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Buffing wheels can get caked up with compound if too much is applied and it needs to be removed before you can continue polishing.

The battery life on our Dyson V6 vacuum was decreasing to the point where boost mode did not work for more than a few seconds. Normal mode was still usable but lasted less than half the time that it did when new. I would prefer even more battery life than new, especially to be able to use turbo mode for longer periods of time, and since we always use the brush. The fluffy roller brush is used most, followed by the regular carpet brush. One of my friends modded his Dyson V7 to

In a previous video, I showed how to make a waterproof SmartThings compatible sensor for outdoor use. What I've discovered using it is that the battery depletes faster when used outdoors due to more rapid temperature changes which cause it to report the temperature more often and consume the battery faster. Also, the battery depletes faster in winter when it is cold. The solution is to add a small solar panel to recharge a lithium rechargeable 2450 coin cell battery using an

NOTE: It's been brought to my attention that the solution presented in the video is actually an S trap that could potentially allow the water in the trap to be sucked out and sewer gas to pass through. I'm not a certified plumber. Please consult a plumber for your plumbing repairs. This video is just to document the solution implemented to my plumbing problem, and it may not be the correct way to do it. There are 2 solutions to modify the S trap shown into a P trap. 1. Use an

After replacing a dead battery in my Mitutoyo calipers with a fresh new good quality battery (Buy batteries on Amazon) the display started flashing with dashes, and no amount of button pressing would make it go away. I had to do a little research to find out that the way to get rid of the dashes is to do a hard reset. Watch this video above to learn how to fix the issue on the standard Mitutoyo Digimatic calipers: Watch the video below to learn how to reset and fix the Mituto

I find it really annoying that Windows 10 removed one of the most used features from the navigation bar of File Explorer. MY RECENT DOCUMENTS, RECENT PLACES or RECENT ITEMS, and RECENT FOLDERS were my most used shortcuts in File Explorer, allowing me to quickly navigate to the folder or file that I was actively editing, copying, pasting, sending, emailing, etc. How to pin recent folders to Quick Access in Windows 10 How to pin RECENT ITEMS folder to Quick Access in Windows 10

In the previous update, I showed the bodies and tips after machining. Later I received pictures of the clips and bolts. All these pics are from post-machining, but before the final surface finish. Here are the clips: MARKSMITH Clips (This looks a bit haphazard, but any scratches are removed in the final finishing process.) Here are the bolt slides: MARKSMITH Bolt Slides post machining I've been told that the first production batch is finished. The packaging (gift box) has bee

If you're reading this, your probably frustrated because Windows 10 ran an auto-update, restarted, and you lost some valuable work or your computational process was interrupted because of it. It's extremely difficult to find a solution to this, as Microsoft wants the auto-updates to occur, forcing you to update. This is the best answer I found so far and will repeat the process that I took to solve the automatic update and restart issue. This is a two-step process to ensure t

Watch the Youtube Video: Part 4 in my series on installing stainless cable deck railing on the cheap. In this video, I show how to make a simple wood guide for drilling post holes straight, fast, and easy. This is an alternative method of drilling the holes compared to the portable drill press guide shown in Part 3. The portable drill press guide is still necessary for holes that are angled, like the posts on the staircase. The wood guide shown in this video is faster when yo

My Epilog Zing laser started losing power mid-cut. The beam had slowly become weaker, and now it would start cutting ok, and then lose power during the cut to the point where it no longer cut. These symptoms are an indication that the CO2 laser tube needed to be refilled/refurbished. Considering that I bought this laser used about 9 years ago, and have used it a lot, I think I got my money's worth out of the tube. Refilling the tube through Epilog would cost several thousand