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This is just a random collection of videos about things that I enjoy doing, technology I am interested in, teardowns I might get to do occasionally and problems that I might need to solve along the way.
I'm interested in green tech, computing and audio.
I tend to do most of my own work around the house - fixing, improving, upgrading as necessary.
I'm interested in green tech, computing and audio.
I tend to do most of my own work around the house - fixing, improving, upgrading as necessary.
Bread Machine Belt Repair
The loaves were coming out bad - very flat, no rise, very dense.
I worked out that the belt was slipping, so I changed it.
I worked out that the belt was slipping, so I changed it.
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New Kitchen Floor
Просмотров 1304 месяца назад
My kitchen floor has been in a bad state for a long time. I have not wanted to tackle it because I knew it would be a lot of work and because I have always intended to pull the whole lot up and relay the joists, etc, to level it all off - very expensive and time-consuming, which is why it has not yet been sorted. I have given up waiting for a day that may never come, so have just laid a new flo...
Changing the bracket on very old Thule foot packs.
Просмотров 244 месяца назад
it's very hard to find instructions on the old foot packs, particularly as the model number does not seem to appear on the unit so you can't search for it. You might have some luck if you peel off the rubber feet - these do have a part number. You might then be able to cross-reference against your foot pack and then find spares for your new vehicle that way - you might have just bought an old c...
Camp-let Bent Pole Repair with future damage prevention
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I have a used Camplet trailer tent (Apollo I think) that has the usual bent pole problem. Here is my solution, which hopefully means that I won't face this problem again. The dowell is 20mm diameter. i had a bit of a mix-up over wood vs metal drill bits. Need to take more care when choosing tools. The job went very well overall, I'm pleased with the result.
Rega RB300 Tonearm Rewire
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
I managed to snap a couple of my tonearm wires trying to make something else better. Should have left well alone really. Never mind. This is a fiddly task. Took several hours. Hopefully though, when I next have to do this job, I will have something to refer to.
Speakers - new drivers, new crossover.
Просмотров 316Год назад
Excuse the dust. I found the first two clips on an old phone, and have then filmed the last section on my new phone to complete the edit. i have "re-powered" my speakers with much nicer cones and a new crossover. It's a very cheap way of getting very much nicer sound quality. Crossovers: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08T9ZFG29/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Cones: www.soundimpor...
Rega Planar 3 - SRM Azure mods
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
The third part of my turntable journey. I have purchased the very lovely SRM-Tech Azure turntable plinth kit, here is the overview.
Rega Planar 3 - more tweaks and upgrades
Просмотров 8 тыс.Год назад
My continuing adventures in my quest for better audio! In this episode I'm sorting out the dodgy bearing sleeve and building a new off-board motor mount. The parts for the off-board motor mount came to less than £10 - that's for the disc, the stems, the screws, I have also added a sticky anti-slip mat for the base of the motor mount (it came after this video was recorded). It's working really w...
Pumping up and packing away the Itixit X500 kayak
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.2 года назад
I'm going to have to re-shoot this. It's pretty woeful. The audio is too quiet. The video seems to be doing funny optimisation with the focus and getting it very wrong. I couldn't actually see myself, so some of what I was doing was out of shot. Might try the selfie camera instead, so that I can see what is in frame. But it will do as a place-holder and hopefully will help someone out.
Repairing a hole on my Itiwit X500 inflatable kayak.
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.2 года назад
Repairing a hole on my Itiwit X500 inflatable kayak.
Eureka Mignon Oro Single dose vs my old Bodum Cafe Bistro grinder
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.3 года назад
Sorry about the popping, my phone is showing signs of age. I have recently purchased a brand new Eureka Mignon Oro Single Dose grinder, so I thought I would do a comparison against my old rig.
Rega Planar 3 - tweaks and upgrades
Просмотров 22 тыс.3 года назад
I have owned this record deck since 1996, or thereabouts. It's always been quite good but I always felt that there was more to be had. I have been on an upgrade-fest and am very happy with the results.
Ampera and Zappi - issues and solutions
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.3 года назад
Just a quick video about living with an Ampera and a Zappi charger, couple of issues that I have dealt with, might help someone out there. Sorry about the audio - and the slightly bright smear on the left of the video. I'm using my phone, it's had a hard life, I don't have a tie clip microphone either.
