what is 775 motor

775 motor

what is 775 motor

The 775 motors are direct current motors used in many projects and which I think are very little known to people.

When we talk about this type of motor, the 775 refers to the size of the motor that is standard. Thus we can find 775 manufactured by different brands, with different operating voltages and different power, with 1 set of bearings or two. But what they all respect is the size of the motor.

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catapult toy for children

Toy catapult

catapult toy for children

Let’s see how to make this simple catapult for children made with clothespins and ice cream sticks. It is designed for children. To spend time with them building it and then playing at launching different types of projectiles.

We will take the opportunity to explain different concepts and data about catapults in history and in wars depending on the age of the child.

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homemade drainer for single-dose coffee capsules

Waste bin or drainer for pod coffee maker capsules

homemade drainer for single-dose coffee capsules

I am going to teach you how to make a pod coffee maker waste bin that is extremely simple but very effective. It is so simple that I doubted whether to do a tutorial or not, because it is not a step by step, it is a single step. But I love these day-to-day solutions that anyone can do with everyday objects

But what is clear is that everyone who has a capsule coffee machine, in my case the Dolce Gusto, cannot throw the capsule in the trash for various reasons. Because we pollute and because it is emptying little by little and the garbage is dripping.

You will love our DIY dehumidifier

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A DIY dessicant dehumidifier

Home DIY dehumidifier

Simple and homemade, without any electronics or mechanisms. We are going to make a dehumidifier so that it captures the humidity of our closets, rooms or wherever we want.

How to make a home DIY dehumidifier

We can talk about 2 types of dehumidifiers:

  • Desiccants using calcium chloride or Silica Gel
  • With compressor and condensers

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How to reuse an old computer using Linux

Recovering an old Linux computer

computer that comes to life thanks to a lightweight Linux distribution

I continue with the repairs of PC and devices although this cannot be considered in itself a repair. But it is something that they ask me more and more. Install some operating system that makes them work on computers with old hardware.

And although I tell you a little about the decisions I have made in this specific case, it can be extended much more. I will try to update and leave what I have done every time the case is presented.

Follow the series of articles on computer repair. Common things that anyone can fix in our house like when the computer turns on but you don’t see anything on the screen.

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Exploded view and useful parts of a DVD CD player

DIY projects to recycle a CD/DVD reader

Today it is common to have old CD or DVD players at home that we no longer use and are a great source of hardware for our DIY projects.

Exploded view and useful parts of a DVD CD player

I will disassemble a CD player to see the pieces that we can take advantage of and leave a list of very interesting (Instructable) projects that can be done with each of the pieces. The links are projects in English, but little by little I will try to reproduce them and leave you all the documentation in Spanish.

This model is quite old. I think it still works, but since I have 6 or 7 more it has been sacrificed for the article 🙂

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