Several years ago I watched a viral YouTube video that starred Jerry the Dachshund, whose engineer owner had built him his very own automated ball launcher. I had two dogs...
Posted by Dean Segovis
Categories: Woodworking, Fun & Games | 4 Comments
I have owned several shop vacuum cleaners, but regardless of the make, I never liked the way the casters worked. They never rolled where I wanted them to. When I...
Posted by Bill Wells
Categories: Tools | No Comments
At the last minute this Halloween we decided to decorate in a creepy carnival theme with the goal of not spending too much money on decorations to save more for...
Posted by keith corcoran
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Lighting makes an event, and candles transform the mundane into the extraordinary. These glass jar lanterns are beautiful hanging from a tree, or from chain across a deck. Pick any...
Posted by Brookelynn Morris
Categories: Craft, Art & Design, Home | No Comments
People appear symmetrical, but even the most perfect human face shows irregularities if we compare the left side with the right. Perhaps this is why the absolute, rigid symmetry of...
Posted by Charles Platt
Categories: Furniture | No Comments
When assembling a proper laboratory, the gentleman or lady experimenter should be sure to include a Wimshurst electrostatic generating machine. This device will serve tirelessly in investigations into the field...
Posted by Jake von Slatt
Categories: Electronics | No Comments
You could buy a dinky, ready-made kit with a short zip line for kids, but why not make your own industrial-strength zip line that will support the heaviest of neighbors?...
Posted by Dave Mabe
Categories: Fun & Games | 1 Comment
Computers add binary numbers constantly, but we never see how. This elegant machine does the math using glass marbles. I started building marble track machines years ago using Lego. I...
Posted by Matthias Wandel
Categories: Electronics, Woodworking | No Comments
What keeps your coffee warm but also rides the cold Pacific surf? What’s in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame but makes an annoying, squeaky sound? Even though it’s...
Posted by Bob Knetzger
Categories: Tools, Home, Workshop | No Comments
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