Due to my Giant Reign 2 being a 2016 model it was well over due for a full service and parts upgrade. I opted to do the full works. Fork Servicing The first thing to be upgraded/serviced was the shocks. They are in good condition but have never had their "yearly"...
These ESR meters were not a planned project. I was given a bunch of PCB's by my dad so I could test capacitors in circuit in old CRT's and computers. Pair that with finding the last of the multimeter style LCD's at Jaycar and I had to make them up. PCBs The PCB's came...
As soon I realised that you could solid state swap classic iPods I had to have one. And as expected, I ended up with 3 of them. 1x 80GB, 1x 120GB and 1x 160GB. What I started with All 3 of them had issues and was why I got them cheap. The 120gb had a bad click wheel,...
This bandsaw came from my grandads shed. Was completely falling apart and always tripped the breakers in the house. After 3yrs sitting in my sisters garage it was time to bring it back to life and put it back into service. Starting Condition The starting condition was...
The pickup I was accumulating a very large amount old motherboards and computers with really bad corrosion that a toothbrush and iso wouldn't remove. Keeping an eye out I saw a 30L ultrasonic cleaner online for a silly cheap price and I just couldn't resist the...
Finding the Project After seeing the 240p test suite everywhere I wondered if a standalone RGB test pattern generator existed, and sure enough as usual someone has already figured it out. I found this project on 'AVR Projects by Dim' that uses an ATTiny 2313 chip to...
This project isn't specifically a build project, but it is something that I have wanted to put together for a long time. When I was in Nepal I picked up a small "legit" Northface mini pack as I thought it would be good for first aid kit, something that I have never...
In an on-going to quest to log all the projects that I work on I am going to keep this article as a running log of all the improvements, changes and maintenance I have done to my 350z. Blacking out the badges and bumper I had seen a few Z's rolling around with blacked...
Over the years of fixing stuff I have managed to gather a pretty good selection of tools and equipment that has allowed me to fix and repair almost anything that has come across my desk so I thought it was about time I did an article detailing out what I think it is...
Thought I would do a bit of a run down of what I consider my 'Toolbox Essentials'. These are the minimum tools that I consider you must have in a home workshop toolbox. Everyday tools These I consider everyday tools, I use these everyday and every week on almost all...