January 5, 2023
For some reason, large pieces of machinery just love to follow me home. In December 2022, it was a 9000 pound late-model VMC (vertical machining center) from a defense contractor’s large machine shop. The bearings failed in its spindle motor and they swapped some control parts with another machine. Sometimes I wonder what regular people […]
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April 20, 2018
A friend and I are working on another LED lighting project.
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April 6, 2018
I’ve been tinkering with a product idea for the garage for a while, mainly because I want one of them myself!
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September 30, 2016
I just built first units of a prototype custom USB peripheral for an amateur radio enthusiast (ham)…
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March 22, 2015
“New” Hewlett-Packard 500MHz DSO added to tool arsenal
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January 5, 2015
Three custom “space buggy” rail cars refined and built in short order
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December 6, 2014
Coffee roaster prototype enhances friend’s homebrewing facility.
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December 6, 2014
Custom hyrail crane truck enhances safety and convenience on a shoestring budget.
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December 6, 2014
Custom polo timer designed, prototyped, and programmed to enhance the match
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December 14, 2007
Crane modernization brings locomotive shop into the 21st century.
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