Camera Mounts & Stabilizers

Dan asked if I could help him build a series of camera mounts and stabilizers so he could capture video for paintball and canoe jousting.  We started…

Making Chips

Now that the machine is here, I decided to do a small project to start my way up the learning curve.  For a while I’ve been planning…

The Eagle Has Landed

The machine arrived at the Manchester Airport UPS Freight terminal in the wee hours of the morning, and I arranged to have it held so we could…

Caught the CNC Bug

I’ve always been fascinated by CNC machines.  They fall pretty squarely in the middle of my interests: computers, electronics, mechanical widgets, and makin’ stuff. I was inspired…

Affordable Digital Scopes

Rigol is a company selling Chinese-made digital scopes for very affordable prices.  Their DS1000E/D series is especially interesting, with entry level (50MHz/2channel) units going for as little…

The SOHA Headphone Amplifier

Back in the summer of 2007, I constructed a kit of the SOHA (Stoopid Op-amp Headphone Amplifier), based on the PCB from Glass Jar Audio.  The amp…