Alcohol Torch

  I was talking to one of my friends the other day and she was telling me about this torch she has. She said it was fueled with denatured alcohol and you just squeeze the bottle to make it work. I googled the torch later in the week and watched a YouTube video of one […]

Posted in Fire/Pyrotechnics, Tools Tagged alcohol, back, backroom, build, denatured, diy, fire, flame, heat, home, homemade, how, made, make, to, torch, work, workdesk

Steerable Tail Wheel

I’ve been working on my balsa airplane and I’m almost finished! I still have quite a bit of ‘finishing touches’ to do, but I’m getting pretty close to flying it. One thing I built for the plane was a steerable tail-wheel. The steerable tail-wheel was easier than I thought it’d be, and I think it […]

Posted in Airplanes Tagged airplane, build, diy, how, plane, RC, steer, steerable, tail, to, wheel

Ping Pong Ball Launcher ver.2

  I was able to find time this week to perfect my ping pong launcher a bit more. I updated the launching wheel, motor mount, I built a ‘ball limiter’, and I found a hopper to use. It’s still needs more work, but it’s a start. The old motor mount was big and bulky. Although […]

Posted in Just For Fun Tagged 2, back, backroom, ball, build, desk, diy, home, homemade, launch, launcher, limit, limiter, made, Ping, pong, robot, room, server, sling, table, tennis, ver, version, work, workdesk

Minnie Mambo Balsa Build

For Christmas I got a box of balsa and I am currently in the process of building an airplane with it. I started building the airplane about a week ago and I have got quite a bit of work done on it. This is my very first balsa scratchbuilt airplane and I am learning a […]

Posted in Airplanes Tagged /, 1, 12a, 2, a, air, airplane, back, backroom, Balsa, build, c, control, d, diy, engine, fly, flying, home, homemade, Line, made, mambo, mini, minnie, mod, plane, RC, remote, room, sterling, work, workdesk

Ping Pong Robot ver.1

For Christmas my siblings and I got a ping pong table. Now we don’t have it setup as a ping pong table, instead we have the playing surface resting on the kitchen table. This kind of turns our kitchen into a rec-room :P. Most people when they get a ping pong table might think “Awesome! […]

Posted in Just For Fun Tagged back, backroom, ball, build, c, control, d, dc, desk, diy, home, homemade, i, joola, launch, launcher, machine, made, motor, Ping, pingpong, play, pong, practice, robot, room, self, serve, servo, shoot, shooter, spin, stiga, table, tennis, throw, thrower, work, workdesk, y

JR Radio to USB – FAIL

This week’s post is different than all of my other blog posts. Normally I show you something that I have made that worked like I had hoped. . . .well not this week. I planned on showing you what I had been working on at the end of last week and over the weekend but […]

Posted in Miscellaneous, Remote Control Tagged 8103, back, backroom, build, c, cable, computer, control, d, disconnect, diy, esky, fly, home, homemade, i, JR, made, pinout, plane, plug, quick, r, radio, RC, rca, remote, room, sim, simulator, trainer, transmitter, tx, usb, work, workdesk, y

Tip: X-Acto Blade Disposal

This is something that I made about a year ago and I have used it just about everyday since. I go through quite a bit of exacto knife blades but throwing them away used to be a problem. I can’t throw them straight into the garbage because first of all it would/could cut the garbage […]

Posted in Tips and Tricks, Tools Tagged acto, away, back, backroom, blade, build, c, canister, control, d, dispenser, disposal, dispose, diy, e, exacto, exactoxacto, film, home, homemade, i, made, r, RC, recycle, remote, room, safe, safely, safety, throw, tip, work, workdesk, x, x-acto, xacto, y 1 Comment

JT Extended Ear Coverage

  I recently purchased a JT Flex 8 Full Coverage paintball mask. So far I like everything about the mask . . . . except for one thing: the lack of ear protection. I don’t quite understand it really. The company took their time to create a real nice mask with a great lens, but […]

Posted in Outdoors, Weapons Tagged 8, action, back, backroom, ball, build, c, control, cover, coverage, d, diy, ear, extend, extended, flex, full, goggle, goggles, home, homemade, i, J, JT, JT flex, KEE, lens, long, made, mask, mod, modification, neck, paint, paintball, pro, proflex, proteck, protect, protection, room, safety, spectra, spektra, sports, T, thermal, tie, war, work, workdesk, y, zip

iPhone Life Vest

As I stated in my last blog post, my family has beenĀ talkingĀ about going canoeing again. For safety reasons I plan on keeping my iPhone with me in the boat. Although I have a Lifeproof case on my phone that keeps it waterproof, if our canoe ward to flip over, my iPhone would sink to the […]

Posted in Miscellaneous, Outdoors Tagged 2, apple, back, backroom, Boat, boating, build, c, canoe, cell, cellphone, control, d, diy, fish, fishing, float, foam, home, homemade, i, inch, iPhone, ipod, kayak, lake, life, lifeproo, lifeproof, lifevest, made, paddle, phone, preserver, proof, river, room, sank, sink, stream, sunk, swim, touch, vest, water, work, workdesk, y

Tip: Cut Holes in Foam

  There has been many times I have needed to cut a smooth hole in a piece of foam. When I am building RC planes I normally want to cut a smooth hole to run a pushrod or wire through the foam. When I need to do this I don’t want to just shove a […]

Posted in Tips and Tricks, Tools Tagged airplane, angle, angled, anglle, back, backroom, brass, build, c, control, cut, d, diy, foam, hole, holes, home, homemade, i, made, make, plane, plug, r, RC, remote, room, round, sharp, trough, tube, tubing, work, workdesk, y 1 Comment
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