Unicycle
This is a project I worked on last semester and finished sometime around April 2010. I can’t actually ride a unicycle yet, but at least now I have one to practice with. I machined the fork structure,...
View ArticleLamb Roasting
Today I made a shovel. for digging a pit for coals Charles Guan and I then hacked together a lamb spit. Motor is 1 RPM synchronous, 115 V AC. Torque is a bit limited, so we will see how it works. lamb...
View Articlerandom thank you gift
I applied for grad schools last semester and cool people wrote letters of recommendation for me. This is the thank you gift i decided to make for these cool people. brass mobius strip I started with a...
View ArticleTaking apart the controls of a scanning electron microscope
Recently my friend Ilan happened upon the control consul for an old scanning electron microscope on reuse. At MIT it is common for people and labs to post stuff to reuse@mit.edu, which means that it is...
View ArticleSawing Plywood
lol, animated gifs. I am currently fixing up my room. Below I am sawing boards for closet shelving.
View ArticleTake Flight for Kids
Today Tom and I brought some of our unique vehicles to the annual Take Flight for Kids festival held at the Reid Hillview Airport. Also exhibiting with us were tons of custom hotrod builders, model...
View Articlesalt shaker
For some reason it is fun to make salt shakers. Here is one I started three and a half years ago and finished over the weekend. It consists of a section of Delrin tube sandwiched between two sheets of...
View Articletop bar beehive
Almost two years ago, a friend of mine wanted help building a top bar bee hive with these instructions http://www.buzzaboutbees.net/support-files/how_to_build_a_tbh.pdf, so I thought I would build one...
View ArticleHome Energy Mods
Over the past year, I’ve undertaken two big modifications to my house to help decrease our usage of natural gas, by increasing our usage of renewable electricity. The first was to install a ductless...
View ArticleHonda Element Camper
I have been slowly working on this micro-camper build for years now, so this blog post is long overdue. This is actually my third iteration and by far the one I am happiest with. My goal was to have a...
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