Collaborate Disseminate
[Hans Andersson] has been creating marvelous twisting timepieces for over a decade, and we’re pleased to be able to share his latest mechanical clock contraption with our readers, the Time …read more Continue reading Be Mesmerized By The Latest Time Twister
When viewed from the far future, the early years of the 21st century will probably be seen as the end of a short era in human technological development. In the …read more Continue reading The End of the Electromechanical Era
[Perinski]’s design for a mechanical flux dispenser uses some common hardware and a few 3D printed parts to create a syringe with fine control over just how much of the …read more Continue reading DIY Mechanical Flux Dispenser Syringe Has Fine Control
The seven-segment display may be a bit prosaic after all these years, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to spice it up. Coming up with a mechanical version of …read more Continue reading A One-Servo Mechanical Seven-Segment Display
When automating almost any moderately complex mechanical task, the actuators and drive electronics can get expensive quickly. Rather than using an actuator for every motion, mechanical multiplexing might be an …read more Continue reading Prioritising Mechanical Multiplexer
The mechanical keyboard rabbit hole is a deep one, and can swallow up as much money and time as you want to spend. If you’ve become spoiled on the touch and responsiveness of a Cherry MX or other mechanical switch, you might even start putting them on other user interfaces …read more
Continue reading Logitech Joystick Gets a Mechanical Sidekick
Microwave oven design and manufacturing have been optimized to the point where the once-expensive appliances are now nearly disposable. Despite the economics, though, some people can’t resist fixing stuff, especially when you get a chance to do it in style. Thus we present this microwave repair with its wholly unnecessary …read more
Continue reading A Microwave Repair Even Mechanical Keyboard Fans Will Love
Though we have easy access to high quality music like never before, there’s something strangely satisfying about the tinkle tinkle of a music box. But if you want to listen to more than one tune, you may have to break out a punched paper strip or even … Continue reading Custom melodies can be loaded into the Muro Box using a mobile app
You may find yourself living in interesting times. The world we knew two months ago is gone, and there is time enough at last, to finally go through those projects we’ve been putting off for one reason or another. Today, I wanted to explore and possibly repair an old unidentified …read more
Continue reading Time Enough At Last: Reviving an Heirloom Typewriter
When the fuel gauge of his 1975 Triumph Spitfire started going off the scale, the collected knowledge of the Internet indicated that [smellsofbikes] needed to replace a faulty voltage regulator behind the dash. For most people, that would be the end of the story. But he, like everyone who’s reading …read more