Tinkering

This document contains stories and pictures of the electronics, AI, and chemistry things that I make.

Home Lab Panorama

This is my amateur lab!

My Workbench

This is the electronics workbench that is in our living room.

Fume Hood

Handmade fume hood that features a counterweighted sash, controllable fan, and side viewing pane.

Fixing Levitron

I took apart a novelty toy that levitated a magnetic puck, because it was not working. As I discovered, it was not working because it didn't get enough power.

Cinnamon Raisin bread

I can also bake!

Clear Drive

I've always wanted a clear flash drive, so I made one

Musical Tesla Coil

The kit was a Christmas present, and I really love it!

My junk (out of many)

I love collecting electronic junk. Here's some transformers, magnetrons, and fans.

Safety Box

For fon, I occasionally work directly with wall power at formidable amperages. I use a secondary breaker just in case.

Computer

A peek inside the computer I built a few years ago.

Crystals

I grow copper sulfate crystals for use in my jewelry

Polished Rocks

I polish rocks for fun

Welder iteration 1

I made my own stick welder out of two microwave oven transformers. This was the first iteration of the body design.

Welder iteration 2

Improved stick welder housing

Baby Tesla

This was a small, handmade tesla coil that uses the slayer exciter circuit

Intellistove

This is a picture of the whole intellistove setup. It will turn off when the pot boils dry, and is securely controllable via text message.

Custom PCB

For the Intellistove project, I designed some printed circuit boards.

Necklace Progression

I make copper sulfate necklaces! Here are four generations out of the roughly six I've gone through so far.

Zombie Humidifier

This is a humidifier that I hacked together from a novelty mister and the old body of a humidifier.

Electric scooter

I made a custom driver circuit for my friend's electric scooter after the old one broke.

Christmas LED tree

A LED tree that I made for my parents back in 9th grade

Metal Foundry

A charcoal foundry for melting aluminum that I made.