Braun 5895 shaver battery replacement
Просмотров 26 тыс.4 года назад
The batteries on my electric razor packed in, so it was time to replace them.
3-phase motor controller on Arduino board.
Просмотров 44 тыс.14 лет назад
According to (my memory of) "who killed the electric car" the GM EV-1 was powered by a three-phase wave generator that was then pushed through a massive three-channel amp. It would be nice to one day convert the Merc to battery power, probably around the time the engine blows and battery prices come down. So I thought I would start by doing a 3-phase controller on an Arduino board. I can't see ...
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Interesting video, Just a thought,perhaps placing the cross over in a case with an amp on each speaker, this may course some miner interference but it reduces all the cables mess. Great speakers & nice work, many thanks.
Yes, a full active cross-over with separate amps would be great. But that rather pushes the budget. I'll replace the speakers long before I go down that road I think, these are a lot better but I'm confident there is more to be had.
Very useful video many thanks, I haven’t noticed this problem with my granny charger, but it’s still really us full to know, I’ve also had my charge port replaced a few years ago on my Chevy volt 2013. Thanks for posting.🙏
Just buy a P6.
@@guus007 a common refrain. They are expensive.
It's best not to take apart the arm bearing to rewire the arm as you mucking up the BEARing. It's too late for the poster but other Do not do it..
if this is a fiddly task try to rewire sme 3009 S III 😀
Although I'm late to this "party", one thing especially that stands out is that early on, he states that he's done this 3 maybe 4 times before, then at 10m.40s to 10m.45s, he says , with surprise, "ah, just spotted the cartdridge is in fact marked".........DID YOU NOT SEE THAT THE VERY FIRST TIME YOU DID THIS WORK?
I mean, it's a fair point you make. It's been some time though, I have had this arm for 25 years now, so interval between rewires is several years.
Would you buy a used stereo from this man ?
You would have a job. There's nothing for sale. Perhaps you could show us all how it's done?
I hope nobody paid for this.... real shitty work (sorry...)
Goldring is the better cartridge i've got for my 1984 Rega 3. I've made some enhacement (subplatter, belt, achromat, 24 v motor) and i love the sound. You enjoy to do these things...but i think it will be better to me to go to a rega 6!
Yes, a few people have said the Rega6 is a good fit for them. Personally, I'm very happy now with the SRM Tech kit (see later video). I don't need to go any further.
Hello, Could you please provide the specific eBay link you used to purchase the brace plate? I’ve been searching and can’t find it anywhere.
I'm sorry, it's not showing in my history and I can't find one on ebay, even when just searching for "rega" - nothing matching comes up.
@@ashtontechhelp Thank you. Is there any chance you could scan this brace and send it to me? This would allow me to potentially find a metal cutting company to make one.
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Olá. Interessante! Embora eu, nunca me atreveria, a fazer isso, mesmo com conhecimento. Atualmente tenho o P3 (já é o 4rt rega planar 3 que tenho, embora, os anteriores, não tivessem a cablagem e o elemento que liga o braço, ao eixo do motor para mais rigidez, creio), com a Ania pro MC, mais o Neo TTPsu MK2 e Pre-amp phono Aria MK3. Toca muito bem, estou a pensar no P8. Penso que irá melhorar o som. Saudações de Portugal.
Stretching cling film all the way over the platter will stop it ringing & is way cheaper than buying an inferior acrylic platter.
Interesting fix. I found cork to be the best so far. Not expensive, though not as cheap as cling film.
Rega have spent years developing turntables.Why not just enjoy them upgrades are not upgrades they are bodge jobs don't make sense
It's fun. And I was not happy with the turntable. The new ones are too expensive for what they are. I can build the SRM tech deck, using new bearing, arm and motor, for exactly the same price as Rega are charging and obtain a better result. I cannot believe how much Rega charge for coated chipboard.
It's not fun Rega have engineered a legendary table worth ever penny & the rest that's why they don't even have to advertise & they plough the money into development Instead leave it to the experts instead of slating them just because you can't afford it
@@jasonemanuel9070 this turntable was broken. I could have taken it in for a service but I would have learned nothing and spent more money. I'm very happy for you to do whatever you like with your own hardware, including nothing if that's your preference.
