Monthly Archives: October 2022

Shooting Sports

JH Mini-Bubble Machine

While not my usual shooting sport or high-tech home gadget, I got a pair of these bubble machines for an upcoming Autumn Festival at my kid’s school. This device is an inexpensive way to add fun to any kids party, wedding, or event. It runs off a 5v USB power adapter cable that comes with the box or it can run portable for about a day off 4xAA batteries.

It even comes with packs bubble solution concentrate to dilute with water to create your own bubble fluid. Or you can simply use diluted dishwashing detergent or bubble bath shampoo. Just pour it into the open reserver at the base of the unit and it should last about 10-20 minutes before needing to be refilled.

It also comes with a 2xAAA 1-button control that can turn the unit on remotely for use in stage productions, or I suppose a prank. The unit also features two blue LED lights at the front so you can use the unit at night for a Halloween or Christmas display in your yard, though additional flood lights would probably be recommended.

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Product Reviews

Leather Repair Tape

Pleather or Faux-Leather is a synthetic coated fabric that looks and almost feels like real leather. It is soft, flexible, and waterproof. While not as durable as leather it is a whole lot cheaper. This is why its used in the “Leather” Kylo Wren jacket sold at the Disney Store that I bought as a Christmas present for my wife in 2020.

The jacket developed small tears on the shoulder and have started showing the start of tears under the collar. Fortunately Pleather repair tape is readily available from fabric stores, hobby shops, and Amazon.

Unfortunately the repair project failed when she first tried it on the next day. The repair patches held up too well. They didn’t stretch in the same way as the underlying fabric and tore away from the jacket leaving an even larger tear than before. Lesson learned, don’t try to repair a cheaply made jacket.

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Gadgets, Product Reviews, Shooting Sports

PST35 Pistol Sight Tool

Feagle/Feyachi marketing sent me their PST35 sight tool to test and evaluate. These rigs are sometimes called “sight pushers” because there are a series of screws and plates designed to gently push off the rear iron-sights of pistol which are attached by dovetail groove and retained by pressure/tension.

This appears similar to the US made RockYourGlock sight-pusher tool. But the PST35 offers a hidden advantage. The handle of the pusher block is also a front-sight wrench, which can loosen the small bolt under your slide which holds a Glock’s front sight in place.

The PST35 is a pretty sizable rig/frame and large adjustment knobs. The frame has holes to screw/mount it on a work bench though in practice the process of sight removal or adjustment can be done purely hand-held. The frame appears to be mostly aluminum with steel screws so it seems quite robust.

After removing the slide from your pistol, you loosen the PST35 plates, and position your pistol slide in the center of the rig. After tightening the holding plates and securing the slide, you turn the main handle which pushes your rear sight off its dovetails and off your slide (depending on the design of your sights, be sure to loosen any set screws before attempting).

Installing sights is a revers of the process. The PST35 sight pusher has measurement markings (which appear to me in millimeters) to assist in aligning your sights. This is how you would also adjust your sights to properly align them for aiming your pistol.

This is a well built and useful tool if and when you need to change or adjust your sights. But like many specialty gunsmithing tools, this probably won’t be often or more than once for a typical gun owner. I suspect that this will probably get used most often when your gun buddies ask to borrow it for their new toy.

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