Past Projects

11 Projects
The Mars Clock

The Mars Clock

Have you ever wanted to know what the time was where you are? How about in another location? How about another planet?! Well, that was the idea behind the Mars Clock. Now you can know what time it is in Boca Chica, Texas AND on Mars!

Oak Egg Cups

Oak Egg Cups

Having a few hours to spare in the workshop lets you just create something that you don't have to think too hard about building.

Laura Kampf Inspired Bench-top "Portable" Workbench

Laura Kampf Inspired Bench-top "Portable" Workbench

Inspired by Laura Kampf and the numerous Roubo workbenches out there, this will tide me over until I can make the time to build a full-size Roubo bench.

World of Warcraft themed Bottle Opener (For the Alliance!)

World of Warcraft themed Bottle Opener (For the Alliance!)

As a birthday gift for my buddy, I decided to create something inspired by something we both used to play a LOT of, World of Warcraft.

Cedar Karate Belt Rack

Cedar Karate Belt Rack

For my son's birthday, I'm building him a belt rack for his Karate. As he progresses through the Kyu, each of the retired belts will be strapped to the rack as a record of his achievement.

Samurai Carpenter Inspired Sharpening Station

Samurai Carpenter Inspired Sharpening Station

Samurai Carpenter Inspired Sharpening Station for my waterstones that rattle around my workshop

My Novel: Benjamin Sorrow

My Novel: Benjamin Sorrow

In 2016 I published my first novel, Benjamin Sorrow: One for Sorrow. This is available from all good book stores and as an eBook download on Amazon.

Building Devi's Box - A Game of Tak

Building Devi's Box - A Game of Tak

Something I've wanted to build for a while was the board game, Tak. This is featured in the King Killer Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss and I built it for my wife's birthday present in 2016.

Found Footage: My old Robots

Found Footage: My old Robots

In 2010 I found some old footage of a couple of robots I built, to varying degrees of completeness. One was a development platform I was going to use and the other was a small Line Following Robot built from CDs and PIC micro-controllers.

Rebuilding an iRobot Roomba Battery

Rebuilding an iRobot Roomba Battery

Back in 2010 (or there about's) I decided to replace the battery cells in a Roomba battery. I was going through a time-lapse phase, so set up my Canon 350d and an interval timer and this is the result.

Defeating a Yale Lock (Old video)

Defeating a Yale Lock (Old video)

Wow, this video takes me back to 2006! At my last house the lock on the garage door had some "slop" and I recorded my first video showing how to open doors like this with a plastic credit card.

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