piano playing hobby, I use a Kawai VPC-1 MIDI controller combined with a PC running the excellent Pianoteq software. I normally practice using headphones so as not to annoy others, but on occasion, it is nice to play through loudspeakers. Given the way the keyboard is placed in our living room, however, the main speakers of our hifi system are to one side of the keyboard and hence do not project well when you’re sat at the keyboard. https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/anfim-part1/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000 https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/anfim-part1/ I have always loved Italian espresso. Since the spring of 2020, when the Covid pandemic broke out and cafés were suddenly off-limits, I’ve also tried to reproduce it at home (with varying success). In the quest for the “God shot”, I’ve cycled through more coffee-making equipment than I care to confess; among these are a multitude of grinders. I started with a humble Graef CM 800, then quickly progressed onto a Eureka Mignon Silenzio, a very capable grinder but with a number of quirks I didn’t care for (most importantly, the finicky little grind adjustment wheel). https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/wyvern/ Sat, 09 Apr 2022 15:28:46 +0200 https://hkauhanen.fi/blog/wyvern/ On a recent trip home, I rediscovered a vintage fountain pen I had bought years ago and then completely forgotten about. It’s a Wyvern 60C, a no-nonsense lever filler in unadorned black hard rubber. It’s probably worth nothing — but that’s beside the point, as this pen is a very good writer. It has a 14ct gold nib, something like a medium with some amount of flex under moderate pressure.