SupaCar
This project is still a bit of a work in progress but the heavy lifting is done. Now that we’re getting to an appropriate age for power wheels, I had the idea to recreate one of the vehicles from my […]
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If you’re a maker with access to assorted tools such as welders, milling machines, 3d printing and similar, then this might be of particular interest to you. Also if you’re just curious/entertained by such activity, we’re glad you’re here!
Thrust vectoring prop plane
This is a “curiosity project”- of course I wouldn’t complain if this plane got off the ground and was awesome, but so far it’s been an interesting vehicle capable of (involuntary?) hairpin turns on the ground, and that’s ok. For […]
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Rock n’ Roll BBQ
This was made pre-driveway pool. Basically a combination of a Rohrman’s tube, and our handy BBQ, with a car stereo system built in for good measure. In the Post-Delilah era it has rebranded to either the Itsy Bitsy BBQ, or […]
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Aerial Eclipse Balloon
So this comedy of errors was thrown together in a big hurry. Foreshadowing: It didn’t work (well, the eclipse did), but it’s a rare opportunity to see a total eclipse so conveniently nearby! We traveled to Greenville to view with […]
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Hovercraft…sigh.
**From April 21st- 2020 Just as I was wrapping up the Supacar project, and looking forward to a well deserved break, I found myself taking out the trash at 1:30am- completed that task and accidentally glanced across the street to […]
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BATTLEBOTS
This is a big one- I’ll have to finish later, but basically I participated in 3 consecutive years of battlebots in various capacities. I was understaffed, underbudgeted, and my robot was over-complicated but I did it anyway, and it was […]
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Remote (Sushi) mower!
This one was prompted by somebody on nextdoor.com giving away a “broken” electric lawnmower. I promptly picked it up, and found it was primarily just the handle assembly that was broken. The battery wasn’t very good either but neither of […]
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Adventure Canoe
This is an ongoing project that started with a busted up $100 kayak that my friend Grace kindly helped drive back here from Asheville following a campout. It’s pretty ideal for a few reasons: 1. It’s fiberglass so easy to […]
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Jumping harness!
We took the ever-popular door jumper rig to new heights- literally! This one’s pretty easy once you get your mount secured. That’s the harder part. For this to be simple and effective you want as high a tether point as […]
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“From a twinkle to a thunderbolt.”
The above is the inscription on the starfield portal we made in Delilah’s room before she was born. It represents the precise moment the stars aligned over our house when Amanda broke the news. Fortunately it was captured and tagged […]
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