I had this idea for a growling and screaming altoids tin based on the 555 timer running in astable mode several days ago, and just today while reading Hackaday I see that Dino from Dinofab.com and Hackaweek.com just built it!  I was like, “sonofa…” but then saw he did not implement it quite the way I had planned, so off …..

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It’s Baaaaaaccccckk…

This swing has had a rough life.  Last week the controls finally had enough, and burned up completely.  This left me with a swing that doesn’t rock. On it’s way out it left me a parting gift, it shorted out my new motor…Sigh.  So now i have set out to “Make it right” and make my own PWM motor …..

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