Category: <span>Repairs and Disassembly</span>

[7.06.19]We Don’t Need no Stinking Batteries: Wiring up a battery powered MITERS Saw

[Description]: When working on another project I came across an issue with the tooling at MITERS. Our only MITERS saw was battery powered… but in the last year we threw away all our old tool batteries and standardized. So none of the batteries fit the MITERS Saw. That’s when I …

[07.20.19]Inflate with MORE POWER: Upgrading hand-held tube inflate-or

[Description]: This project was centered around a junk-yard find, a battery powered Quick-fill device for inflating inflatables. The goal was to improve its ability to quickly fill an inflatable raft using high discharge lithium instead of C-cell batteries. [Processes Applied]: Soldering & Wiring Battery safety [Summary]: The device originally ran …

[1.14.2012]Handicap Button: Dis-assembly of a used Wireless Handicap Button

[Description]: The Disassembly of a Used Wireless Handicap button to determine and understand how it works. [Processes Applied]: -Circuit Knowledge -Wits (Disassembly was tedious) [Summary]: This project was the disassembly of a Used Wireless handicap button which I acquired out of the RPI Techdumps. The condition of the outer casing …