Category: ELECTRONICS:~$

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Vintage TV turned into a Media Server

  • October 9, 2025
I found this vintage black-and-white CRT TV at an estate sale and decided to turn it into a KODI Media Server using a Raspberry Pi. I had to edit the…
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1930’s Tesla Coil

  • July 26, 2025
I found this early Welch Scientific Tesla Coil at an estate auction and did a light restoration on it. I intended to keep this one as a display in my…
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Decade Resistance Box

  • March 10, 2025
I was at a local estate sale last Saturday and found this beautiful vintage EICO Decade Resistance Box to restore. The steel box was a bit rusty, and it was…
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GLaDOS Animatronic

  • December 14, 2024
I’m a big fan of the Portal series, so I had to have a GLaDOS robot mounted on my pegboard. This is what I came up with: The head is…
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Pipboy Mini – New Binary Watchface

  • December 12, 2024
I just added a Binary Watchface option and a “Pipboy Green” color scheme option for my Pipboy Mini. Github has been updated.
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Pipboy Mini

  • December 7, 2024
I love Fallout’s Pipboy (wrist computer), but the truth is it’s too big and clunky to actually be a daily worn device. I wanted to see if I could make…
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PLC I/O Controls

  • November 15, 2024
I’ll be taking PLC programming classes soon as I complete a degree in Industrial Electronics, so in preparation I decided to set up a PLC for tinkering at home. I…
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Antique Radio to MP3 Player

  • July 22, 2024
I found this beautiful antique wood radio at an antique store for $12. The electronics were pretty far gone, so I thought it would be a great choice for a…
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Amateur Radio – Ham Shack

  • May 17, 2024
I passed my Amateur Radio Technician license a couple of months ago (N4NEC), and I’ve just completed making a proper ham shack for myself. I installed a vertical dual-band 2m/70cm…