DIY Styrofoam Hot Wire Cutter

Having had part of the roof replaced in the house I have a lot of Styrofoam sheets blowing around the garden. Instead of bending a bit of wire and a 12v battery I may have over-engineered this a bit. The base is from a left over Ikea Besta cupboard, top and bottom...

Classic Xbox One Controller

I like playing the classic games like Dig Dug and PacMan but you really need a 4-way joystick, go diagonal on these and they don’t like it, who does.I have the MAME consoles but have got some of these games on my Xbox One, so it begins..    This is a joystick I...

The Sandy-Bay Sander

Portable flat bed sander, because dust gets everywhere. Old drill with faulty batteries     Problem first off was that this didn’t have a bearing like I thought but loose sleeve, and it was loose.   I made an acrylic bearing holder and ordered a cheap needle...

Bafang BBSHD Bike Conversion

A Bafang BBSHD is a Mid Drive electric motor that replaces your bottom bracket, sprocket and front pedals. (work in progress) Here’s a view of my fitting.   Donor bike is a Voodoo Hoodoo, a 27 geared MTB with disk brakes Here’s the parts I purchased,...

Compressor – Ingersoll Rand

Ingersoll Rand Model B Compressor Don’t think I needed another compressor but for £20 what the heck It didn’t run. Both start capacitors were duff so replaced with similar sized. I don’t know how old this is but I got probably 50 years of crap that I...