The Garage Journal

Time 2020-07-22 04:04:47

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So, I can t seem to get out of my nerd build phase. I ve moved on from keyboards and strange little TVs to unmanned aerial vehicles. Essentially, these are model airplanes with onboard computers that are programmed to fly very long distances and perform a number of different mission objectives. More on that later But in doing all of this, I ve become a bit of a crimp tool connoisseur. Crimping heavier gauge wire with automotive terminals is easy even for a cheap tool. But crimping small 24awg wire with 2.54mm connectors is not. I know cuz I ve tried just about every cheap ass crimping tool out there.Recently, I broke down and bought this. Holy hell gentlemen I didn t believe the hype and now I m a hype beast. It s so, so good. And the thing is, the tool isn t really made all that well. It feels almost cheap in the hand, but the dies are something special. If you do a lot of fine wiring work, get these you won t be disappointed.Not a sponsored post. A few years ago, I bought a TP Tools blast cabinet for the hot rod shop. I liked it so much that soon after, I contacted TP to let them know how I pleased I was. In turn, that lead to a sponsorship of The Garage Journal that has lasted ever since.In any case, I figured it was about time I showed TP some more love and featured their latest cabinet the 9736. Essentially, this one is very similar to my own only larger and perfectly sized for the automotive guy that needs to blast a lot of wheels and larger items. Plus, it s made in the USA.Details here. I had a bunch of spare parts left over from two other tech projects and decided to make a TV sort of. It s actually a little all-in-one computer that s coded to automatically loop and play videos that are loaded onto a thumb drive. And while it s capable of sound, I am using it as a sort of art piece on my shelf with the sound on mute.In any case, enjoy Well that took a while It s a long story, but Stedlin and I have been talking for a few weeks now about both sponsoring the Garage Journal and becoming Alliance Vendors. After a folly of weeks due to my over-active spam filter and Covid fallout, we were finally able to hook up and now, you can save 25% off of Stedlin goods and get free shipping on orders of over $25. If you are an alliance member, you can get your discount code here.Anyway, I actually have one of their couplers in my shop and they are worth the pretty penny they ask for em. They connect and disconnect easily and leaking is not an issue. Put simply, they do what you want them to do when you want them to do it. These are not big box store couplers and if you area a daily shop guy you will appreciate that more than you might realize. A friend of mine that works at NASA recently stumbled across an old standards manual for wire junctions. Essentially, these were the standards that NASA labs used from Gemini on up through the Shuttle era. And I thought some of you might find it as fascinating as I did. You can download the manual here.However, if you aren t a space nerd and don t have the patience for the level of decoding required in the manual, there is an easy way out. Make magazine must have found the same document and actually did a video on soldering the NASA way. You can check it out above

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