All the random general projects
27 December 2022 13 min read 1,309 views
After lots of small changes to our usage, device upgrades and replacing some old household appliances, our energy usage is around 45% lower
20 April 2021 3 min read 2,253 views
Yet more scammers using emails claiming to be from a certified photographer who says your website has copyrighted images hosted
24 October 2020 10 min read 12,589 views
Everyone needs some fibre in their diet and we have added more to the home network using 10Gb Fibre to connect our computers and Synology network storage devices via a MikroTik CRS309-1G-8S+IN network switch
17 October 2020 18 min read 3,113 views
In March I damaged my lower spine when working on our allotment resulting in a herniated disk at the base of my spine pressing into the nerves causing bad pain with sciatica during covid lockdown
23 September 2020 7 min read 11,241 views
See how I restored a pair of old Record Vise No 1 and No 2 models from rusty to shiny
17 March 2020 9 min read 2,831 views
Antennas vaporising, telephone sockets launching across the room. What happens when lightning strikes a house?
29 November 2019 7 min read 2,608 views
The steps we take when designing a new product to sell
04 October 2019 8 min read 2,173 views
Looking at ways to reduce electricity consumption, help the environment and save some money.
02 October 2019 2 min read 3,995 views
Building a wooden storage rack for the hand tools in our workshop.
16 July 2019 7 min read 9,836 views
Some of our electrical equipment was transmitting on random frequencies where it shouldn’t and causing problems with our broadband internet with REIN interference
05 July 2019 1 min read 10,876 views
Our Ford sync 3 system in the car has a random interference issue which makes very loud white noise from speakers
02 June 2019 4 min read 4,418 views
Upgrades to our CNC Mill with a new driver and motor controller improvements
04 April 2018 9 min read 3,271 views
Building websites, taking photos and running an e-commerce electronics shop.
28 August 2017 2 min read 4,839 views
Fixing the end float on our milling machine with new threaded adapters
21 February 2017 10 min read 3,159 views
A photo history of all my previous cars and bikes
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Welcome to my blog, here you will find my projects and other things. I make websites and manufacturer and sell expansion boards for the Raspberry Pi range of computers.
You can see where I live on my local community website, Virtual Swanage.