Making Chocolate at a Local Chocolate Factory

I visited a local chocolate factory for a chocolate-making workshop. The factory handled the difficult bean-to-chocolate process ahead of time. By the time the workshop began, we had finished chocolate...

NH38 Automatic Open Heart with Pepsi Bezel

This was my first custom watch and it was a guided build. I did not arrive with a fixed design or enough experience to know which parts would work together....

Painting a Doraemon and Snoopy Espresso Cup

I painted another piece of pottery: a small espresso cup and saucer. This time, I put Doraemon on one side of the cup and Snoopy on the other. A Small...

A Tiny Chalet

After a fall trip to a chalet, I wanted to make a small physical reminder of it.

Attempting a 3D-Printed Steam Engine

I attempted to build a small, single-stroke reciprocating steam engine. The initial goal was simply to see whether I could make the mechanism work: convert the back-and-forth motion of a...

A Video Doorbell, a Custom Mount, and a Hidden Transformer

Installing a video doorbell seemed like it should be a simple replacement: remove the old button, connect the existing doorbell wires, mount the new device, and finish setup.