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   Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD GOAL ZERO power bank, Tear down

   December 27, 2019 by Troy

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   The Goal Zero Sherpa 100PD GOAL ZERO power bank has 8 18650 batteries Photos below View full article

   

   Last reply by Troy, July 3
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   Plants 2020

   July 19, 2020 by Troy

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   Some garden plants 2020 View full article

   

   Last reply by Troy, July 19, 2020
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   The Lifepowr A3 MacBook pro power bank tear down

   December 19, 2019 by Troy

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   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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   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 hinge using a sharpie and a razor blade Aft…

   

   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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   The warm London weather is late this year.Last year at this time it was nice and hot. Nonetheless A bit of macro in the garden, snapping up all the insects who're on a Friday's evening lounging is always a great treat. A photo of a Dragon fly relaxing on a bit of Ivy leaf. Before and after filter from Apple photo app. View full article

   

   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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   Sometime ago back in 2011 long before domestic drone were popular and could’nt be bought ready-made off the shelves, I created this hexacopter. It was based on electronic parts sourced from Germany. The copter frame I designed using AutoCAD, then fabricated it from carbon fibre material using my trusty little homemade CNC machine. I gave the copter the name “TROY” Troy the Trojan, as in the very unpredictable free-spirited one. This was probably my 10th build. I had gained a lot of experience from the previous builds years before then. Those lon…

   

   Last reply by Troy, March 2, 2019