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Got a donated 6x18 surface grinder with hydraulic x/y autofeed up and running at our Portland hacker space, but we have no floor space for it. I have lathe and mill hobby experienc…

Scale model of the solar system! https://www.exploratorium.edu/explore/solar-system/activity/... Have each kid 'adopt' a planet, give them the materials to construct the planet at …

I would suggest finding a community college or hardware hacker space like The Crucible in Oakland, CA to take a class. Nothing like hands-on instruction and having the machines set…

I have run a Raspberry Pi Zero W with 5mp camera and MotionEye software outside for 3 Christmas seasons to control an animated display. I trigger on movement and capture still and …

This has been done in various forms! One interesting one is shown in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hv2zh_Z0Io Sergei Rachmaninoff recorded a 78 album simultaneously with a piano…

And the "USS Pandemonium" at Treasure Island in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. A ship they built on land that they could apply radioactive contamination then teach sailors ho…

I love the pacing note on the sheet music. "I Got It From Agnes" should be played "Infectiously".

The most jaw dropping but easily missed story I remember from that book: "That was the case once, when we were all seated around the table in the middle of the lab, having lunch. I…

I just finished old reel-to-reel tape digitizing of family audio files going back to 1953. Luckily they were stored in a cool dry place. I had to cannibalize 2 players to get one w…