@@ashtontechhelp did you break it🤣 The money you spend on daft upgrade you could get a better TT anyway I'm pleased for you too,I believe in keeping everything original but that's just me a simple watchmaker
@@jasonemanuel9070 it transpired that the motor was busted any way. But the resin was buckling, also, and the suspension band was weak. It needed something doing. Eventually I went to the SRM deck, vastly better.
Can you send me the link of the wires that you used?
I just found them on eBay - but I'm not sure I like them, much stiffer than the original wires and they affect the bias as a result. I'm probably going to change them at some point.
There are several companies selling since litz wires on eBay.
I’ve got one of these and there’s no way I’m going to start buggering about with it. If you don’t like the sound of it, buy a turntable that you do like the sound of.
Butcher job mate
good job
That's not a slight ring, that's a bell mate...
I like the DIY approach! The next step, would seem to be design and build of your own table.
I do have a couple of designs in mind. However I don't have the tools to make it possible, unfortunately.
Im looking at my Rega 3 that i bought yesterday and it looks beautiful the glass platter is absolutely stunning no need to change anything but as long as your having fun.
Great video. Much easier to disassemble this shaver compared to series 9 (I have both). What is the original battery model number…Sanyo …? Thanks
Thank god Roy Gandy is still alive. He would turn in his grave, otherwise.
I just bought the last X500 on Decathlon's website. It arrived today. Haven't taken it on the water yet, so I don't know about tracking, but I inflated it in my house to test for leaks, and I packed it for a sense of the capacity. It looks OK. I'll paddle it on flat water tomorrow. I have another inflatable kayak (AdvancedFrame Sport, not drop stitched) and dry bags for camping gear, and the X500 has far more storage than the Sport, plenty for my needs. The Sport is only suitable for flat water. I've paddled it many times and still like it, but I wanted a portable, sit inside kayak suitable for rougher water. The X500 went back in the bag without too much difficulty, but RUclips definitely helped. I've seen videos with the bow and stern on the inside and the outside after the final fold. The inside (as you fold it here) was easier. It seems harder to fold and has more potentially troublesome seams than my Sport, but I've packed the Sport many times. It was tougher at first too. The Sport only has one, low pressure bladder (plus two small bladders on the deck that I don't always inflate), but it takes as long to inflate as the X500, maybe longer. I'm not so careful with the Sport, but I plan to store the X500 out of the bag and to pack it only when I really need to carry it a considerable distance before inflating it. I don't need it in the bag to transport it in my car, and I'd rather fold it gently when possible. One fold is enough with my back seat down. Update: I only noticed on a second look at this video that the guy doesn't fold the kayak completely in half along its length. Most other videos do, but they shouldn't. You want the valves on the top of the kayak to lie flat after the fold, so you want to fold it just below the valves, not at the center of the keel. I also place the unfolded seat between the bow and stern sections where the tips meet in the middle. With the lengthwise fold as indicated in this video, the width of the back of the seat is just the width of the folded kayak, and packing the seat unfolded makes the folded kayak a bit thinner.
I have a Michael Lim Aluminum sub platter and acrylic main platter . Plus a white belt upgrade. I run no mat i prefer that sound.
Don’t bother doing this. Take your Rega arm, or your Rega turntable with the arm intact, to a Rega dealer.
The easy choice. Valid, but not in the spirit of enquiry and discovery, which is how I like to do things.
Best investment is a $5 lapel mic from flea bay.
I would say it's more fornica it would make more sense. It doesn't have any movement probably best to glue on top of the original really. Don't worry about with that silly brace take it off, that's not going to achieve anything probably make it worse! not the right material, if you want to make one just glue them together about 4 millimeter thick that would be a lot better than that steel brace. Then glue it to the table and what they do in the factory drill it all the way through the whole table not this silly little holes, just 2 inch Circular cutter. You could do that for the motor as well make a little short one inch hole and maybe then two half an inch holes next to them behind don't have it touching the main bearing tho and glue it down with a artificial bitumen roof repair water-based you can get it from Wickes grey 5l tin. i would be surprised if the inner platter engineering plastic is not round I mean you could have it checked and skimmed but there's no reason why it shouldn't be the same as a aluminium platter. if you're having this problem you want to get yourself a shelf if it's bouncing around, but best feet is packs of jelly. If you got the money get yourself a Thorens tp92 it's a fantastic arm and is the right way to make an arm with bearing below pivot, and I've seen them for 900£ they do for, a uni pivot tp82 for five hundred might be good choice as well can't really say on that, much better than the Rega the Rega is just a moth arm design so go for a Higher spec moth 4, probably around 500£ if you want to stick with that type of design. Another thing you might like to try is to glue a felt or cork matte underneath the platter give yourself about five millimeter gap from the motor It will deden it down even more
Thanks for taking to time for such an extensive reply. Rega say that the coating is phenolic resin. The Moth arms are just re-badged Rega arms, so no real gains to be had there. I'm unlikely to be changing the arm soon in any case, I just don't have that much disposable income for something that does not get used greatly. However, if you check out video 3 in the series, you will see that I have moved to an all-acrylic setup and I'm very much happier with that.
