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This sundial link is copied from makezine, it has to do with inputting a location and out comes a printout of a sundial for that location. I’m putting the link here because I have a project in mind for this. … Continue reading →

This one I call ‘Hammerbot.’ It uses a pneumatic-powered hammer to chisel into rock. Originally, I had the idea that the broken rock would then fall into the wagon that the robot is pushing in front. Then I realized that … Continue reading →

Toying with an idea to make a google sketchup set of furniture for interior decoration of shipping containers.

I was visiting the make magazine site and I saw a link to a blog called The Inventive Mind. Notice the D-shaft? I took that as a challenge for Sketchup and drew this: What I’d like to do is blur … Continue reading →

I hesitate to call this an ‘old fashioned’ TV set, because this is what I grew up with. This is, in fact, a rough approximation of what I watched the original Star Trek on when it was first broadcast. The … Continue reading →

Well, the previous cup was lame, so this one is even lamer. I’m not even sure how you drink out of this. The proportions seem such that in order to get your fingers into the handle, the cup itself would … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I used sketchup. Actually, it’s been a while since I’ve posted here, hasn’t it? Anyhow, I thought I’d resolve to post a simple sketch every day. This is not so much to enlighten the world … Continue reading →

I’m still running, right? Good. Just testing.

I have been reading a book on Industrial Plastics, which describes the properties of several kinds of plastics. I have been considering this information in regard to covering the Gulf of Mexico floor with a layer of plastic to seal … Continue reading →