More Pummers

I finished 5 pummers as gifts for co-workers and friends this xmas. Definately an evolution from the first to the last. I learned a lot and my soldering skills improved quite a bit. The first were done on printed circuit boards and then I managed to create a couple in the air and then the final one uses no wires connecting the IC but rod to bridge the pins. Very clean!


People seemed to appreciate them and they were plenty fun to build and give away. The nest is empty now, time to make some more.

More photos on flickr!

My First Pummer

Been playing around with making some BEAM robots as xmas trinkets for the few friends and family that would appreciate such things. I was inspired by a nice article in Make magazine about these kind of non-ambulatory bots.

Made plenty of mistakes and still have some tweaking to do but it turned out ok. The pic here is a bit old and doesnt show the final LED placement on the stalk. Have some other aesthetic things to add still.



It's been may years since I played with electronics and I have to say, I'm glad Im in software where things are easy to change without the risk of burnt fingers or the acrid smell of burning plastic. A found a good electronics reference by Tim Surtell at Electronics in Meccano that helped me know what was heat sensitive and how to orient some of the components.

I have enough parts to make 2 more and have seen some really amazing pummers others have done here. Ho Ho Ho!

machine project » Edible Estates

machine project » Edible Estates. Great diatribe somewhat akin to reclaiming a kind of Victory garden.

I always thought cactus was a sensible and eco-responsible front lawn/easement design. Fried cactus anyone?

Good idea and I'm going to have to check out this Machine Project space.