@@ashtontechhelp no the moth arms are not re badged they were manufacturing before Rega go that design, I don't know what they did they sold them the blueprints or something to Rega. yes phenolic resin is used in the process of formica I've seen these tables they look like formica that is a better material then just phenomic resin on its own. I think they're trying to keep their cards close to their chest if you put formica on the top and bottom and make up a stiffening plate stiffening plate on bottom as well will be much better deck
Thanks to watching your video i managed the replacement without too much headache. I was really afraid to destroy the device. Thank you for sharing!
I'm pleased to have been off some use.
Hi there Where did you get the plinth It looks amazing Thanks Tim
Hi Tim, Try here: srm-tech.co.uk/epages/4c008923-2265-416e-a207-cc9dd8b06028.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/4c008923-2265-416e-a207-cc9dd8b06028/Products/AZU02 not cheap but extremely good, noticeably better than stock. I'm finally happy with the sound. The cork mat is also well worth doing. Controls the ring on the platter very well. I have done a video about this - part 3 of my Rega tweaks and upgrades series.
Take the cartrige off - you know it makes sense. Take a photo of the alignment first.
can you tell the height of the motor brackets ? theyre plastic ?you change the original rubber foot of the sassi ?
If you're speaking of the stand-off pieces, it really depends upon your setup. My turntable had non-standard feet, so it rode at a different height. You have to factor in the height of your feet, the thickness of your disk, the thickness of your rubber anti-slip mat. I just bought a few from eBay for very little money, at different heights, and experimented until I got the correct height. You can usually get 2 or 4 of each length from the same seller, who will then discount the postage. You might also need to use some disks under your turntable feet (sorbothane is best, it's also very sticky when clean, cork or rubber might also work) to alter those by a mm or two. Just need to ensure that everything is non-slip, otherwise you cannot tension the belt.
Wall mount for the win…decoupled motor…see Cheshire Audio.
Completely agree. Not possible in my living room, sadly
@@ashtontechhelp Cheshire has an isolation platform that essentially mimics the SME suspension using o rings instead of springs. You obviously like diy. Build a suspended platform with the decoupled motor poking through the base and the suspended platform or fix it to the base and only poke through the suspended platform…the Rega plinth will take the place of something like the Oracle design’s sub chassis. If you want to make life easy put levelling feet on the base of the platform…3 feet are more stable and require only two of them to effect levelling. See Michael Lim for feet and more. The Rega bearings are plenty good enough stock. If you emulate the Oracle suspension you’ll be miles ahead of many of the RUclips stars mucking about trying to better Rega at their own approach. Imo You were paying for the bearing and motor with the Planars and you’re obviously adventuresome enough to create a suspension similar to the SME table and Oracle using MDF in place of metal and towers. If you wanted to you could laminate the mdf with arborite to maintain a Rega vibe…bad play on words intended. Bon chance!
Your resin sub platter could use a clean …rubber tracks o the rim.
Great video. One year later, how healhy is the X500 please ? No puncture or fragility on the folding areas of the pvc skin ? Thank's a lot
I have used this several times now, this far the folds have not weakened, that I can see. I am careful how I do this though, ensuring that nothing pinches.
You can hook the new wire up to the old and pull in the new wires with the old, like any common electrician would. RCA connectors are not great for carts, as the "shield" carries half of the balanced signal, better use 5-pin DIN or XLR, and have a separate shield for the two balanced signals. The balanced pairs could be twisted for better hum rejection.
