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Audio: How-To
Amplifier "Pops" When Powered On... How To Fix It?Compact Disc In a Hot Car
Compact Disc Repair
Connecting a Different Power Supply To Your Phono Pre-Amp
Power Supplies for your Phono Pre-Amp / Headphone Amp (an overview)
Recording Vinyl LP's (How-To)
Speaker Hum - How To Fix It
Speaker Polarity - Important?
Turntables - How to Hook One Up
Vinyl LP's (How To Clean Them)
Vinyl LP's (How to Clean Them, Part II)
Vinyl LP's (How to Record Them To MP3 / CD / etc.)
Audio: Reviews & Guides
Bellari VP130 Phono Stage / Headphone AmpGuide to Audio Gear
Low-Priced Turntables
MP3 Players, Linux Compatible
Onkyo C7030 CD Player
Sangean WR-11 Table Radio
Speakers: Genius / GX Gaming SW-G2.1 1250 Powered Speaker System
Speakers: Sansui SP-30
Speakers: Zenith Allegro 2000
Turntables for Scratchy Thrift-Store Vinyl
Turntables: Wow and Flutter
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Digital
Digital cameras & photography
Digital Camera Reviews & Guides
Canon EOS Rebel T6S (750D)Panasonic DMC-FZ1000
Panasonic DMC-ZS50
Digital Photography Articles
(For more, see also "Digital Camera Reviews & Guides")Bridge Cameras in 2015-2016? A bit of conjecture.
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Electronics
Walk into your local superstore and start talking about capacitors, resistors, and diodes, and they'll look at you like you have six heads. So read my website instead, and we'll talk about tearing apart electronic stuff, and (hopefully) fixing it too.
Also in this section, some electrical-power stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else.
Electronics: How-To
Amplifier "Pops" When Powered On... How To Fix It?Connecting a Different Power Supply To Your Phono Pre-Amp
Diodes - How To Test With a Multimeter
How To Power a Phono Pre-Amp with the PS-1501s (etc.)
LED Clock Runs Too Fast? - a likely cause, and the fix
LED Monitor - Corner Shadow / Backlight Repair
Open Neutral on the Utility Side: How To Detect It
Solar Power For Almost Any Radio
Soldering Heavy Wires & Cables
Soldering Heavy Wires & Cables II (Short Version with more pictures!)
Transistors - How To Test With a Multimeter
Electronics: Product Reviews & Guides
Battery Charger: Solar #1002Multimeter: MF47A
Multimeter: Micronta 22-175A
Multimeter: Micronta 22-203
Multimeter: Simpson 260-8P
Power Supply: PS-1501s
Surge Protectors... and the 25-Cent Part That's Killing Your Electronics
See also: Audio.
Electronics: Radio
7 Radio Listening TipsGrundig G5 World Band Radio (Review)
Hot Chassis Part 2: The mystery of the BC-342 Receiver
Midland WR-120EZ Weather Radio (Review)
Sangean WR-11 Table Radio (Review)
Tecsun PL-880 World Band Radio (Review)
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Film
The real deal. Accept no imitations.
Be sure to read this intro to the subject, and learn why many of us are so into film.
Film: Camera Repair & Troubleshooting
Blurry TLR, Part 2: Diagnosing and Fixing Focus Problems on a Yashica MATCamera Maintenance, General Tips & Tools
Olympus Trip35: Overexposed Pictures?
Olympus Trip35: Re-Focusing The Lens Element
Film: Camera Reviews
Chinon CSKonica C35
Mamiya RB67
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2
Olympus OM-2 / OM-2n
Olympus Trip 35
Yashica Electro 35
Film: Developing
Developing Black & White FilmDeveloping Color Negative Film
Ilfotec DD-X 1+9: Developer Notes
Kodak HC-110: Re-Using Diluted Developer
Pushing Kodak Tri-X to 6400 and Beyond
Unicolor C-41 Kit: Roll Capacity and Extended Dev Times
Film: Miscellaneous How-To & Reference
Camera MaintenanceGetting Started In Large Format
Orange Filters for Black & White Photography
Orange Filters II: Metering With Your Camera (quick how-to)
Storing Negatives and Slides
Film: Medium & Large Format
Getting Started In Large FormatGraflex How-To, Part 1
Mamiya RB67
Film: Scanning
Anti-Newton-Ring Glass for ScanningHow to "Scan" Slides With a DSLR
Scanning Miscellany: Extender Rings, Bridge Cameras, Autofocus
Film: Versus Digital!
