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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

I am working on a book of LED Cube Projects

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I have been working on a book of LED Cube Projects.  It might end up being two books one for the Arduino and one for the Raspberry Pi.  So f...
Thursday, April 23, 2015

Epson Powerlite 62C Repair

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I recently purchased another pile of used projectors to repair and then send to Africa.  However three of them need more than just cleaning....
Wednesday, April 15, 2015

RAWNY Mini Hamfest Buffalo NY

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Once again this year I attended the mini Hamfest.  It is just for a couple hours in the evening but you get to talk to a lot of interesting ...
Thursday, April 9, 2015

Refurbishing Projectors for Africa.

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I spent a weekend fixing seven Dell 2300MP Projectors.  In every projector the power supply was not working.  I replaced the same capacitor ...
Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Raspberry Pi and a DIY 4x4x4 LED cube

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I have built a DIY 4x4x4 LED cube that I am testing with the Raspberry Pi.  It is up and working, I just need some code to make it do someth...
Friday, February 27, 2015

Running a 8x40 LED Array from the Raspberry Pi

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I have been trying to run one of the 8x40 LED signs from a Raspberry Pi.  For some reason I am getting a lot of glitches.  I know the Raspbe...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Raspberry Pi Projects - 8x8 RGB LED array

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I have been working on a book of Raspberry Pi projects.  One of the projects is an 8x8 three color LED array.  I picked up some more of them...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Dell 2300MP DLP Projector Repair

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My church had a fairly new Dell 2300 MP DLP Projector that had died.  I came across a video on YouTube that said this one capacitor in the p...
Tuesday, February 10, 2015

NEC LT-265 LCD Projector repair

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The other day I had a NEC LT-265 projector that would not focus and had a rattling sound.  To open it up remove the screws on the bottom, on...
Thursday, February 5, 2015

Hitachi CP-X809 High power LCD Projector repair.

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Yesterday I dissembled a Hitachi CP-X809 Projector to see why "dust" was stuck in between the lenses or LCD's. There are a l...
Tuesday, December 23, 2014

DIY 3D Printer - Printing Small Parts

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Here is a picture of a printed 3D hand.  When I first tried to print it I had fingers flying all over the place.  I even tried gluing them d...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

EcoQuest Fresh Air II air purifier repair

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I have purchased some junk EcoQuest Fresh Air air purifiers to repair.  I fixed one by replacing the capacitors in the power supply.  I like...
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Monday, November 24, 2014

MY DIY 3D Printer update

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Here are a couple of tricks I have learned.  When I first started printing everything worked fine.  Then after making about 5 things they s...
Monday, November 17, 2014

Crown XTi 1000 power amplifier repair

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Over the weekend I dissembled and repaired a Crown XTi-1000 amplifier.  The problem was caused by bad connections on a bridge rectifier loca...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Chevy Cobalt Replacing the front door speakers

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One of the first things I do when I buy something used is to make a list of things to repair.  On the car it is something like this: 1. Pri...
Thursday, November 6, 2014

My New(er) car - a 2007 Chevy Cobalt

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After 20 years of driving vans, I have made a drastic change.  I drive 45 miles to work every day and the cost of gas for the van was runni...
Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Building my own 3D printer part 3 and the first video

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My 3D printer had its first test run last night.  So far I need to replace the X axis stepper motor it has a bad connection inside of it so...
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