Manufacturer: Sunpak Model: Magic Sound Box Web: http://www.magicsoundbox.com/ Place of Purchase: Woot! Cost: $4.99 The reason this was purchased is simply for the gimmick of “sound induction technology”. Of course the cheap price was also a motivating factor. I have…
Last summer I acquired a Sears Craftsman dust collector (113.299780) at auction for $50. It had been stored in a barn for quite some time (and it showed). Lots of rust, dust and other debris and possibly some animals living…
How To: Fix the issue that causes water to accumulate under the deli drawer Symptom: Water starts to accumulate on the bottom of the refrigerator, underneath the deli drawer; it will begin to drip down into the freezer as well. The…
The Blitzortung lightning detection kit was purchased by my cousin for his home weather station, I assembled the kit and performed initial testing. This project shows part of the assembly process, final assembly pictures and a couple videos of the initial…
Manufacturer: SuperMicro Model: SuperServer 5015A-EHF-D525 Web: SuperMicro Place of Purchase: Newegg Cost: $337.98 Overview The SuperMicro series of model 5015 SuperServers fill a very specific niche. Based on the Intel Atom processor, these computers are not powerful enough to act…
Manufacturer: Lepai Model: LP-2020A+ 20W Amplifier Web: Parts Express Place of Purchase: Parts Express Cost: $17.00 Garage Sound Last winter’s project was to be a small, somewhat powerful amplifier for use in the garage. It didn’t go so well, and…
Manufacturer: Various Model: Various Web: n/a Place of Purchase: Newegg.com Cost: $778.56 Project Overview It’s been about eight years since the last gaming computer build, at that time it was AMD 64bit processor with a Gigabyte motherboard, 2GB RAM and nVidia…
Manufacturer: Shuttle Model: DS437 Fanless Computer Web: shuttle.com Place of Purchase: Newegg.com Cost: $209.99 The goal of this project is spec out a computer that can be used in a manufacturing environment and run Windows 7. The environment dictates sealed and fanless, Windows 7…
Manufacturer: Pittsburgh Model: 33 Piece Precision Screwdriver Set Web: harborfreight.com Place of Purchase: Harbor Freight Cost: $9.99 Modern electronics continue to shrink in size, and with the shrinking physical size so to the fasteners get smaller. In the past, the…
Read the previous entries for this project: 20W Amplifier Project 20W Amplifier Project – Redo 20W Amplifier Project – Prep Work The remaining components finally arrived, the work can begin on the volume, tone and balance portion of the circuit. …