My bench vise had developed a fracture at the base. It was not a good quality bench vise but I would like to try to repair it. Being made of cast iron, I knew that it would be very difficult […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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I have a power screwdriver which I found quite useful when I have a lot of screws to turn. However, it uses 4 AA batteries for its power. The recommendation from the manufacturer was to use long lasting heavy duty […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Christmas is coming soon and I want to bring the message of Christmas to everyone. Since I can do cartoons, I thought I might record the drawing and coloring process and make it into a video. I might be interesting […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When shooting videos of my diy or cnc projects, it was difficult to get closeup shots using my normal camera mounted on a tripod. I needed some equipment that can bring my camera up close to what I was doing. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sometimes I would come across situations when I would wish I had a protractor to measure angles in my projects. I had been using transparent plastic protractors all these while. They were cheap. Unfortunately, these were rather soft and could […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I am cutting materials by hand for my projects, a lot depended on whether I can mark out the designs accurately, particularly the right angles. I have a cheap engineer’s square (L-square) which I used for my projects, which […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I managed to pick up a discarded vacuum cleaner quite sometime back. It was a simple vacuum cleaner that had just a flat filter screen between the dust compartment and the motor. Looking at the construction of this vacuum cleaner, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My work table was transported by car from Kuala Lumpur to Butterworth. In order for it to fit into the car, I had to cut off the legs to make it shorter. After it had arrived at its destination, I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
One day, I was surprised when my computer did not give any response when I pressed the start button. Only a few days back, I had been using it, and it did not show any problem at all. As always, […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
My outdoor vise was protected from the rain by a lubricant container cut off at its side. Over time, the plastic material was showing signs of brittleness and had developed multiple fractures which had allowed rain water to reach the […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…