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« Reply #240 on: June 23, 2010, 11:45:12 PM » |
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« Reply #241 on: July 09, 2010, 12:37:49 PM » |
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Vlad!'s post in the recent off-topic things acquired thread made me think that I should post here about the tv that I "built". it even comes with wonky closed captioning!  in this world, tv watches you! (and it shows you snow even when it is not plugged in!) |
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« Reply #242 on: July 09, 2010, 01:17:36 PM » |
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Did you add the speech bubble via photoshop, or do you have the abillity to cause knitted objects to levitate?
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« Reply #243 on: July 09, 2010, 01:22:25 PM » |
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the speech bubble is in the same space at the same time--it was skewered on a skinny knitting needle, which I held with my other hand and then photoshopped out. (that is the same way I got the treefrog to "hop" and the gun to "shoot".)
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« Reply #244 on: July 09, 2010, 01:24:57 PM » |
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Interesting...I guess that's why there's a bit of shadow at the bottom, because you had to open up your lightbox a bit to use the knitting needle?
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« Reply #245 on: July 09, 2010, 01:27:04 PM » |
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the lightbox doesn't open any further because it is a clear plastic tote box with clip-on lamps attached to the "walls", but yes, I think the shadow is caused by the hand holding the knitting needle.
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« Reply #246 on: July 11, 2010, 05:25:28 PM » |
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My parents have a treasure trove of obsolete electronic and mechanical devices in their house. This drives my mother to distraction, but I always find something cool there to take every time I go. My dad likes it because it vindicates his packrat nature, and my mom likes it because I'm removing a piece of junk. In any case, when I was there over the 4th, I got a belt sander whose power switch didn't work and a broken dot matrix printer. I removed the switch from the printer and soldered it into the belt sander. It's a toggle switch rather than a trigger switch, but I almost like that better, since then I don't have to hold it down while I'm sanding. In any case, I now have a working belt sander.
I've really been enjoying these small electrical projects that I've been taking on. They're not too hard, pretty fun, and they make me feel smart when I finish them (from talking to electrical engineers, they feel the same way about computer programming. And their horrible software atrocities are probably about as heinous as my horrible hardware atrocities).
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« Reply #247 on: July 11, 2010, 05:41:26 PM » |
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I was reading without comprehending and my brain jumped to the conclusion that you attached the sanding part of the sander to the dot matrix printer and now it sands in dots. like it makes Braille. somehow.
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« Reply #248 on: July 13, 2010, 01:24:15 PM » |
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Amusingly, I got an e-mail from my mom about this. I told my dad but not my mom, which proves my hypothesis that he immediately went to gloat to her about how clever he was to save this ancient dot-matrix printer and semi-busted belt sander. I'm glad I have a working belt sander now, but I feel bad for my mom since I know whenever she tries to throw away busted stuff he's going to bring it up.
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« Reply #249 on: July 13, 2010, 02:05:57 PM » |
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maybe she will just have to make encourage you to visit more often!
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« Reply #250 on: July 15, 2010, 10:02:48 PM » |
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The other day a plastic part on my road bike broke. On my Fuji hybrid bike, the cables leading to the dérailleurs are guided through metal bands welded to the bike's frame. But on my Raleigh road bike, there's a little plastic dealio holding the cables taut. This is the thing that broke. I figured I could fix it up with some J.B. Weld, but that turned out to be a fail. The weld didn't bond to the plastic at all, and not only did it fail on the first shift, the entire plastic dealio snapped in half just out of spite. The bike shop told me it would be a week before the new part arrived. So in the meantime, I used an angle grinder and a hacksaw to remove a rectangular piece of sheet metal from the cover of a VCR (the same VCR whose motor I stole to make the Ferris wheel). I then used my drill (the nice corded drill, not the weak cordless drill) to punch three holes through the metal: one for screwing it to the frame, and two for the shifter wires to pass through. A friend helped me bend the sheet metal into the right shape, and then we ran the wires through the holes. I was a little concerned that the wheel (or my leg!) might brush the sharp corners of the metal bracket, but thankfully this didn't happen! Here's an image of the final product:  Not quite professional grade, but not bad considering that I don't exactly have a metalworking shop in my garage  |
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« Reply #251 on: July 21, 2010, 08:59:31 AM » |
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This is moderately OT since it's not strictly something that I'm making, but I installed a new radio in my car on Monday. |
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« Reply #252 on: September 01, 2010, 05:01:27 PM » |
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not really making unless it is making a mess, but the inside, driver's side door handle of my car is broken. the internet says I can fix/replace it myself. I will try.
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« Reply #253 on: September 01, 2010, 05:21:08 PM » |
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not really making unless it is making a mess, but the inside, driver's side door handle of my car is broken. the internet says I can fix/replace it myself. I will try.
Is it the handle you pull to open the door, or the handle you hold on to when you're not driving? Did the plastic/metal break, or does it just not unlatch? Taking apart the door can kind of be a pain :/ |
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« Reply #254 on: September 01, 2010, 05:28:36 PM » |
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it is the one to get out of the car, and the plastic isn't broken, but it doesn't unlatch. the internet says it can be replaced without taking the door panel off. we will see...
first I need to find the part. the selector things at the online autoparts sites I've looked at show one that doesn't match mine, but I think this has to do with power windows/power locks. the ones without power windows have the power lock thing next to the door handle, but mine does have power windows and the power lock thing is down at the armrest area with those controls. it looks like an older model door handle would work--that is what I'm checking now.
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« Reply #255 on: September 05, 2010, 04:35:34 PM » |
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I didn't make a mess! (I made a tutorial-thing instead!) |
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« Reply #256 on: September 06, 2010, 04:23:05 PM » |
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Well done! I'm glad you didn't have to disassemble/remove the entire door.
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« Reply #257 on: May 04, 2011, 06:40:03 PM » |
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I made another repair/replacement! this time a toilet flush valve thing. the part that took the longest was wrangling the shelf that goes over the toilet. and uh, overthinking "lefty-loosey/righty-tighty" when the screwy thing is upside down.  |
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« Reply #258 on: May 04, 2011, 09:34:24 PM » |
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I had to replace a flow valve on one of my toilets a couple of months ago. It was really annoying because the bit that went from the wall to the tank was designed to fit one and only one flow valve, so I had to run back to the hardware store and grab another hose too. Grr.
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