February 2017

Inside the TESLA Model S Battery

    jehugarcia shows us what is Inside the TESLA Model S Battery. There are lots of bolts holding the battery pack together. Why are they ripping apart this huge battery? To make smaller battery packs to power other electric cars. As you can see from the video this pack is built like a tank. It is not meant to be services since it is all glued together. With a bit

DIY Plasma Cutter Notcher

  Make it Extreme shows us how he built this DIY Plasma Cutter Notcher. The video shows the interesting build process. The end result is a great looking jig that handles the plasma cutter with precision.  End end result is a compact machine that can easily make very repeatable pipe notches and cuts.    

UNI-T UT61E Backlight Touch Mod

    CubeAMSPro100 has completed a UNI-T UT61E Backlight Touch Mod which adds some interesting features to the UNI-T meter. With a wave of a hand over the top of the meter he can now command the backlight to turn on or off. This isn’t a simple hack and it involved installing a custom PCB to handle the magic.  

Add LED Backlight to a LCD Display

  Kerry Wong shows us how he makes some of his older gear a bit more usable by increasing the readability of the displays by Adding LED Backlight to the LCD Display. Turns out the LCD used some low intensity 5mm LEDs that were simply mounted in a way such that the light was directed through the rear of the display.