Gord over at Gord’s Garage has been busy with home-based anodizing. It’s some amazing stuff he is doing. I sent him one of the rubber band gun assemblies, and he did an amazing job on it. In an incredible amount of detail, Gord has written up and photographed the whole process: http://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/the-full-monty-part-1/ http://gordsgarage.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/the-full-monty-part-2/ In summary, [...]
Archive for the ‘Fun’ Category
Plain to Pretty: Rubber Band Gun #6 Anodized
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Photography, Projects, Science, Technique, tagged Aluminum, Anodization, Anodized, Blue, Green, Machining, Mechanisms, Rubber Band Gun, Rubber Band Gun #6 on December 7, 2011 | 3 Comments »
New EZM500 (prototype)
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged EZM, EzMobile, Kids, Toys, Wooden Toys on September 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We put together another toy robot. Looking for a good design that we can quickly make a few of… Like it?
Minecraft 1.8.1: Creative Mode Gone Too Far
Posted in Fun, Software, tagged Minecraft on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Designing a better Lime Squeezer
Posted in Engineering, Fun, Interesting, Projects, Science, Technique, tagged Juicer, Lemon Juice, Lime, Lime Squeezer, Maple, Mechanisms, Party, Stainless Steel on July 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From time to time we host a get-together or party where we feature fresh squeezed limeade as the main beverage. We have universally heard 5-star feedback from people who have had this simple but good drink. The problem is, squeezing enough limes for a party of 60+ people takes a lot of time (and limes). [...]
(Ezra) making a wooden box
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Projects, tagged Box, Clamps, Drill, Goggles, Kids, Nails, Plywood, Wooden Box, Workshop on July 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ezra brought me a piece of plywood today with pencil marks drawn all over it. That is where he wanted it cut. So I ripped it on the table saw and cross cut it on the compound mitre saw… I gave him a little help laying this out, showed him how to clamp it, and then [...]
Black and White vs. Color (A buck in the woods)
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Nature, Photography, tagged Black and White, Buck, Color, Creek, Deer, Ferns, Kettle Road, Photography, Stream, Woods on July 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I was driving up our raised driveway and Ezra exclaimed “There is a DEER!”. We’ve been seeing quite a few deer (both buck and doe) around the creek recently. Take a close look at the first photo and see if you can spot him? Then take a look at the exact same photo in color. Amazing.
Photo of Ezra with Fireworks, Smoke, and Flame at night
Posted in Fun, Photography, tagged Droid X, Fireworks, Kids, Night, Photograpyh, Sparklers on July 7, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I snapped this with my Droid X the other night.
Macro Photo of Tape Measure
Posted in Fun, Photography, tagged Macro Photography, Pen, Photography, Projects, Ruler, Tape Measure, Wood on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a photo we took of Eli marking a piece of wood for cutting.
Ice and Salt is Very Cold
Posted in Fun, Interesting, Science, tagged Cold, Ice, Ice Cream, Melting, Salt, Salt + Ice, Science on June 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
We had a bowl of ice the other day for some reason. We also had some salt for some reason. Maybe we were making ice cream? In any event, we thought it would be neat to see how cold it actually is (because it feels really, REALLY cold). Salt + Ice = Cold Here are [...]
