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V-belt repair

The V-belt on the lawnmower broke the weekend of new year’s and nothing was open. The solution was to try to repair the belt

Snapped V-belt
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LED spotlight tear down

I pulled a 4 LED Mini Work Light out of the bin at work that I thought I could use on my go cart. Unfortunately when power was applied it didn’t work so I thought I would pull it apart to see what was needed to repair it.

TDR08208 THUNDER 4 LED Mini Work Light
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Portable microscope

The kids got a portable microscope each for Christmas of different brands and prices $17-$41, advertised with 120-60X and 200-80X zoom levels. Some may have misrepresented their capabilities.

The 3 different microscopes
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Airline repair technique

I went scavenging through a local machine shops bin and found a perfectly good airline. Except for the split in it.

The flexible coil airline I claimed
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Reverse sprocket gear

My 60 tooth 530 reverse sprocket showing off some of its internals. Will fit straight onto a Barracuda, Sidewinder or any other motorcycle powered buggy in place of the rear main drive sprocket. 0.6 gear reduction ratio. Centre hub has enough room to fit a Quaif diff. Orders can be taken soon after some extensive testing.

Reverse sprocket gear showing internals

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Trailer brake controller

We managed to find someone silly enough to lend us their caravan for a weekend away, the only problem is that we need an electronic brake controller in our car. After figuring out that I wanted a Redarc Tow Pro I found one on Facebook market place for $150 instead of $330 for a new one.

Tow Pro- I can’t help myself and pulled it apart first chance I had
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XYZ da Vinci 3D printer

I was gifted a da Vinci 1.0A 3D printer that did not print and was partially dismantled

Non-working da Vinci 1.0A printer
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Faulty Makita compatible battery

I purchased 6x 9Ah 18V non-genuine Makita batteries to power the billycart I built. After their first charge and then use one of them would not charge past 1 bar on its gauge or 17.35V instead of 20.5V.

Faulty battery with case opened
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Billycart

I wanted to make a new downhill billycart for Space Pilots camp that I didn’t have to push up the hill. Unfortunately that didn’t happen this year, but I did make an awesome attempt that will need to finished before next year.

William driving me down the hill at high speed-gravity power only

It is powered by (or will have) 2x 2kW motors, 6x 9Ah 18V Makita cordless drill batteries.

Billy cart as driven with 1 motor
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Drug test

I was drug tested at work today and the swab and testing unit looked interesting.

The swab and receptacle