Tag Archives: repair

Basic tools for car repair – 1

Posted on December 24, 2018 by janpenguin

I’m going to repair my 2007 Honda Civic 2.0. I started to buy basic tools for the repair work I would do. 1/2″ impact gun Universal swivel, 1/4″ Male NPT x 1/4″ Female NPT I bought one HotMax swivel from … Continue reading →

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How to repair rubber grip of old Nikon cameras

Posted on August 10, 2016 by janpenguin

I cleaned Nikon D200 yesterday using 85% alcohol, Q-tip, and cotton rag. The rubber grips are lifting off here and there. I put small pieces of electrical tape over the  right-hand side grip where thumb rest.   Rubber grip repair … Continue reading →

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Spirit level repair

Posted on October 8, 2014 by janpenguin

I found a decent scrapyard lately and bought a 2000 mm of spirit level. It has a broken vertical vial. The precision of this level is one millimeter per meter (0.057 degree.) The vial was glued on two plastic plates. … Continue reading →

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ATX power supply repair tips?

Posted on September 14, 2012 by janpenguin

I blew my DIY bench top power supply. Will I fix it or build another one? Source Power Supply Failures I have found that there are only a small handful of components that fail in switching regulator power supplies. The … Continue reading →

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