The Man’s heart, part two: Moving between two worlds
I’ll say right now where my machine expertise lies: old, beated down, barely working things that I can fix or at least mutate into some other whirling, spinning thing. Bicycles, covered in grease, hacked apart and put back together. Old Volkswagens. Unidentifiable hunks of wires and gears. Ethereal computer
The Man’s Heart: New Kinetic Project – Part One
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I was commissioned this year by the Burning Man project to create a very special project: a beating, kinetic, heart for none other than The Man. Being on the build team for Mr. Splinters (El Hombre del Fuego, Dude Man, The Great False Idol) I was honored and wanted
Technical Links
Jake’s Other Websites: School Bus RV Conversion and other Projects Bicycle Related Projects Etching Resources: Gootee, Thomas P. Easy Printed Circuit Board Fabrication – Using Laser Printer Toner Transfer Green, Cedric. Green Prints -Etching without Acid PCB Tutorial – Magazine Pages for Toner Transfer Laser Printer Fuser Mod for
Jake’s Hollywood Adventure and Etching an iPod
OK, I was reckless. I went ahead and etched my iPod without doing extensive tests on electrolytic etching of stainless steel. But you see, I had a deadline – a flight to Los Angeles to be on television and I wanted the iPod done for the show. I began
Thoughts on a DIY Electro-Chemical CNC Machine Tool
There is a class of machine tool know as CNC, or Computer Numerically Controlled. These are computer controlled tools capable of cutting complex shapes with a high degree of accuracy and repeatability. They generally cost tens of thousand of dollars and weigh over a ton. They’re often available used