W-4-P Polish Mine Detector battery substitute
The W4P Polish military metal detector was powered by a 3R12U tin-carbon battery that is not available in retail, but it can be substituted with 3 AA batteries in series.…
Fixing a stuck FTf-50 bell generator
Documenting this fix, since it was not obvious to find. I got some helpful hints from "buzz" at fieldphones.org. The Feldtelephone Modell 1950 (FTf 50) is a field telephone used…
Making a plywood stock (tutorial)
Someone asked me to describe my process for the plywood stocks I made for airsoft rifles. I’m not in any sense an expert on this, so I thought it best…
C18 Lazuli repaint (semi-tutorial)
I nabbed a C18 figure, it’s really tiny (12cm/4.5″) and pretty cute in her RR uniform. The figure breaks down in 3 pieces (legs, skirt, upper body) so it fits…
How to electro-engrave metal
You need: a car battery chargerq-tipsa saturated salt solutionan metal object to engravemasking tape (plain adhesive tape works) Steps: Cover the parts of the metal object you don't want to…
IKEA hack: Sacrifice Skovel and Rusch on the altar of Noir
Description: I used the Skovel wall clock to replicate Kirika’s pocket watch (not to scale, obviously) from the 2001 Noir TV series. An extra Rush was sacrificed for the clockwork…
IKEA hack: Ordning Wake-up Light
Description: I like waking up with a dawn simulator alarm clock, but unfortunately the one I have has controls that are less than user-friendly. What I’d really want is a…
IKEA hack: built-in LEDBERG
Materials: Ledberg (2 units) Description: I wanted to put LED lighting under my kitchen cabinets on the cheap, so I bought 2 Ledberg units. But once home I encountered 2…
IKEA hack: Twin Kvarna
I wanted some light for my computer desk, and I like the Kvarna because it doesn’t take much space, but I didn’t like that the light is so close to…
IKEA hack: FRAMSTÅ as regular glass shelves
Materials: – FRAMSTÅ – EKBY STILIG – LEDBERG – some bits of wood Description: I went to Ikea looking for some glass shelves to display my Chinese teapot collection, but…