For lack of a better name, I’m calling this piece the Barn Windows. Last year, we were shopping at an antique store called Blue Moon, in Indiana and found the most beautiful window frame that supposedly came out of an old barn. Our first thought was to use it as an ornate picture frame and…
Treehouse Robot Caddy
In an effort to increase maximum ease and relaxation at our cottage in Michigan, I designed and built a robot capable of delivering drinks and dinner to our remote treehouse. We love to have dinner and drinks out there, but it’s a challenge for us to bring all the stuff out and back. Mostly I…
Modular Synthesizers
As I write this, I’m hunkered down at our cottage in Michigan during the Covid Virus emergency and missing my synth. I’ve spent the past 2 years collecting modules for random amazing jams and am finally getting started on a couple actual tracks. Whatever mood I’m in changes the type of music I’m creating with…
Willow Sign
I realized when looking through old projects that I am really into making signs for people. It is fun and I get to play with my X-Carve and Glowforge quite a bit. For this sign, I wanted to make something nice for one of my co-workers, who just had a baby named Willow. I was…
World Records
I recently had thousands of old family pictures scanned and have been slowly going through them. I found one of my early records of world record breaking attempts from when I was probably 10 years old. Always the over-achiever, I present my 1 page notes on my world record attempts. My favorite is playing Hide-Engo(?)…
The Conflagration of the Absolutely Fireproof Iroquois Theater Painting
A few years ago I purchased this painting from my good friend, Eric Esper. I’ve been the proud owner of it and thought I’d post about it, since it was recently featured in a documentary. The painting is full of amazing detail and deserves to be seen in person to fully absorb it. It was…
The Sky When You Were Born
I followed this great tutorial on Instructables to make a DIY star map and I thought I’d make one for my Grandson. After going through the tutorial and creating the star chart, I found that one of the stars in the sky that night was Mira. Mira is his Mom, my Daughter. Sadly, she passed…
Cecelia Sign
In honor of my friend’s mother’s passing I CNC cut this sign for her. I used some leftover wood I had that was in great shape and use a 60 degree engraving bit, as that’s all I had at the moment. Using the X-Carve was tricky as usual, and I ended up rebuilding it along…
We Got A Puppy!
It took Amy over a year to convince me, but I finally relented and agreed to get a puppy. Stevie is the best thing that’s happened to us in awhile. I freaking love this amazing dog. Her name is Stevie Sandwich and she is the best dog ever. We named her Stevie after Colonel Steve…