A musician friend asked me to make a rack for his synth and connected pedals. After looking up some images online, I came up with a design (CAD picture), which he liked. Then he brought over his synth and pedals, so I could measure them,…

My friend, David Early asked me to make this two-toned (dark wine and sandy brown) cajón. It was tricky to match the color stain on plywood with the swatches that D.E. sent me, so I might not try that again. Looks good, and sounds great,…

I play drums, have always wanted to make my own, and finally got around to trying it. Starting with an 8-inch drum head and a dream, I go through the process of developing this drum through a couple of iterations to the finished version.

Wall clock made with recycled lumber. With lessons learned from my other "puzzle" mandala pieces, I made this clock. There were two problems to overcome: a broken bit, and a miscalculation about the shaft length of the clock motor.

I rescued a bunch of these film cans from the trash, and I decided to make them into clocks. The numbers on the clock are movie posters with numbers in the title, e.g. "Twelve Monkeys" for 12:00, and "Five Easy Pieces" for 5:00. There are…