Category: Bench Upgrades
New Lab PSU – pt2
Part 2 : The Beast I have received the new toy and, oh my, what can I say…. It’s by far exceeding any kind of my expectations except the body of the unit has a bit of wear. Also, the unit is not a ‘true’ TekPower 3005 but is re-branded as ‘Selectron 3005’, which is […]
New Lab PSU – pt1
Part 1 : Amazon Fraud??? TLDR; I was SOOOO not expecting this to ever happen to me. I got scammed on Amazon! but hey, at least, they’re offering full refund and all that so, all good… just a bit annoying that I can’t use the new toy. Long story: I received something I’ve been wanting […]
Lovely cotton swab holder for the bench
With the printer now working, also means I’m able to get new upgrade for my bench, especially for organizing stuff. One of these upgrade is a little surprise my partner decided to print for me. It’s a cotton swab holder because I was always trying to find where there were in the bathroom when I […]
Simple Wall-Mount Power Switch for rPi – pt3
Part 3: Completion With the 3d print officially working, came more project advancement! I’m glad to report that the wall switch is now complete ! As a first project in fusion 360, I think it worked out ok but I will definitely need to practice further more. Going back in the design to do fixes […]
Mastercraft industrial Shelves Hooks – pt2
Part 2 : First Actual prototype My partner managed to resurrect one of our printer and we managed to get a first prototype of the support and honestly, it’s not perfect but i’m pretty darned happy with the first version. I already have a few things to “upgrade” on the model but I still am […]
Mastercraft industrial Shelves Hooks – pt1
Part 1 : The current situation, the problem & the plan (?) So, here’s the current situation, I have a few things hooked to the side of the shelve to hold them but, they have proven to not be great supports. I have made a lovely Desoldering pump holder but sadly, it doesn’t have any […]
Simple Wall-Mount Power Switch for rPi – pt2
Part 2 : Designing the box After a patient wait, I have finally received all the pieces I need to assemble design the box. I opted for a new approach this time. I normally model my contraptions in Blender as I have learned 3D modeling with this tool and STL files are 3D models, but […]
Wall-mounted USB Hub for the bench.
Hey folks, just a quick update to share that little addition to the bench! Initially, I had to plug in all the USB devices in the rPi directly, which wasn’t bad when it wasn’t hooked to the wall. Then the wall mounting started, which complicated my life a LOT with the ports. It still wasn’t […]
Simple Wall-Mount Power Switch for rPi – pt1
Part 1 : The idea So, I’ve been using a Raspberry Pi as my bench computer due to it size and that I can use the GPIOs from it. It worked great so far but the power supply that I purchased has a On/Off switch on it that is not extremely convenient. I had the […]