Category: tools

Qbrick System PRO Toolcase foam inlay (WHL #113)

Back after a short training week for work in Köln, and some additional 2000km all over the Ruhr area, the Netherlands, and some B-roads in Belgium. While I prepared videos for my Beach Buggy channel, I simply was too lazy to do the same here, oops :)

Today’s post is about a small box from the Qbrick system (https://www.qbricksystem.com), specifically the toolcase from their “Pro” lineup. We have one of their larger boxes at work for 3D printer filament storage under low-humidity conditions, as recommended by a coworker. The large boxes are really sturdy, and, if one has the space, are genuinely worth their price. […]

12th October 2025 12th October 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment

VEVOR Drill Bits Sharpener 3-13mm Portable Sharpening Angle Grinder Mill Grinder Sharpener with 11 Collets For Factory Workshop (WHL #112)

As indicated lately, my drill bit sharpener journey hasn’t ended with the two diamond wheels that I got for free, but instead I bought a more serious tool. Sure, as always, there are way better devices out that can also handle smaller, or bigger, or specialized drills – but I think this one is more than decent for non-commercial use and surely oversized for what I usually do. It’s easy enough to operate every now and then without reading the manual again (and crashing the first drill inserted), and while it could be smaller and lighter, it’s probably is on the lower end of what a durable sharpener has to weigh in order to survive years and decades unfazed. […]

21st September 2025 22nd September 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment

Multipurpose Drill Bit Grinding Sharpener Wear-Resistant Diamond Grinding for Impact Electric Drill Sharpener Drill Bits (WHL #111)

As evident by me not posting last week or the week before (shame!), my current priorities aren’t so much on the electronics DIY side. However, I do have a cool drill bit sharpener presentation coming up, and I just realized that I can contrast this with some utter crap that I already bought a year ago. Meet: The drill-powered drill bit sharpener

Okay, first things first: Bought in August of 2024 for 7.28€, received it, had a good laugh at that turd, made a short video (down below) to ask for a refund, and got to keep it afterwards. So including the 1€ “late delivery” coupon that was ubiquitous at the time, I came out okay financially and also no drill bit was hurt in the process. […]

24th August 2025 24th August 2025 By Bzzz In 1 Comment

20pcs/set 0.3mm-1.6mm Mini High Speed Steel Twist Drill Bit Set Micro HSS drill bit set with Case (WHL #110)

There’s this saying attributed to Albert Einstein:

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

So if I wanted to replace a mini drill bit set because many drills are already missing, and the replacement set is fake and only consists of a fraction of the advertised drill sizes – what do I do?

Exactly.

I order the very same thing again, just from a different seller, and expect a complete set of drill bits

So, here’s what I ordered:

I own pretty much the same item, but with an orange base. […]

3rd August 2025 3rd August 2025 By Bzzz In No Comment

1pcs 15mm*10m Adhesive Basic Decoration Masking Tape Stickers Rainbow Color Washi Tapes Set for Gift Album Diary (WHL #101)

“Tool” time today – almost an editorial note, but then the Chinese had a laugh at what I ordered.

With the (basically) fully-working Ender5++ light box, it’s easy to take photos of small to medium sized items 24/7 with consistent quality. One thing that still bothered me, though, was the auto white balance feature of GIMP. Generally works well for colorful items, but can be totally off for objects that only have colors along the white-gray-black axis with no major amount of RGB. Stuff like the white doorbell (WHL #98), the black test print cap in (#E20F3), or the shiny silvery-metal USB drive in (WHL #45) are good examples. […]

14th July 2024 7th July 2024 By Bzzz In No Comment

TOMLOV DM9 Max 10.1″ HD IPS HDMI Digital Microscope 1500X 20MP Coin Microscopio Magnifier Soldering Microscopes For Repairing (WHL #100)

Aah. Looks like #100 is finally here.

So why not spend a hundred bucks and buy something nice? Something that I’ve been thinking about for quite some time now, but with the professional options up in the thousands of Euros, and the cheapo versions (for a tenner, or two) making my skin crawl?

Well, here’s my new digital microscope, a Tomlov brand DM9 Max. Apparently pretty new, only released in the last month or so. Couldn’t even find it on Amazon, eBay or (whoa) a regular shop in Germany, so I ordered directly from Tomlov via AliExpress. […]

16th June 2024 16th June 2024 By Bzzz In 2 Comments

YIHUA 850AD Digital Display Hot Air Desoldering Station: Power inlet + power switch retrofit (WHL #85F1)

Small-ish update on the Yihua hot air station: Standby power draw is now zero!

But as is common, things weren’t quite as straight-forward as I had hoped for. Let’s start with a quick teardown of the unit, as promised. The lid is uneventful in that it has the same color on the inside as it does on the outside – and surprise, surprise, the holes go straight through Other than that, most of the chassis space is taken up by the pump, which is very reminiscent of the unit of the Toolcraft hot air station at work, even the sizing of the cable ties. […]

25th June 2023 16th July 2023 By Bzzz In No Comment

YIHUA 850AD Digital Display Hot Air Desoldering Station Air Pump Can Adjust Temperature Heat Gun SMD Phone Soldering Station (WHL #85)

I got a (reasonably) big box from China!

Since changing jobs, I’m in the process of buying tools that I dearly miss – some of them are no longer easily accessible in the new place, some aren’t available at all, and some are so darn useful, I should have bought a unit for myself at home ages ago. A hot air station checks the last two boxes, since my regular 2000W hot air gun is certainly useful for like removing stickers or preheating boards, but temperature regulation clearly isn’t good enough for soldering. So…I bought a Yihua 850AD. […]

5th March 2023 5th March 2023 By Bzzz In No Comment

Dremel 575 Right Angle Attachment (WHL #78)

I recently got a Dremel 575 90° adapter for tackling a problem that would have been much easier to solve in 4D space – and I returned it the next day for a new unit. It was running pretty rough due to the input shaft actually wobbling around by a millimeter, but even with that fixed in the second unit, it still has a very harsh, grinding, mechanical sound to it. I do not dare to run this at full speed of my 35krpm Dremel 4000, although the one-page manual does not specify any restrictions.

(I know, colors are off, I twiddled with the camera settings on my recent vacation…that made me miss a blog post on top of that!) […]

11th September 2022 12th September 2022 By Bzzz In No Comment

3 Speeds Electric Rotating Display Stand Mirror 360 Degree Turntable Jewelry Holder Battery for Photography Video Shooting Props (WHL #62)

We haven’t had a stock product presentation for a while, so why not start 2021 with something new from China… [bitter 2020 stares from the crowd]

Well, for the PCB Tree I figured a 360° view would be nice. I know it does have some ugly holes, but every naturally grown tree has these. Why not get something that not only offers a spinning platter for stop-motion tricks, but instead rotates something on display on its own?

Bought on AliExpress on 12th of December, 8.73€ including shipping, delivered on January 8th – that was a quick one! […]

24th January 2021 1st February 2021 By Bzzz In 1 Comment