Outside engineering
Hobbies
Photography, hi-fi audio and vinyl, and the hardware I pull apart on weekends. None of it is professional work. It is where the same curiosity goes when there is no specification to meet.
Audio and workshop
Hardware Diagnostics & Repair
Full teardowns, thermal compound replacement, drive servicing, and OS-level software repair.
ASUS ROG Gaming Laptop
Full disassembly · Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet PTM reapplication · software repair · SSD repair
MSI Gaming Laptop
Full clean · Arctic MX-6 thermal paste reapplication · software repair · SSD repair
ASUS Laptop
Full clean · Arctic MX-6 thermal paste reapplication · software repair · SSD repair
Acer Laptop
Full clean · Arctic MX-6 thermal paste reapplication · software repair · SSD repair
Zotac RTX 3090
Full card clean · Thermal Grizzly PhaseSheet PTM reapplication · software repair
Beats Headphone
Driver inspection · cable re-termination
DVD Player
Internal inspection · full disc drive disassembly · laser sled cleaning · mechanism lubrication
High-Fidelity Audio
Rega Planar 2 · Creek CD43 Mk2 · Luxman K-205 Cassette DeckAnalog and digital lossless audio hardware chain.
Rega P2 · Creek CD43 Mk2 · Luxman K-205
Bedroom signal chain · turntable, CD player, cassette deck
Rega Planar 2 + Vinyl
AT-VM95ML cartridge · belt-drive deck · 33⅓ RPM
Workshop Infrastructure
Built with a housemate over a weekend.Collaborative mechanical fabrication and workstation infrastructure.
Heavy-Duty Workbench
Co-built with EE housemate · supports mechanical + electronics testing loads