Category: Stuff
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Getting a free chainsaw to run for the first time in over 10 years
So what’s on the operating table? a 1999 Craftsman 18-in bar Chain Saw. The first thing Dad attempted to do was start removing shrouding and clean up the oil soaked dirt and grime. That’s when he found the first problem, there was something rattling in the gas tank. The fuel lines have hardened from years…
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Bandit
The name of Wolf Pack’s truck, which is a 2022 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 LT. Which ironically, Dad said he would never own. It all started in the second week of July, 2023. The family had a Kia Sedona for hauling and a Mazda 3 for in-city shuttling, but on a hot summer day, the sedan…
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Ducky One 2 SF backlight shortcuts
Paper manual didn’t seem to have this so Dad posted this to remind him. Mode Select Fn+Alt+t (cycles through each model, hold for 3 seconds to return to None) Change Speed Fn+Alt+[j|l] j to slow down l to speed up RGB Selection Fn+Alt+[z|x|c]Fn+Alt+vFn+Alt+Space Select color, each color has 10 levelsv will reset it to offSpace…
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Pop Up Remodel
The internet can give you great ideas and confidence to do some outrageous projects! or so Dad thinks. Summer of 2020, Mom decide to personalize the pop up camper. The decor is showing age and its style is too generic camper. She found several pictures of other people’s pop up campers and liked a white…
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Workbench
Originally posted January 28, 2019 After moving into Saint Tessy, the third car garage was sanctioned as a work space. There was plenty of space but not a lot of floor space, so Dad decided everything should be on wheels. Original Template The original template/idea was from Do-it-all mobile workbench by David Radtke.http://dc245.4shared.com/doc/_-XOtmea/preview.html. The Family…
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New Living Room TV
The old TV decided to go head to head with a three old and his golf ball. Let’s say it didn’t go anywhere I would like. Due to the fear of the same thing happening again The Family bought a cheap Chinese TV only to find out it is pretty good. Meet the new TV…
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Kohler Malleco faucet
One fine Wednesday. Dad comes home to find the kitchen faucet was completely not functioning… Mom wanted a silver colored faucet, with a pull down head, and has a touchless sensor. Remembering Costco has a sale on a certain kitchen faucet, he drove out to Costco with Mom’s requirements. MallecoTouchless pull-down kitchen sink faucet with…
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Personal Computers
Dell T30 Hardware Motherboard Dell T30, Onboard SATA, HDD connected to onboard SATA Controller CPU Intel Pentium G4400 3.3GHz, 3M cache, 2C/2T, no turbo (54W) CPU cooler Heatsink T30 RAM a:4GB UDIMM, 2400MT/s, Single Rank, x8 Data Widthb:Hynix DDR4 4GB PC4-2133P 2133 Memory RAM HMA451U6AFR8N non-ECC UDIMMc:HyperX Kingston Technology Fury 2400MHz DDR4 Non-ECC CL15 DIMM…
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Rhodie (2007 Giant OCR)
Rhodie is Dad’s commuter for when he’s strickly on pavement. Dad built Rhodie from the frame up during his old college days, September 07′. He built this bike for more endurance and faster flat land speed. Though the bike is a Giant OCR A0, the only components that correspond to the factory model is the…
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Logitech Driving Force Pro Wheel
Dad bought a steering wheel for the Gran Turismo 5 video game for Playstation 2. He currently uses it to play PC games as well. Enable 900° mode