Drill and bits Archives

World Control Panel

Global domination for the young evil genius.

Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm

Create high-voltage sparks using nothing more than falling water as the source of energy.

True Mirror

See yourself as others see you with a true mirror.

Turning Scrap Wood into a Really Useful Workbench

This project is not so much a step-by-step guide, but more of an idea. Sometimes buying something is not really the best thing to do. I have a lot of electronic test equipment and I could not find a reasonably priced desk or bench that would put everything within easy reach. So I decided to […]

Lumia Lunchbox Laser

Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors, and a single, very expensive, helium-neon laser from Edmund Scientific. Calling ourselves Light Opera, and later, Illuminatus, we performed at ConFusion conventions in Ann Arbor, […]

PVC Two-Faced Clock

If you and a friend or relative live in different time zones, keep track with this two-faced clock.

BEAM Solar Chariots

BEAM robot building techniques allow you to build fun and simple little robots with lots of room for stylizing. BEAM robots can move anywhere from a fraction of an inch to a couple of feet, depending on how big their capacitors are. You can also use batteries. For these two projects, we’ll use what’s known […]

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