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Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 11 Mar 2024 10:31
by stephen_usher
Yay!!!!! :-)
Progress at last!
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 11 Mar 2024 10:50
by rubber_jonnie
stephen_usher wrote: 11 Mar 2024 10:31
Yay!!!!! :-)
Progress at last!
I'm smiling from ear to ear :)
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 11 Mar 2024 11:31
by HigashiJun
@rubber_jonnie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slvGKU7HF6M
BTW, that was my favourite serial when I was a kid...
:D
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 11 Mar 2024 11:56
by rubber_jonnie
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 13 Mar 2024 09:32
by rubber_jonnie
Different kind of patient on the bench today:
IMG_20240313_090559.jpg
It's a little drilling/grinding/cutting tool that I bought many moons ago, but the original battery, the silver 3 cell item behind the 18650, is long dead. I have a larger 'fake' Dremel that I got from Maplin, but it's a bit large for some contexts and the power lead is a pain.
So I have a USB C charging circuit and I just need to mod the charge port to accept the shape of the new socket (The original was a barrel jack) and wire it all up and we should be good to go.
First tests show that the 18650 powers it just fine, so it'll be good to get the old thing running again. Then I'll have 3 sizes of grinding tools for heavy, medium and light work, as I also have a nail grinding tool that is perfect for lightweight jobs.
You can't have too many tools and I do like reusing old stuff rather than chucking it :)
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 13 Mar 2024 09:37
by stephen_usher
Looks good to me! Reuse is better than recycle.
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 13 Mar 2024 09:43
by rubber_jonnie
stephen_usher wrote: 13 Mar 2024 09:37
Looks good to me! Reuse is better than recycle.
Always :)
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 10:31
by rubber_jonnie
All finished:
IMG20240314094712.jpg
My not entirely accurate but works charging port mod:
IMG20240314094816.jpg
And the couple of holes added so I can see the charge state - red=charging, blue=full.
IMG20240314094752.jpg
I didn't take any internal pics as I used rather more hot glue than is pretty...
Works great though, and given I got 20 USB C charging modules and 4 18650 batteries for just £12, the overall cost to repair was very low and I still have unused parts left over for other projects.
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 10:39
by stephen_usher
:dualthumbup:
Looks good to me.
Did you make provision to take it apart for the next battery change?
Re: Stuff and Things.
Posted: 14 Mar 2024 10:42
by rubber_jonnie
Well, my parcel purgatory is nearly over :)
I'm just waiting on the uKenbak-1 from adwaterandstir (Same folks who do the Altairduino), which has cleared UK customs, but is waiting to go into the Royal Mail systems, and I may have bought a faulty PS2 from eBay...
In my defence it was only £15 including delivery, so not too bad, and that should be here in the next day or so as it's with the local delivery office.