Do It Yourself

Hi tomsguide, I wanted to warn you that Makergeeks.com is scamming customers by delivering unworkable printers. I got their Kossel Mini 3D printer (that you link to as the "best DIY 3d Printer" in your guide here: http://www.tomsguide.com/us/best-3d-printers,review-2236.html ) and it was...

hello i have picked out some things for a audio setup and was wondering how to set it all up and if i need any thing else i have so far i have picked out 1. at2020 Cardioid Condenser Studio Microphone with xlr 2. Nady SMPS-1X 1-Channel 48V Phantom Power Supply 3. Samson SP01 Spider Shockmount...

Can you guys recommend any good and easy DIY ShockMount tutorial for a blue yeti ? cause in my country they are super hard to find :/ Thanks :)

i have a broken mb due to some bent pins. i was wondering about and useful ways i could still use this mb? perhaps salvaging the DVI and usb ports? mb: https://secure.newegg.com/NewMyAccount/LoginAssistance.aspx

Alright, I had an old laptop that died. I have this habit of dismantling every single chip inside before throwing it away. I've got a trove of chips lying around now including RAMS, DVDROMS, Wireless and Bluetooth chips and more. More importantly, I took off a dedicated GeForce GPU. I forgot...

Google Cardboard is a handmade virtual reality experience made of cardboard, lenses, a magnet and some fasteners. Google offers the Cardboard as a low-cost, open-source headset that you can use with your Android smartphone to enjoy a DIY virtual reality experience. Google also offers steps for...

One of the simplest things you can do to make sure that your drone flies perfectly is to balance its props. If the props are not balanced, the heavier blade will cause excessive vibration which will cause extra wear on your motor. It will also make taking any video almost impossible. Balancing...

Hello, good people :) I am having the following drama: Some time ago I was given an old Acer Aspire 5334 with a broken (15.6) screen. It works with an external monitor. At one point I got a second-hand screen and it didn't work. At first it lighted up for a second before going black, but later...

I'm trying to DIY a tailgating set up to run my TV audio through an old car stereo (not installed). The stereo is a Pioneer DEH P-3300 powered by a computer power supply unit (yellow to power, black to ground with the green spliced into the ground). The TV is a 32" Vizio flat panel LED with a...

I know how to put component of a laptop together but I am very bad at knowing what products to buy and where to get them. So I have a few questions I would like to ask and feel free to include any insight you might have: 1) Is it possible to buy the laptop casing (palm rest, lcd, bottom...

I need to replace my iphone 5 camera. Ii was just wondering... can I maybe put in an iphone 5s camera? Has anyone tried this before? Or does anyone know if this is possible?

Hey, I am hoping to start an ambilight project for my 50" TV. I am curious, however, if anyone here have experience using RGB strips which have 60 LEDs per meter - did you experience any problems using this setup? Thanks :D

So I've built a few desktops, but now I need something more portable. I've heard of people putting together barebones laptop systems and I'd like to build my own, in order to customize it my way. This seems like a much harder and more expensive task than building a desktop so I'd like some help...

I am in the market to buy a new laptop for school, and I want to make my purchase around early to mid August. I have always been more of a DIY desktop guy, so I don't really know anything about the laptop industry. Here's what I'm looking for: - Very portable, as in 14 inches or less, pretty...

If you have access to a 3D printer and some technical know-how, you can build your own Google Glass-like frame for less than $200. Build a Google Glass Alternative for $200 : Read more

I am working on an LCD Panel, the only connection I have is the LVDS coming right from the T-Con (specifically: IHDC4LV0.2_W). I need to connect this directly to a coomputer using DVI. I do have a LVDS-DVI-R10 (link) The problem with this is that the pinout is quite different. What options are...

Hello all. So I have a dream. That dream is to have a home media server that can be controlled remotely (tablets, smartphones) that is also capable of serving media to different zones of the house. The goal here is to be able to have four to five different zones that can have the same music...

I have been looking into how to build a netbook from scratch and I can't find any conclusive results. I can't seem to find any barebones netbooks that are 10-13 inches that aren't from the last decade. Could you guys tell me if what I am looking to do is possible? Goal: 10-13" netbook Quad...

I am fed up with paying comcast each month for cable boxes and was wondering if I could instead make my own system with a server that would act as a backend/frontend and two other frontends. I would only like to use one cable card and have DVR functionality so I would like a 4 tuner card. I was...