Category: Woodworking

There are zillions of nixie clocks on the web, so I’ll just discuss the atypical features and problems I encountered.

I built a triple-sensor mailbox alert to tell me when there is mail in my mailbox for me.

I needed more room at my desk. A pizza restaurant gave me the inspiration I needed.

My mother is selling my childhood home. I knew the one souvenir I wanted to keep. The only problem was, it could kill me.

I built an alphanumeric LED display that connects via USB to my PC and can display RSS feeds, the weather (like wind chill, above), the time, or just about anything.

It’s a cross between a workbench and a wheelbarrow, and it’s a great place for a drill press and router table in a cramped workspace.

Captain Kirk once told Mr. Spock that he should be squatting on a mushroom. If it’s good enough for Spock, it’s good enough for mighty Dungeons and Dragons warriors. So my daughter and I used fungus to make these shelves for her D&D figurines.

I wanted to design a clock from scratch. I ended up with a expensive, over-engineered, multiprocessing monstrosity. But it was fun.

  Perhaps I’m a luddite, but I just don’t care for the modern video games. Gimme Lunar Lander or Zaxxon and you can keep your fancy graphics. I built an arcade so I can play the classic games anytime I want.

When my old Radio Shack logic probe broke, I built a new Super Probe – and enclosed it in exotic wood.

I put a webcam in a birdhouse. See my videos of birds building a nest, laying eggs, and feeding their young.

Here’s how I built a birdhouse with a webcam inside.