Workshop & Tools
The tools behind the repairs: soldering stations, multimeters, HDMI microscopes, thermal cameras, ultrasonic cleaners, 3D printers and laser cutters, tested on real retro repair jobs, plus workshop builds and studio kit fixes.
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The machine doing the work was the Anycubic Kobra X, which arrived as sponsored hardware. It is a four colour filament changing printer that does not need a separate multi material box bolted to the side of your desk, and that turned out to matter more than I expected. Building the Anycubic Kobra X (the…
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Making my own Personal Streaming Retro Gaming Server When UGREEN NAS sent over the NASync DXP4800 GT along with four Seagate IronWolf drives, I originally thought this would be a fairly straightforward NAS review. A bit of file storage. Maybe some media streaming. The usual sort of thing. Then I realised this powerful box has:…
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My microphone worked in Windows 11 and Audacity, but DaVinci Resolve recorded silence. If you’ve recently updated DaVinci Resolve Studio and suddenly discovered that voiceover recording has stopped working, you’re not alone. It happened to me after upgrading from DaVinci Resolve Studio 20 to the public release of DaVinci Resolve 21. The frustrating part was…
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From e-waste to a 55 inch light-gun arcade
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Zak had never touched a 3D printer. I gave him the Bambu Lab A1 Combo and the manual to see how beginner friendly it really is.