Film vs. Digital 2012 (and onward)Slide Film
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Food & Nutrition
... because you probably like food. So let's talk about some good stuff to eat.
This section has food recipes, nutrition-related articles, and kitchen gadget reviews.
Food: Desserts
Applesauce BreadBanana Bread
Food: Soups
Beef Bone BrothLentil Soup
Potato Soup
Food: Vegetables
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Galleries
Most artists display their stuff in real art galleries, as well they should. Visit art galleries whenever you can do that. There is much to be said for viewing real prints on a gallery wall, instead of a computer screen.Right now I'm so busy working on this site that I don't have time to cart my stuff to a gallery, or even mail it there. (That, and most of my work is not even in picture frames right now.)
So, for the time being, I'll display some of it here for your enjoyment. That, and also because it helps to illustrate various points about cameras and photography.
Galleries - Camera-Specific
Canon EOS Rebel T6s galleryKonica C35 gallery (Film)
Minolta Hi-Matic AF2 gallery (Film)
Galleries - Film
Kodak Ektachrome and Elite ChromeKodak E100 (The Return of Ektachrome)
Kodak Tri-X at 12800
Galleries - Rust
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Lenses
Camera lenses are made in varying degrees of quality, different focal lengths, etc. Here are a few articles & reviews.Lenses: Miscellany
Fun With Cheap Lenses
Lenses: Reviews
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Metal & Shop
Blacksmithing
Anvil Stand, Part I - a look at different types & build methodsBlacksmith Forge 1.0: Side-Blast Forge from a 55-Gallon Drum
Blacksmith Forge 1.1: First Attempt With Anthracite
Blacksmith Forge 2.0: Upgraded 55-Gallon Drum Forge with Wood and Charcoal
Blacksmith Forge 2.1: Upgraded 55-Gallon Drum Forge with Anthracite
Blacksmith Tool: Improvised Swage from a Lawnmower Blade
Blacksmithing, Small-Scale
Blacksmithing Project: Borax Spoon
Blacksmithing Project: Hand-Forged Drawer Pulls for a Toolbox
Blacksmithing Project: Hand-Forged Drawer Pulls, Part II
Blacksmithing Project: Lamp Bracket From Mild Steel - plain but functional (hopefully.)
Blacksmithing Project: Lamp Bracket, Part II - see what I made this into. Includes an improbable forge weld!
Blacksmithing Project: Round Punch from Mild Steel
Brazing & Soldering
Silver Brazing the Fuel Pickup for a Lawn Tractor (Without Killing Yourself)Soldering Heavy Wires & Cables
Shop Tips & Various Skills
Basic Shop Project: Copper Rivets and a Galvanized FunnelShop Tips #1: Organizing Small Parts
Shop Tips #2: Clamping & Gluing (This one is mostly woodworking.)
Shop Tips #3: Bench Vises
Shop Tips #4: Efficiency
Welding
1/16" Electrode Comparison: 6011 vs. 70141/16" Electrode Welding Tips
1979 Taiwan Vise Upgrade - a little "hack welding" fun
7018 Electrodes For 120-Volt Welders
AC Stick Welding - using a Lincoln AC225 for thick steel
Anvil Stand, Part II - welding up a steel tripod
Extension Cords For 120-Volt Welders Why that generic cord is not enough.
Forney #298 Easy Weld 100 ST (Review)
Milwaukee Hand Truck Upgrade - making a good hand truck even better
Sheet Metal Welding, Sort Of. Cheapest-junk lawn cart known to man; stick welder; what could go wrong?
Vise Repair with Brazing and Welding
Vise Repair with Nomacast
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Photography
General photography, artistic techniques, and that sort of thing.
Art Theory
Photography Techniques: Light Metering & EV
External Light Meters: Do You Need One?Grit, Grain, & Contrast: Night Photography on Film
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Tech
This is sort of a catch-all. Everything from camera tripods to computers, and whatever doesn't seem to fit anywhere else.
