I just got the two narrow slots working on my Pepsi machine. I fabricated the cams out of tempered hardboard. I used 3/16" not because I wanted it to be stronger but because I had small scraps if it around and I didn't feel like getting out an entire 4'x8' sheet of 1/8" and cutting off a piece. The cam doesn't actually move any of the machinery, all it does is click the switches at the right time. Because of this I was able to make it out of wood. As it turned...

I just finished hanging the last of the new shop lights I purchased last week. What a difference! I hung 6 four-foot lights with 2 bulbs each. It's like a real workshop now! Before After

I just finished the first of probably several "cabinets" to hold "drawers." Their purpose is to help me organize the overwhelming number of computer and A/V related cables I have amassed. Being a pack-rat from a family of pack-rats, I never get rid of any of my cables, even if I don't use the equipment they go to anymore. I also have geek friends who somehow aren't pack-rats and often give me their unwanted cables. The drawers are larger versions of the crates I...

It took 5 days, too much spent on wood and knock down hardware, a lot of hard work, and suffering in a cold garage. It still needs to be sanded, stained, and sealed, but who knows if I'll ever get around to it now that I set it up. Most of the work involved fixing goobers that my power tools caused when they tried to exert a will of their own. Trying to get the holes made in exactly the right places to use the knock down hardware was also really difficult. It seems you need a CNC to do...

The weather has changed instantly from highs in the 90s to highs in the 60s. I'm glad it's cooled off, now I can spend whole days working in the garage instead of just a few hours in the morning. Although I don't know why it has to be so sudden and drastic. Now that it has cooled off so much, it looks like I'll be wanting to have fires again soon. Checking over the fireplace I realized I need a nice little stool to sit on that I will be low enough to peer into the fireplace...