Somebody gave me an old Dell Monitor 2007FPb which had a problem of switching off by itself. Not wanting to throw it away, I looked up the internet and found that somebody had solved the same problem by replacing a […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a C-clamp which had broken off. Perhaps it had a flaw or manufacturing defect all along. It only took an extra clamping force to break it at its weakest point. The C-clamp was made of cast iron, and […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I had a paper roll holder which was made of plastic. It was installed behind one of the doors of the kitchen cabinet below the sink. Unfortunately, it was broken off when I was trying to move about while trying […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Movable Gantry CNC machine fitted with a laser module moves about the work space according to the program g-code interpreted by LinuxCNC. As the machine was not totally enclosed, I had fitted a protective shoe to the laser module […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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…
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…