» Archive for March, 2013

12Mar Nasty Clamp rigidity test, will it support a large flash?

In an effort to test the rigidity of the Nasty Clamp, I mounted a Canon 580 ex II flash with batteries at an angled position and left it on the Nasty Clamp over night. This is basically the same test I ran with the Actionpod. The flash with batteries works out to ruffly 3 pounds […]

09Mar Samsung Google Chromebook – First impressions

For the last few years the wife and I have used an Asus Netbook for quick internet access and e-mail from the couch. The little atom processor inside was just fast enough to handle basic stuff, but it would start to chock when more then 5 browser tabs were open at the same time. The netbook did […]

08Mar Nasty Clamps – First impressions

I posted a little while ago about the Actionpod and a few of you mentioned that it looked very similar to the Nasty Clamp. Until that point I hadn’t heard much about Nasty Clamp, so I thought it might be a good time to give them a try. The Nasty Clamp is a flexible squeeze clamp mounting solution […]

01Mar Antique 1940’s Radio rebuild update

All of the internals have been stripped out of that old 1940’s radio i picked up. The speaker grill material was in pretty bad shape so I had to order replacement cloth online. The single 15 inch speaker was also in pretty bad shape and the mount used for it was custom cut for the […]