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   Plants 2020

   July 19, 2020 by Troy

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   Plants 2020 About The Author Troy is a professional Artist, Photographer, Videographer, Musician and Creator with a love for arts, electronics, coding, hacking stuff, traveling, taking photos and creating internet content. He is also the founder of CameraLoops.com View full

   

   Last reply by Troy, July 19, 2020
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   Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD GOAL ZERO power bank, Tear down

   December 27, 2019 by Troy

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   Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD GOAL ZERO power bank, Tear down About The Author Troy is a professional Artist, Photographer, Videographer, Musician and Creator with a love for arts, electronics, coding, hacking stuff, traveling, taking photos and creating internet content. He is also the founder of CameraLoops.com View full

   

   Last reply by Troy, December 27, 2019
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   The Lifepowr A3 MacBook pro power bank tear down

   December 19, 2019 by Troy

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   The Lifepowr A3 MacBook pro power bank tear down

   

   Last reply by Troy, December 19, 2019
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   Creating a Brass hinges for a Constantine lighter Movie size

   May 12, 2019 by Troy

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   Creating a Brass hinges for a Constantine lighter Movie size The first hinges on my lighter broke, it was thin and not strong enough. This time around I thought I'll create a much thicker hinge from a bit of bass bar. The best way to create the hinges would be to use a CNC milling machine which would need to be program and tested. I chose to create the hinge from the eye with a Dremel tool. I started off by tapping bigger threads for bigger screws. The brass bar I used to create the hinge. Measured and cut the bit I will use. Measured and mark both sides of the brass metal h…

   

   Last reply by +John50, July 7, 2019
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   Macro photography in the garden with Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro lens, GH5

   May 10, 2019 by Troy

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   Macro photography in the garden with Olympus 60mm f2.8 Macro lens, GH5 About The Author Troy is a professional Artist, Photographer, Videographer, Musician and Creator with a love for arts, electronics, coding, hacking stuff, traveling, taking photos and creating internet content. He is also the founder of CameraLoops.com View fu…

   

   Last reply by Troy, May 10, 2019
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   Old Build Hexa-Copter (aka Drone) 2011

   March 2, 2019 by Troy

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   Old Build Hexa-Copter (aka Drone) 2011 This was probably my 10th build. I had gained a lot of experience from the previous builds years before then. Those long and sometimes frustrating days. Thinking, creating, coding, testing, then reporting back my data and findings to the open source community. One major issue I had back then was overheating of the motor electronic speed controllers. They would overheat under load, which would cause instability to the copter’s system performance. I came up with an idea of installing a fan below the ESC, which did work. it kept th…

   

   Last reply by Troy, March 2, 2019