There was getting to be a lot of metal & woodshop content. So I gave Metal and Wood their own sections.
Tech: Camera
Camera MaintenanceOrange Filters for Black & White Photography
Tech: Computer
Tech: Metal & Shop
7018 Electrodes For 120-Volt WeldersBlacksmithing, Small-Scale
Blacksmithing Project: Hand-Forged Drawer Pulls for a Toolbox
Blacksmithing Project: Hand-Forged Drawer Pulls, Part II
Forney #298 Easy Weld 100 ST (Review)
Lawnmower Repair: Bent Crankshaft
Nicholson Files Made In Mexico (Review)
Rust And How To Stop It
Shop Presses - A Guide & How-To
Tekton Bench Vise (Review)
Vise Repair With Brazing and Welding
Further Metal & Shop articles will be here from now on.
Tech: Shop Tips
Shop Tips #01: Organizing & StorageShop Tips #02: Clamping & Gluing (Wood)
Tech: Various
A Super-Cheap AM Antenna!
Headlamps: Princeton Tec "Byte" and "Sync" Review
Solar Power For Almost Any Radio (a how-to guide)
Surge Protectors and the 25-cent part that's killing your electronics
Tech: Workspaces & Tables
Backyard Metal-Shop Work Table On Sawhorses
Finishing a Laminated Workbench Top
Making a Worktable
Wood Finishes For Particle Board & MDF Workbenches
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Tools
Reviews & Guides
Blacksmith Tongs: Gedore Wolf-Jaw (Review)Block Planes and why they're better than I ever thought.
Files: Corona 4-in-1 (Review)
Files: Nicholson 4-in-Hand (Review)
Files: Tekton 8" Shoe Rasp (Review)
Five Great Tools & Workshop Items, Each $25 Or Less
Five MORE Great Tools & Workshop Items, Mostly Under $50
Flashlight: Craftsman 700-lumen (Review)
Flashlight: Makita DML-802 (Review)
Headlamp: Princeton Tec Byte (Review)
Headlamp: Princeton Tec Sync (Review)
Leather Stitching: A Beginner Attempt
Sander: Makita BO5041K Random Orbit (Review)
Vise Buyer's Guide: "A Useful Ratio" (Guide)
Vise: Tekton 54004 (Review)
Vise: The Rotating Lump of Rust (Unknown Chinese Rotating Vise)
Vise: Yost 104 (Made In USA) (Review)
Vise: Yost 480 (Review)
Vise: Yost 865-DI (Made In USA) (Review)
For blacksmithing tools, see Blacksmithing.
Tool Handles
Tool Handles, Part 2: Handle From a Tree Branch
Weather, Sky, & Outdoor
Weather: Photography etc.
Chasing Thunderheads!Forecasting Autumn Color
Freezing Fog
How to Photograph Fireworks
How to Photograph Lightning
How to Photograph the Moon
Weather & Outdoor Gear: Reviews
AcuRite Digital Weather ForecasterPrinceton Tec LED Headlamps: "Byte" and "Sync"
Weather: Survival How-To
Photowalker's Survival GuidePhotowalker's Survival Guide, Part II
Woodworking
Shop Tips (Wood)
Clamping & GluingVarious DIY Projects
Pallets, How To DismantleRustic Toolbox From Salvaged Wood Old-school carpenter's tote that stands on its own feet.
Sawhorses, I-Beam Type
Tool Crate from plywood. Bolt it to a hand truck, or use it stand-alone.
Tool Rack from a Two-By-Four. One of the easiest and most useful DIY projects you can do!
Wood Finishes
Polyurethane, Particle Board, and BubblesTried & True Danish Oil (under construction)
Tried & True Original on a Plank Top
Wood Finishes for Particle Board & MDF
Workbenches & Tables
Making a WorktableOf Rabbets and 4x4's (Or: How To Build STRONG Work Table Legs)
Sawhorse Worktable: Easy, Cheap, and Good
Wood Finishes for Laminated Plank Tops
Wood Finishes for Particle Board & MDF
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