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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A beginner’s first NAS: unboxing the UGREEN DH2300, setting up RAID 1, copying retro ROMs over SMB and exploring the UGOS Pro apps.
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The cabin workshop gets an insulated floating floor, a grey painted finish chosen for filming, and its own consumer unit fed from the house.
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The cabin studio gets insulated walls, plasterboard, a boarded ceiling and brilliant white paint, ready for the floor and electrics.
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I completely strip down a non-working Presonus Eris 3.5 Generation 1 studio monitor and replace its failing electrolytic capacitors to repair a problem where the monitor speakers were not working. The Eris 1 was not powering on and seemed dead. The stock caps were cheap, low-quality parts that had become faulty from heat. As one…
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The garage conversion wasn’t allowed without planning permission, so Seth and I built a garden workshop instead. Here’s how it went from soil to watertight.