Monthly Archives: September 2016

Windows10 Downgrade – More Work Shop Space – Bug Zapper Mod

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Cutting Room Floor Episode.. Some misc. activity going on around the shop this week are… Microsoft’s Windows 10 has been misbehaving lately and I think it’s going back to version 7. What have you experienced? I sold the EPS Scene Machine I showed off in a previous video found here https://youtu.be/u8m5B6UYAlk Also…. I had a […]

Wiring and Testing CNC Router – Limit and Home Switches Explained

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In this video we wire the CNC router machine to it’s newly built stepper controller and prepare all the pins that go to all the varies switches and motors. I show some of the work around that were necessary to eliminate false switch tripping from noisy lines. Also shown are some of the important Mach3 […]

$35 Soldering Station Followup – 936 eBay Chinese Knockoff

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This is a followup review of the eBay 936 soldering station. We used this product for over 20 hours and it worked well for our latest electronics project. In this video we take it back apart and see how the insides are holding up after use. The original review video can be found here: 936 […]

DIY CNC Router Stepper Motor Controller Project – FINISHED!

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This is the final video in the homemade CNC controller series. We finished up by constructing motor wires and a 3D printer breakout box to house the pins of the home and limits. Watch the build in it’s entirety here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZXfSJZRK4E&list=PLYqy2KdNTccMRHi6F9hFxSS5fdZ5g_039 DIY CNC Stepper Motor Controller Project – FINISHED! The Guru Brew is a weekly […]

Homemade Plastic Bending Machine – Bend-O-Matic 1000

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I went on a mission to confirm if I could bend plastics such as plexiglass or Lexan with any precision of accuracy. I went forward and built a crude machine using scrap parts for my testing after researching other designs. These are the results of my findings… I was very surprised. The Guru Brew is […]