Category: How To

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil heavy in the air, staring at a digital thermostat that had decided to become a very…

I spent thirty-four years in a physics classroom watching students stare at a circuit diagram like it was a piece of ancient hieroglyphics, and if there is one thing I’ve…

I was sitting on my workshop stool last Tuesday, surrounded by the guts of a 1950s pendulum clock, when I realized I hadn’t actually looked at the “brains” of my…

I spent forty minutes yesterday watching my new little circular friend try to fight a battle against a single, rogue braided charging cable, only to end up wedged helplessly under…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the tiny, frantic circuit board of my new doorbell, when I realized something infuriating. Most people…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the tiny, copper-wound motor of a 1920s mantle clock, when I realized I had no idea…

I spent thirty-four years in a classroom trying to convince teenagers that physics isn’t just a collection of magic tricks, but a series of visible, predictable movements. Now, I see…

I was sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my jeweler’s loupe at the guts of a 1950s mantle clock, when I realized I had no idea why my…

I spent three hours last Tuesday staring at a single, uncooperative LED bulb, convinced that the invisible radio waves were somehow refusing to obey me. Most people will tell you…

I spent three hours last Tuesday hunched over my workbench with a precision screwdriver, trying to figure out why my new little cylinder wouldn’t stop pulsing a rhythmic, judgmental red.…