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This automaton certainly embodies my credo "See it in your head, make it with your hands" It was surprisingly easy to carve and certainly a fun project.

This is my take on the classic cat and mouse automaton. I customized the cats to match the real ones who live with my friends.

We have all been on that examination table waiting for out exam. One thing I learned making this automaton is carving people is hard!

I have always wanted to build some automatons. Here is a selection of my first automata that I built over the last year. This video is an overview. There are separate videos on each type on The Basement Scientist channel.

Manual cameras use a cable release to fire the shutter. This video shows how I built a wireless remote cable release to use on my 5X7 plate camera

I have always loved rockets and once I discovered air rockets I could not help myself pushing the idea as high as I could. In this video you will learn how I build and fly these exciting rockets.

I have been experimenting with Alternative Photography and using these old box cameras. This video explains how I constructed a wireless remote shutter for a camera made in 1903. This remote shutter can be customized for any TBI shutter equipped camera.

This method combines a metal lathe and the router to allow you to turn precision wooden parts with precise dimensions. Clock makers, Pens and Pencil makers can all use these techniques.

No hobby of mine is safe from a new gadget. I have been experimenting with early photographic processes and needed something to agitate the prints while they develop. This is my solution.

Game cam footage of one of the bears who frequent by yard, scratching its back and then trying to get at the birdfeeder

A step by step guide to making wooden clock pinions for wood works clocks.

The goals of this project was to construct a month running wooden works clock. The grasshopper escapement is a good choice for this type of clock as it works with no friction and will not wear over time.

Antique cameras are seeing a new life with the popularity of alternative photographic processes and wet plate collodion photography. Due to their age, they often need some cleaning to operate properly. This slideshow illustrates the steps to disassemble and clean a TBI shutter from 1902.

You never know what you are going to find on the game cam. This bear had a blast playing with the bird feeder and the rope. Just like a cat.

Machining a Grasshopper Escape Wheel

Building a Bench Mounted Filing Machine

As the seed level drops

An Electro Mechanical Regulator in a Mahogany Case

Mama Bear Steals the Bird Feeder

Stirling Engine Fan

4 30 16 Bears steal the trash

Supersonic Flow Nozzle for Your Ping Pong Ball Cannon

Spud Gun Laser Sight

Air Cannon Rocket Launch

Spud Gun vs Air Cannon

Pneumatic Potato Cannon

Ping Pong Ball vs Plywood

Supersonic Vacuum Cannon