Last weekends project: cookbook/tablet stands. The boys and I built these cookbook/tablet stands for all the important ladies in our lives. They are holiday gifts so I didn’t want to post pictures of the project until everybody got their gift. Yesterday was our Irish Christmas bash, and the gifts have been distributed, so now I …
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Halo ODST Armor; Part 1
Got started on our Halo ODST armor. We are using EVA foam. We are pretty excited about it!
Match Stick Cannon
Match Stick Cannon; Part 1: Version 0.9. Todays project was a little disappointing. The Boys and I decided to call it a character building exercise. You can plan, coordinate, and put the work in, but sometimes things just don’t work. So, we circled the wagons and figured out a fix for Version 1.0 (TBD). ” …
LED Flashlights; Part 2
LED flashlight project; Part 2: Lego cases…
LED Flashlights; Part 1
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Joule Thief
I built a joule thief years ago by recycling parts from old controller boards. I found these cool kits on one of the Maker sites I frequent. The boys rocked their first soldering project.
Gundam!
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Sisyphus Kinetic Lego Sculpture
This weekends Lego project; Sisyphus kinetic Lego sculpture. We built it entirely from our existing Lego inventory! Next weekend we will hide the clockworks with a pretty facade. #afol #kfol
Rockets!
When I was a young whipper snapper I walked in the snow, uphill (both ways), to the model shop for supplies and built my rockets from scratch. now they have these super slick kits. Awesome!
Gatling Guns!
Weekend Project Complete! Rubber band gatling guns!! Cutting and sanding yesterday. Assembling and blasting today!!!