Project: Soda Bottle Water Rocket
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Finished
Makery Skills: Basic Plumbing
Description: We have a company summer picnic coming up in a few weeks. Since I am known as the maker in the office, I thought it might be cool to bring in a project. “You know…for the kids”. After flipping through [...]
Project: Cupcake Car
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Working
Makery Skills: Woodworking, Electrical Motors, Metalworking, Electronics, Microprocessor Programming
Description: Ever since the 2008 Maker Faire, I have wanted an Electric Cupcake Car. I started planning and building it a few weeks after the event. After a number of delays and distractions, it took the Mini-Maker Faire in [...]
Project: Drafting Table
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Finished
Makery Skills: Sandblasting, Painting
Description: Drill presses become a lot more useful with an XY table. I kept my eye out for a cheap one on Craigslist. This one was quite rusty but the guts were just fine. With some sandblasting, a coat of paint and some [...]
Project: Charcoal Blast Furnace
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Finished
Makery Skills: Basic Metal Working & Basic Masonry Work
Description: Melting metal has been on the list of projects for a long time. I’ve read a few of the books available on the subject such as the Dave Gingery Series. Recently I’ve seen Rick [...]
Project: Drafting Table
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Finished
Makery Skills: Basic Furniture Building
Description: I picked up a caligraphy book and it said that the best surface to write on is a drafting table. This took me back to my days in Middle School in Drafting Class and how I always wanted a drafting table. With [...]
Project: Kitty Bed
Version: 1.0
Previous Versions: none
Status: Finished
Makery Skills: Basic Furniture Building
Description: The cats love to look out the window but those windows are about 12 inches above the floor in my girlfriends new apartment. So we used some spare wood from an old desk to make basically a kitty shelf. [...]
