Previously, I had made a video camera boom stand using the base of a stand fan. It could be moved around easily at my workshop because I had fitted castor wheels on it. Now, I had a need to use […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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Some time back, I made a jig saw table. It was fitted with an arm for guiding the blade at the top, supposedly to ensure that the blade would be exactly vertical. The jigsaw machine was fitted underneath the table […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…