Sunset on the Ocean
Picture of the sunset I took on our last cruise. One of my favorite parts of going on a cruise is taking pictures of the ocean with nothing else in the photo.
Router Table Cart
I inherited a Bosch router table and router that belonged to my wife’s dad. It had never been used, and all the router accessories were still in there bags. I first used this router table on the book case project, and it worked well except for the fact that I had to prop it into some saw horses. So I decided to make a cart for it to sit on. I installed the bottom shelf onto one of the sides…
Moon Lit Ocean
Bathroom Shelf
My wife wanted a bathroom shelf so we could de-clutter the counter top. I started by going into Google Sketchup and drawing up some plans. I went with some dados for joinery of the shelves, pocket holes for the top screw plate, and fastened the 1/4 inch plywood with brads. I had a 1″x12″ 8′ foot pine shelving board laying around. I tried to mark out my pieces to get the best out of the board, trying to avoid the…
98 Tacoma Alternator Rebuild
After a little over 300,000 miles on my 1998 Toyota Tacoma, the alternator finally died this week. A re-manufactured one is around $130, so I decided to rebuild mine. There are a couple ways to do this, one is to get an alternator brush set like the one I got from O’Reilly Auto Parts (P/N:32–0123) for $5. Or, you can get the Toyota kit that comes with the entire brush carrier assembly (around $20). Shield Removal You need to remove…
2013 Mustang GT Trunk Light Mod
I have had my 2013 Mustang for about 3 months now, and put 3,000 miles on it. I have really enjoyed the car, but one thing that is lacking is the trunk lighting. The trunk is lit by a single festoon lamp at the very rear of the car, low to the trunk floor. The light is very easily blocked by most anything. A popular mod is a LED bar/strip attached to the roof of the trunk, but I have not found a very good how-to, so…
Dome Light Dimmer
I have been trying to replicate the interior light functions of some of the newer cars for some time now. I like how they stay on after the door is closed and then fade away. This is also called theater lighting. This circuit is based around the ever usefull 555 timer, and an N channel MOSFET. I am building this for my 1969 Chevelle. Dakota Digital has something similar, but I didn’t want to spend $200 on it. I am working on replicating…