Thought I had replied to this - that's a good solution, I may well try this next time. Thanks!
Hi I have same shaver. Batteries seem ok by my on-off button stuck in so it had to run down till the batteries were flat. I gently tapped the unit on the sides to try and make the switch pop out but would not. Any ideas please
Very tiny micro switch that. Best to de-case it so you have access to the circuit board and see if you can manipulate it with a pin or something. Make sure you take the batteries out though. Or, just let it run down and plug it in when you want to use it.
Wow, you got great mileage out of the bodum…!
It's a great machine. If I were not grinding so fine now, I would have kept it. It's now living a happy life with a friend.
How is the new crossover matched to the new drivers? Even the old crossover may not work with the new drivers if they have different characteristics.
It's not matched, as such, at all. It does have switches that appear to change the characteristics but I can't say that i have heard a great deal of difference when making changes, though it's difficult because I don't have someone to assist whilst i listen. However, the original crossover was non-functional, I thought I would give these a go - they were cheap, no great loss if it does not turn out well. In point of fact, most drivers will cross over in more-or-less the same place. Yes, you can optimise. But these do the job, the sound is good, I'm happy. I don't have the technical equipment to test them properly - but the situation is this: The speakers were broken and low quality. Now they are fixed and sound a LOT better. I'm not painting myself as some kind of expert. I'm just a guy, messing with my gear, having some fun along the way. Sometimes I get it right, sometimes I don't.
So you upgraded to a sub platter which looks nice but doesn't spin as well as the original Rega sub-platter. So how is that an upgrade?
Short answer: it isn't. I went back to the original. This series is all about my investigations into what works and what does not. That particular idea did not work.
That tonearm.....RIP.......my condolences!
It's perfectly fine. Sounds great. Drilling the arm is a very common thing to do. Stops it ringing / resonating, as any tube will do, lightens it, does not appreciably reduce the stiffness. Does not look great, there are a couple of scratches where the drill bit slipped but, when mounted they are not visible. The only thing I might like to do is fine litz wire that flexes better. I'm not wild about the heavy pvc jacketing on these.
This is like the storey of Triggers long use broom repairs. I think someone has too much time on their gands. My old rega 3 with the original S shaped arm still works and sounds great without all these unnecessary bodges. A capacitor change is all that is required.
I mean sure, you're not wrong, I could have done nothing and learned nothing in the process. As it is, now that I'm using the acrylic plinth (see the third video), it sounds waaayyy better.
hardly a useful reply, life is surely about continuous improvement vs just "making do"
Didn't know there was a twin-belt pulley. We live and learn. Thanks for reply and good listening!
If the two belts are both driving at 33 speed this is good. However if one belt is on the 33 speed and the other on the 45 speed, then I would assume they would be "fighting against" each other and the RPM would be out. Can check the platter speed with an App called RPM on the iPhone. Apologies if you have thought all this through.
This is the after-market twin-belt pulley, both are running at 33 1/3. However, in a later video I ditched this motor and went for the 24v motor, which comes with the regular pulley. I went back to the single belt.
What a great mod .
Hello sir The trimmer does not work anymore Any advice on how to fix it?
I'm afraid I'm not a repair technician.
Interesting , never thought of putting a rubber band round the platter . I still can't see how using a bracing system is good though , to my mind you are transferring any vibration from the platter support bearing through a metal brace to the pick up arm . But hey maybe I have it all wrong there.
The rubber band did not work, but was interesting to try. The brace is something that Rega do on their latest turntables but I agree, I can see problems with it. Moving to acrylic (see video 3) was the best option.
I saw someone had come up with the idea of placing the motor on an acrylic plate with peg supports attaching it to the flat surface which the table sits on. Completely isolating the motor from the plinth except by its belt.
@@glpilpi6209 yes, I have a similar idea in my second or third video in this series.
SRM Tech sell something similar to the rubber band, the call it a Platter Damping Ring, one of my subscribers tried it, but returned it as he says it made no difference.
I have a GrooveTracer sub platter and it works beautifully.
Very interesting, good for you. Glad to hear it was worth doing and you enjoy them. Jim🏴🙂
I can't believe you watched this already - it's only just gone up!
@@ashtontechhelp just came up as I was having a last look at my phone before bed! Nicely done my friend 👌.