Edit:
Found! Tube button spring clips.
Thank you @yvan
Those sprung buttons that you have as an insert inside a tube, so that you can use as an adjustable stop as it telescopes inside another tube....
What are they called, please, so that I can find some to buy.
Thank you.
I'm currently testing the waters doing some Intro to Making courses in my area.
Does anyone have a favorite single-sided SMD learn-to-solder kit? I have some wonderful double-sided ones, but would prefer to teach the hot plate method for beginners.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a cheap, but still usable (and safe) UV EPROM eraser? I need to program some 2732s...
Any #Atari experts out there know where I can find out the max current draw from the 5V (pin 7) of a 2600 joystick port?
From the schematics it looks like it comes directly off a 7805 and the field service manual BOM lists a 78M05 which I think has a max 500mA with suitable heatsink. But that is powering the whole console...
But so far my searching is failing me with a definitive answer! :)
My other half made these, they were bubbly but are now flat, coz it's coloured lemonade. Obviously that will need replacing to keep these on display long term.
What should we replace it with? Obviously non toxic, but also mould and bacteria inhibiting. Something safe to add food colourings to. Maybe non conductive?
Any ideas, #makersHour? #makersHelp
MiL is struggling to hear her new digital landline phones ringing at home.
Is there a reliable device to extend/amplify the ringing volume?
Or is there a hack I can do to the phones to make them louder? Some way of adding a louder sounder or bell to a phone?
Thank you.
Edit:
Currently looking at something like this. But it says plug into the wall socket. I don't know if that would also work if plugged into the back of the router for her digital phone line.
https://www.connevans.co.uk/product/39533842/40TCALL110/Geemarc-Amplicall-110-Wireless-Telephone-Receiver-and-Transmitter
I need a quick #electronics second opinion! Which of these is the right way to put the pulldown resistor, or does it not matter? #arduino #RaspberryPi #makersHelp
#MakersHelp
Asking for a friend.
A decorative concrete or reconstituted stone planter has broken in two. Would a chemical anchor adhesive work (for ease of application with a caulking gun) to glue the planter back together?
Otherwise, any recommendations?
Thank you.
Thinking about moving from Gmail to Tuta Mail.
Any advice, experience, or other suggestions, please?
Thank you.
I mouse with a trackball (left handed).
It there a way to reduce the sticktion of the ball without reducing the friction between the ball and my thumb tip?
The problem is that for very fine movements the ball doesn't move smoothly, it moves in little tiny judders making accurate placement of the cursor difficult.
With cleaning and ball polishing it moves a lot better, but I then find that my thumb slides on the ball surface without moving the ball!
I can't seem to find a happy medium where my thumb can grip the ball, but the ball can move smoothly.
The trackball is an Elecom EX6.
Thank you.
Edit: I think I have it sorted. It is a browser thing.
Browser updates meant I couldn't find the setting.
Thank you.
Linux Cinnamon advice please.
When I download a document, it default saves to the Downloads folder.
Is there a way to have it ask where I want a file to be be saved so I can save it into the correct folder?
Sometimes a download has such a silly name that once in the Downloads folder I can't find it.
Thank you.
@peterainbow
You can use #MakersHelp and the #Repair tags for questions.
#RepairCafe will also attract interested folks who may have answers too.
I have found that usually on Henrys it is the board that fails, and often there is no indication without removing components to test, so I just swap the board, if all else seems ok.
A few times I have just bypassed the board completely if the low power option isn't desired.
So, how and where do I migrate my website now that WordPress is tainted?
Thank you.
Edit: Thank you for the replies. It seems I don't enough about what I don't know to be able to do anything about this myself. So probably best to leave it for the time being.
Thank you all anyway.
Windows 10 Dell Laptop.
Since some recent updates I have found that when I open a window it is opened reduced and in some random spot on the screen.
I always want new windows open maximised, and that is what it used to do. It would also leave reduced windows where I last put them, eg. two windows side by side.
Is there a way to get it to open windows maximised everytime, or in the same reduced position as previously opened, again?
Thank you.
Edit: I am off to work now so might not see responses until this evening. Thanks in advance.
#MakersHelp
Does anyone know what these crimpers are for?
Thank you.
Edit: I know what the tool is, but I was wondering about this jaw set and their specific use/purpose.
Thank you.
Edit 2:
Got it! Thanks to @jarkman 👍
https://uk.farnell.com/idec/s3tl-cr04t/crimp-tool-hand-0-5-4mm2/dp/4072990
If I was to buy a drone for filming some video, what do I need to know, and what should I look for or avoid?
I want to be able to film some of the reroofing work on our house, and also have a better look at potential work without having to put up long ladders first.
Later on, when we start looking for a place in Wales I want to have a good overhead look at the land (I might have replaced 'My First Drone' by then).
Are the EBay ones that are sub £50 too cheap? Or a good 'disposable' learning curve?
What specs might I be looking at (and what do they mean)?
What sort of 'dumb questions' should I research first? I don't know what I don't know.
If you have a recommendation that would be great.
Thank you.
#Drone
#Video
#MakersHelp
This is a long shot, but why not try. Do you have a 2021 Home Depot Rotten Patch Man-Eating Plant? Does the jaw work? I just took mine out of storage and set it up but the jaw isn't moving anymore, and I don't really know what to do. If I only plug in the head, and turn the sound all the way down I can hear the motor in the head moving, but it's not moving the jaw.
Do I know anyone that knows anyone that might be interested in helping bring an electric tug back into life? #IsleOfWight #Electricars #MakersHelp RT's welcome
Do any of you electronics people have a good storage solution for ICs? My collection is starting to get a little unwieldy in random tubes dotted around...
Do I know anyone that knows anyone that knows about spray paint stencils? Specifically: what's the best material to use for them when stencilling not very flat surfaces
