For my son Derek, the photographer, I decided to convert an old film camera into a digital camera using a … Continue reading Converting a film camera to digital, part 1 – selecting and preparing the camera
I know what I want the position display to look like and how it should behave (see ‘Steampunk Features Part … Continue reading Steampunk features, part 2
Even though I’ve advertised this site as an ‘online engineering notebook’, there hasn’t been much engineering or even design included … Continue reading Steampunk features, part 1
Timeline note: I started writing this after the ‘walls up’ post, thinking I was close to being done… Ha! Little … Continue reading Steampunk the teardrop
This was the weekend where I found out how much extra work my design changes and inexperience in carpentry cost … Continue reading New axle, body assembly DONE!
The inside of the roof is done! This picture is a bit distorted, both edges are really curved. It took … Continue reading They can fix that during build
I know people are going to give me a hard time about this, but I fixed our toaster today. It … Continue reading Brave Little Toaster
After lots of glue, lots of screws, lots of clamps, and lots of time with the belt sander, the roof … Continue reading Assembly, part 2
Now that all the parts are cut, the moment of truth – does it all fit together? Door fits in … Continue reading Assembly, part 1
I thought all I had to do was cut 2 more parts to the same dimensions, but I was wrong. … Continue reading Reproducing an antique scale pin, part 3