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Nixtrola

Nixtrola

โ€œI went online to buy aย nixieย clock and didnโ€™t see any I really liked,โ€ says Woodland Hills, California tinkerer Sean Fannin about timepieces made from coldwar-era numeral-displaying nixie tubes. โ€œA lot were DIY kits that ended up looking cheap. I wanted to build something a little more slick.โ€ After buying and assembling a basic kit clock, […]

Treetop Tinkering

Treetop Tinkering

Perched high in a coniferous tree in Sandpoint, Idaho sits a hexagonal treehouse, handmade by 23-year-old Ethan Schlussler. During the build process, he grew tired of climbing up and down the ladder over and over. So he created a treehouse elevator, using his momโ€™s old bicycle. The elevator is a pulley system that uses a […]