Tip: Simple Sander or Polisher

; Here’s a very easy way to make a quick and simple tool that you can use for sanding or polishing. This tool can be made in literally 30 seconds; all you need is a piece of music wire! ; So to start grab a piece of wire (I prefer music wire because it is […]

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Testors McCoy .049 Update

It’s been close to eight months since my first blog post which was the cleaning and restoration of my Testors McCoy .049 engine. If you follow my Facebook page you probably know that I got some fuel for this engine Thursday I think it was. The fuel I ordered was SIG Champion 25 which has […]

Posted in .049 Restoration Tagged broke, burnt, fail, glow, head, mccoy, plug, testor

DIY 1/2A Engine Glow Clip

As you may know I have a small 1/2A engine – a Testor’s McCoy .049. I have been wanting to start it ever since I got it back in the spring. Well yesterday I ordered some fuel for it! I ordered a quart of Sig Champion 25 which has 25%nitro and 20% oil (1/2 castor […]

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OS MAX .15 FP Cleaning

A little over a week ago I went to a flea market type business in my area where I bought an RC airplane that had a nitro engine on it. The plane is balsa and the engine is a OS Max .15 FP. I have been flying electric airplanes for close to two years now, […]

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Broken Light Fixture

This past week I discovered that the light fixture in our bathroom was coming apart at the seams. Since it appeared that it could completely break and fall on someone, I decided to fix it. After getting the fixture down I began to work on it. There were two places where the glass frames were […]

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JR Radio to USB – FAIL

This week’s post is different than all of my other blog posts. Normally I show you something that I have made that worked like I had hoped. . . .well not this week. I planned on showing you what I had been working on at the end of last week and over the weekend but […]

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Tip: X-Acto Blade Disposal

This is something that I made about a year ago and I have used it just about everyday since. I go through quite a bit of exacto knife blades but throwing them away used to be a problem. I can’t throw them straight into the garbage because first of all it would/could cut the garbage […]

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JT Extended Ear Coverage

  I recently purchased a JT Flex 8 Full Coverage paintball mask. So far I like everything about the mask . . . . except for one thing: the lack of ear protection. I don’t quite understand it really. The company took their time to create a real nice mask with a great lens, but […]

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iPhone Life Vest

As I stated in my last blog post, my family has beenĀ talkingĀ about going canoeing again. For safety reasons I plan on keeping my iPhone with me in the boat. Although I have a Lifeproof case on my phone that keeps it waterproof, if our canoe ward to flip over, my iPhone would sink to the […]

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Mini Fishing Rod

My family and I have been talking about going canoeing sometime soon. We went canoeing for the first time about two years ago and had a great time, but after it was over there was one thing we all wish we had brought on the boat ride: a fishing pole! All we wanted was a […]

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