Houston Coffee and Cars – January 2014
Bulging Capacitors
My workstation had been experiencing a lot of instability lately. Decided to tear it down and look for issues, and look at what I found:
Subaru EJ25 Coolant Crossover Pipe O-Ring
Made a quick trip to an Ace Hardware to get an o-ring for a coolant cross-over pipe on an EJ25 I was helping to put together. Turns out a #34 or #44 o-ring sits perfectly in the gland on the block and seals the crossover pipe perfectly as well.
Rice Box – 10/23/2013
Fall Bash 2013 at Graphic Results
Beep Beep
Gillman Subaru’s “The Big Event IV” with Dave Mirra and Bucky Lasek
Zip ties to the rescue
With a coolant expansion tank failure on the Volvo, it’s zip ties to the rescue. Can they handle the heat? I’m pretty sure they can, I accidentally baked a few of them in the oven at 375 for about an hour and they showed no signs of discoloration or melting. This’ll work until I get the new coolant tank next week.
Headphone Amp Set in Clear Acrylic
I need to get a headphone amp for my Sennheiser HD280 Pros – maybe this will be my next project. A headphone amplifier assembled “dead bug” style, then set in clear acrylic. Yes. I want one.
Electronic engineers have been encapsulating or potting electronics in resin’s for decades usually for vibration dampening or moisture control its just I decided to make it look presentable 🙂
Source: Rupert Hirst / Runaway Brainz
Discovery atop 747
Space Shuttle Discovery mated with SCA NASA 905 chase flight from KSC – VAB in the background.
Source: NASA / Sheri Dunnette Locke