planter box
This has been an interesting little work in progress. Initially we intended to grow herbs indoors for cooking, so we built a big planter box with a little drip tray built into it to catch the extra water and avoid …
concept full range rear loaded horn
This is a maybe flawed design of a line array of rear loaded horn speakers. not only is it large ( the length of the horn must be 1/4 of the wavelength of the frequency you wish to emphasize ) …
hand made quad 405 amps
Quad not only made electrostatic speakers in the 70’s. They made a 100 watt class A amp specifically to drive them. Naturally it would be a crime to drive them with anything but this amp. thankfully the design has been …
electric upright bass
I ordered a carved neck on ebay and set about making the body, so far so good. remaining tweaks: add electrics, (simple little piezo pickups under the bridge) the bridge needs to be raised a little. and obviously a whole …
Film work
Ive been working in the film industry for the last 7 years. Below are a list of movies i was a technical director on.
statue support
A simple design, but looks great. Joe who has painted us a couple of works of art wanted this for a statue in his new home. I used a similar technique to all the home furniture i made.
Jatoba and steel furniture
Faced with the terror of shopping at ikea, and a quiet patch in the film industry i decided to make the most of it and build our own furniture. We spent days shopping around and learning about the various pros …
custom arduinos
I haven’t messed with this in a while but there is something really satisfying about hand making little arduinos. Ill get back to it when i get a moment.
d300 water damage repair
I was under the impression that my d300 was moderately weather resistant, and it has coped with plenty of showers in its day, but it was no match for the torrential downpour it sustained on the Routeburn trail. It failed …
industrial strength bed
My take on a modern bed assembled without the need of nails/ screws etc, sure the japanese woodworkers and the arts and crafts movement have been doing this for thousands of years. but did they use industrial truck straps? I …