Some years ago my club (W8YY) joined DMR MARC as the first node in Michigan’s UP. For a long time I just used club equipment. But having moved downstate recently, I decided I wanted to stay involved in DMR, and needed to purchase my own hardware. I had been using a club XPR6550 and decided …
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This pocket hole jig, was designed in OpenSCAD, and is fully parameterized. Meaning, all you need to do is tweak the constants at the top of the file to create your very own custom pocket hole jig. The two figures below illustrate what geometry each parameter affects. Download it here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1489845
This is just another one of those esoteric bike tools; that seem to exist simply so bike toolmakers can extract money from people who want the service their own bikes. This is a splined bottom bracket tool for installing/removing BBT-32 style bottom bracket cartridges. The OpenSCAD source code is parameterized so it can be easily …
This wrench helps tighten and loosen the thumb screws found on GoPro camera mounts. I got tired of losing and constantly buying wrenches for my GoPro equipment. So, I CADed this li’l guy up. Now every time I run out, I print off a handful of them for next to nothing. There’s really not much …
I recently changed both front wheel bearings on my 2004 Subaru Forester. Aside from needing some specialty tools, the process is pretty straight forward. The three tools you’ll absolutely need are a hydraulic press, a bearing separator, and a set of bearing drivers (links to all the tool I mention are provided at the bottom). …
I recently changed both front wheel bearings on my 2004 Subaru Forester. Aside from needing some specialty tools, the process is pretty straight forward. The three tools you’ll absolutely need are a hydraulic press, a bearing separator, and a set of bearing drivers (links to all the tool I mention are provided at the bottom). …
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