Author Archives: robertwilkie

Wow that one impressive belt grinder

Posted on May 5, 2017 by robertwilkie

Nice build for a belt grinder.  Would take alot of work to make myself. The Mother of All Belt Grinders  

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Hum…this might be a nice build for Mothers Day

Posted on May 4, 2017 by robertwilkie

Basically you are making a hurricane lamp with a  wine bottle.  I was thinking it might be better to leave a little something more on the bottom wood piece for handles. https://www.instructables.com/id/Candle-in-a-Wine-Bottle/

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Build a simple low pressure air pump

Posted on May 4, 2017 by robertwilkie

Trying to figure out why I would do this over buying one.  Anyways its an interesting build if you have time and materials available. A Home Made Air Pump From PVC Pipe

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Pemcracker, tool to crack encrypted pem files

Posted on May 4, 2017 by robertwilkie

Got ahold of a private key that is encrypted?  Use Pemcracker to brute force it to be unlocked. pemcracker – Tool For Cracking PEM Files

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Use Google to remember where things are

Posted on May 3, 2017 by robertwilkie

OK this was just too funny I had to publish it.  And Ironically I can see myself using this too. https://www.howtogeek.com/296552/how-to-use-google-home-to-remember-where-you-put-your-stuff/ OK this was just too funny I had to publish it.  And Ironically I can see myself using this … Continue reading →

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A poor mans flamethrower

Posted on May 3, 2017 by robertwilkie

Too funny, the author basically chucks a spray bottle into a caulk gun and uses that to push on it for the flame bit. Crazy but works.  Oh and the lighter ducktaped to it is priceless. https://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Flamethrower/

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Another nice looking Smart Mirror

Posted on May 3, 2017 by robertwilkie

Another nice mirror build.  Not so sure where she got a monitor small enough to fit in a 12×12 inch mirror thought. https://www.instructables.com/id/University-of-Cincinnati-CCM-Capstone-Raspberry-Pi/

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How not to secure your stuff on the beach

Posted on May 2, 2017 by robertwilkie

OK I like the idea, its a simple plastic lockbox.  BUT…OK you anchor it to a chair (so I just take the chair).  Also its pretty obvious its something worth taking.  So…maybe for $40 it should come with something like … Continue reading →

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Use a DNS server to improve online safety

Posted on May 2, 2017 by robertwilkie

I have been using OpenDNS.  But it sounds like google is pretty quick too. http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-dns-providers-security/

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3D print out the parts to make a belt sander

Posted on May 2, 2017 by robertwilkie

Nice build.  I think I could cheap this out a bit more too and use a few things that do no need to be printed out.  But overall this is a simple cheap solution for a belt sander.  Adjustable too. … Continue reading →

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