Here are some quick snapshots of my new PC, "The Clacker", named in honor of the "clacker" characters in the Bruce Sterling/William Gibson novel, The Difference Engine. I had hoped to finish this PC in time for the Oxford Steampunk…
Hello everyone, the poster below says just about everything so I won't retype it all, but the one thing it doesn't say is that I'll be showing a large new project, a full PC/ LCD/ Keyboard/Mouse combo like the Archbishop....but…
Hello fellow tinkerers, I recently needed to rabbet a thin groove into a piece of wood to sink a piece of glass into. On a straight cut this is a very simple task that can be achieved with a table…
I watched Warehouse 13 the other night and thought the show was rather good! If I had to describe it, I guess I'd say it's "X-Files mixed with the old Friday the 13th TV series, with a splash of Eureka".…
Hey everyone, The SciFi Channel's new Warehouse 13 TV show contacted me a while back to do some prop work for them and one of my keyboards is featured in the show (the Sojourner keyboard I built for my girlfriend…
Here's a method I discovered that helps to keep your drill press chuck key from wandering away. Home Depot and Lowes sell a small $.99 gadget called a "Pencil Pull" (teeheeheehee ok, keep it together, Doc) which is a small, …
Hello Everyone, Here are some pics of the foundry furnace I've been building to melt aluminum and brass. I started with a kit from Lionel's Lab, which I found to be of very high quality and very easy to assemble.…
And now for something completely different.... a Scrabble keyboard! This keyboard was commissioned by a couple of friends of mine from back east (NJ) who are avid Scrabble players. Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that…
This is a PC/LCD/Keyboard/"Mouse" combo built using some of the more attractive design elements of the Gothic school of architecture. The LCD lives inside a scratch-built Gothic arch with quatrefoil designs and stained-glass doors. The PC case features the same…
