Month: June 2006

Fix an Xbox… with a mint tin

Fix an Xbox… with a mint tin

Dirkus writes – “This altoids tin can help you replace an Xbox’s hard drive without any pesky modifications to the Xbox. It reads the EEPROM off in a fraction of a second, so you can feed it to whatever Xbox drive restoring/locking program you’re using and drop a new drive in the console and get […]

PCB creation process

PCB creation process

Bob posted up a follow up to the previous PCB post – his photo resist PCB process – “Don’t be scared away with this method. It’s easy! The only thing I do different is I use regular ordinary fluorescent lights ($8.00 at WalMart for a small fixture with bulb). Exposure times go from 90 seconds […]

Condo-Q (DIY Smoker)

Condo-Q (DIY Smoker)

Weconway wasn’t allow to have a BBQ at his condo, so he made a DIY smoker – “The bottom pot is a 14″ terra cotta pot from Wal-Mart. The hot plate inside was an all-metal 1500W unit I bought on E-bay. The Char-Broil grill thermometer and 13.5″ smoker grate came from Home Depot. I got […]