A little while back, I asked my friend, Jacob, if he would make me a crucible and some tongs for my metal casting setup. His Snap-On welder is far superior to my Home Depot Special (which claims that it can…
Here's some engraving I did recently on the LCD border for The Clacker PC I'm sure any "real" engraver would laugh at this method, but I think it's a great trick for the hobbyist to add some eye-candy to a…
Don't you hate how tool companies change the design of the batteries on their cordless power tools every 2-3 years, forcing you to buy entirely new tools because they've discontinued your old batteries? Yeah me too. Instead of throwing away…
Hey everybody, Last week I had a film crew from Germany's ZDF/3sat network come to the house to film a segment for Neues, a popular tech show. They wanted a day-in-the-life-of sort of approach so I took them down to…
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 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…
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…
