Audio Output Switcher
I built a manual switch-box to easily click between speakers and headphones.
Projects
Building a Magic Mirror
I’ve been reading about Magic Mirrors for several years and the ever evolving functionality they provide. Use case was simple to justify the expense of creating a magic mirror, but finding the time was the primary issue. Well, extra time finally came about and, after a few higher priority projects, time was still available for …
B³: Banker’s Box Benches
It’s been two years since we first decided to start using banker’s boxes for storage at OMG. The idea has worked out great, and that original storage shelf is still going strong and sees constant use, but we filled it almost immediately. We had originally planned on making several of those shelving units, but they’re …
New Furnace Build
For a variety of reasons, Patrick and I took it upon ourselves today to build a new aluminum-melting furnace based on some old refractory (insulating) firebricks we had in the shed. I’d watched a few videos on Youtube and sort of dove in. Here’s some photos of the results. We did eventually replace the ziptie …
UnMaker 2.0 – The Largest Dead Blow Hammer
A few years back, Brandon made a giant wooden mallet from a piece of butcher block counter top that was laying around the space. This was a 9pm, make-it-right-now sort of project. He’d repurposed a chair leg as the handle, but it was a bit too short and bent, making the mallet awkward to use. …
New Cooling for the Laser Cutter – Part 1
Last Thursday, Ben and Kevin started experimenting with a proper closed loop cooling system for the laser cutter. This is something we’ve wanted to do for some time, as it’ll make the laser easier to move and less likely to spill coolant all over the floor (again). The big push now is that the existing …
Toner Transfer Testing
My wife ask about me lasercutting a sign for some friends, but at the time she ask, our laser was still down for repairs. I remembered Ben doing a toner transfer project several years ago, so I googled it up, and it turned out to be easier than I remembered. This isn’t intended to be …
Spice Rack
This is just a quick and dirty spice rack I put together for my wife. It’s a piece of plywood (supported at an angle by a chunk of 2×4) with some maple cleats glued and stapled to the front. Figuring out the size and placement of the cleats took the longest (Thanks Ben and Eric), …
New Ryobi Tool Center
It’s been a few months now, but I’m finally getting to documenting the tool storage wall we built. I found a plan online to build some PVC drill/driver hangers, and adapted it to carry the grinder, glue gun and angle drill by their battery holders. The slanted pipes below the drills are some spare PVC …
Raspberry Pi NES Build
Over the years I’ve played around with the Raspberry Pi to see what I can get it to do. I have limited programming skills and rely heavily on the opensource community and how-to documents. The most successful projects I’ve done with the Raspberry Pi have revolved around using them as DNS and VPN servers. I …