Recent content by phunguss

Have a look around the Surplus Shed, maybe you can find some optical lenses that may work.

Here is a Penny and circuit board to compare. Penny close up Circuit board wide and close up I think that is pretty good for $6.

Granted if you can find the right parts, there is NO Maths or calculations needed for this method. No 3D printing. Parts: - Old enlarger (Free Geek $5) - Old webcam (Free Geek $1) - Selfie light (Free Geek - FREE) - small piece of flat metal to hold the selfie ring light above the lens (not...

Without knowing the real peaks and valleys, it may be best to just get a lock pick set and pick it... then once you have access to the lock, you can find a blank and grind a key (or 3D print one). I don't know if they only made 17 versions and somewhere, someone else's key will work on yours.

Photo of the key socket? Blade or round?

I have a little turntable that I can program the speed on to take photos for photogrammetry. Programmed with an arduino to run a stepper motor, I originally built it for use with my Creality Scan Ferret 3D scanner. The software for the scanner works best on windows, and I rearranged my office...

I have a few 17" Apple Studio Display M7649 on hand. I bought another one with a broken stand. When I got it home, it would power on, but not illuminate. I have another one that comes on but then powers off after 5-10 seconds. So with two bad ones, I was hoping to piece together one good...

A little google work should find you links like these: 2004 G5 PSU pinout Wrong direction, but general info is good.

More photos and a description of this journey will be appreciated!

Finally added an eMac to my collection... time to model and build miniatures at 48 (not printed yet) and 22 percent (photo side by side). Old speakers from an old 2006-2008 iMac will work great for the 48 percent size. Experimenting with speaker grille hole sizes.

You may have to disassemble those original DVD drives and lubricate/revive the rubber roller. Or abandon them and install a slimline slot load from an old iMac. See this thread.

Here is a maintenance manual. It does not sound like yours are "flashes" as they are defined as 1/4 second. If it is slow pulsing, not sure what that could be. Two Flashes: No memory is installed or detected. Troubleshooting: Make sure the RAM is securely in its slots. If no memory is...

I have a beige G3 Desktop. Stock CPU was a 266MHz G3. I found a G4 400-500MHz zif in a Blue & White G3 that would not boot (Free Geek project purchase). I was able to get the G4 to 533MHz and it is stable. It does get quite warm, so I thought it would be best to add some active cooling. I...

These from eBay work great, exact fit.

Stopped by Free Geek Minneapolis last week and found this Quicksilver $10 project. Labeled "Won't boot to any external media, For parts / project HDD, RAM removed $10" I can't say no, so I took it home. I threw in a single 256MB DIMM and a mechanical hard drive from another old G4 and powered...