Building a Fender 1963 Vibroverb Clone
This was project started back in 2013 when my dad and I noticed that Marsh Amplification were producing reproduction 1963 Vibroverb chassis, faceplates and turret boards. I ordered a set when my dad did after I finished my JCM800, and they sat in a box until July 2024...
Moving over to Debian on Ryzen
With the annoyance that is Windows 11 I have finally started to migrate my PC to Linux, I decided on base Debian dual booted with Windows 11. The dual boot I really wanted to get the theme of dual boot splash screen the correct resolution with rEFInd but my...
Z77 Dualboot XP and Windows 10 Workshop Rig
Time for a new variation of the dual XP and Windows 10 workshop PC. Hardware This time I have gone for mATX in a Fractal Design Mini C, a Asus Z77M-Pro, i7 3770k, 16GB DRR3 1600mhz, GTX 980ti. To move over all my harddrives I had to 3D print a top 120mm fan mounted...
Restoring an old bandsaw
I inherited an old bandsaw from my grandfather which worked but needed serious TLC. The wooden stand was trashed and the belt mounting was non-existent. Time to make a new one. Didn't help I had to fit it in the back of a 350z.. [ngg src="galleries" ids="404"...
No Red or audio on a Sony PVM
So after moving house, my PVM developed an issue where it would intermittently show the red in the picture. It took a while to figure it out as I thought it was just a loose connection but it seemed to be something internal. The symptoms and fix After I realised it...
USBC charging for a PS3 Controller
Everyone knows how annoying it is to charge PS3 controllers, you have to have them plugged into a PC or the PS3 itself powered on, well I attempted to work around that. The solution A while ago, I came across this Github project thats aimed to solve this issue by...
Dualsense Controller Hall-effect Upgrade
Somehow I ended up with a bunch of faulty Dualsense controllers and then a few mates wanted theirs fixed as well, so I ordered up a bunch of them to do them all at once. Removing and reinstalling Tearing down the controllers was pretty easy, although I did realise...
Ikea Besta Cooling Fans
This is just a quick little project to put some exhaust cooling fans in my Ikea TV cabinet so the PS5 doesn't overheat and die. Gallery Just a few photos of the finished product. Its a mashup of 2 STL files, a 2x120mm fan mount and 120mm exhaust funnels. I am...
Replacing Goteks and Floppy Drives for OpenFlops
So I finally got sick of 3.5" Floppy drives and modifying the aliexpress gotek clones so i built some of OpenFlops clones that have the OLED screen and rotary encoder in the them and swapped all my machines over. Putting them together The project is located here on...
Putting LineageOS on a Galaxy Tab 2
A while back I was given an old Android tablet, a Sasmsung Tab 2 10.1 specifically and I had no use for it as the OS was far too old. That was until I had to get a PCIe Diagnostics Card working with an android device and didn't want to buy one. So in comes custom...