Category: ELECTRONICS

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RB5X Service Robot Build – part 1

  • February 24, 2026
I have always had a thing for the service droids that were popular among robot enthusiast in the 70s-80s, but finding one of these vintage bots is near impossible now.…
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Stun Gun – version 2

  • February 14, 2026
Complete re-design for bigger, louder sparks. I traded the 9V alkaline battery for a rechargeable 18650 lithium cell. To keep it charged, there is a USB port and a lithium…
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Stun Gun – version 1

  • February 1, 2026
I made a stun gun. It’s a hot mess, but it does spark. Runs off a 9v alkaline battery, but I’m going to try lithium next time. Just ordered some…
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Nixie Tube Book

  • January 16, 2026
I self-published a book! This book is a restoration of the original Russian Nixie Tube datasheets (translated into English). The original technical drawings were faded and difficult to read, so…
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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.