PROJECTS

There is always a project in the works. Check back often to see what is the latest project completed!

See a need…

Fill a need.

To quote an old animated robotics film from ‘Big Weld’ The best projects are those that fill a need you have in life or others.
This section is dedicated to all the little projects I take on to either make myself, the lab or others lives better!

The moment of Combustion

What does it look like the moment a fuel starts combustion? I was curious of this as well, so set…

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1892 H.K. Porter Bolt cutter restoration.

1892 H.K. Porter Bolt cutters, they where invented by H.K Porter in 1888 for blacksmiths to cut off stock quickly.…

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1890’s Torsion balance

This very unique style of balance scale was found in very bad shape as parts, I set out to bring…

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1947 General Electric Vortalex fan-Full restoration

I could not pass up a chance to get one of these art deco fans from the 40’s This one…

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1950’s Ohmer Taxi Fare Meter

Such a rare find this was! An old 1950’s Taxi meter made by Ohmer. This one was serviced by the…

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Mueller Centurion Fire Hydrant restoration.

Recently picked up one of those items we have all seen but few of us own! A Fire Hydrant! An…

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DIY DRO Display

A DIY Digital readout accurate to 5 microns! This will be a new project for the 200 year old scale…

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DIY Robot Controller Project

This page cornicles the massive project I took on, of bringing an old Adept SCARA robot back to life by…

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How a Gas pump nozzle works

Every want to know how a gas pump nozzle works? how it knows when to shut off? In the process…

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Custom Plasma cut Knife

A Friend of the lab wanted a custom Knife for his collection, so I setout to design and make my…

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Teaching a robot to weld

The goal of this project is to try and teach the Fanuc robot arm how to weld. Many already know…

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FANUC Robot RS232 communication

First off, this robot project started here, make sure you get caught up first! https://www.djdlabs.com/fanuc-robot-arm/ This thread chronicles the process…

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Powhatan Type 250 Fire Hose Nozzle

Picked this up for the lab, was a fun restoration. After a clean and blasting, it looks like this, now…

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FANUC Robot arm

Saved this Fanuc LR Mate 200iC/5H 5 Axis arm, and R-30iA controller from the scrap pile! This robot arm has…

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Robot Lamp Project

From the literal dumpster to art piece this is the progression of taking an old force gripper exhibit that was…

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Pontiac 326 Engine build.

This page will be the Engine build for the 51 Truck I am building. More on that project here: https://www.djdlabs.com/1951-chevy-truck/…

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CNC Plasma project

June 6th 2015 this all started with a fantastic find. I got a lead on a forgotten old CNC machine…

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Onan 4.0 CCK Generator Restoration

This project started with a friend of mine offering me an old generator he got many years prior and never…

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Marvel Schebler VD-58 Carburetor rebuild.

As part of a new multi part project for the lab, ( that will be a slight secret for now…

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High Vac Power Passthrough

The vacuum chamber has been missing a good way to get power into it. I took an old broken high…

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DIY DMX Board

This entire project started with and old fried Peavey Pc 1600 MIDI board. I got it for free for the…

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CNC Plasma Sign

Set out to make the largest sign I have ever attempted with my DIY CNC Plasma machine.Was a gift for…

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Exploded view of Gas meter

Setup to come up with a way to display the internals of the gas meter, I used some colored pencils,…

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Parking meter stand

Designed and cut a ‘display stand’ outline for the parking meter. Turned out pretty cool I think!

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2 Watt Solid state Nd:YAG laser

The lab had this donated, took a good while to reverse engineer how it worked and to build an interface…

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Stupid Bright

What happens when you build your own 3,000 watt light bulb? This was a custom high power tungsten filament in…

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Mini Tesla coil

Built a mini tesla coil for our High voltage demo in the science demo theater. It can light up a…

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Black & Decker drill refurbish.

Refurbished a 1950’s Gen 1 Black & Decker Drill.

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Ratrod Tractor

Here is my 1963 Jacobsen Chief tractor, modified and lowered. Has a full harley exhaust, and with new pully setup…

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What is a Fusor?

Here is a walkthrough of the start of my Fusor project.

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Sears Paint Gun

Refurbishment of an old 60’s era Paint gun.

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Inside a Hard drive

Stuck a hard drive in my Axiomat scope ( more on that soon ) And here are the closeup results…

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Hard Drive project

I took apart 40 hard drives, to make a cool wall art project, more on that soon. But for now,…

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DeWALT Saw restoration.

Free donation to the lab, it was an old saw in sad shape, spent a ton of time fully dismantling…

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Huge Laser Power supply.

This is the largest regulated DC power supply I have ever seen, one hell of an amazing donation to the…

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Vintage Drill press restoration.

old 1950’s Craftsman Mohawk drill press w2as donated to the lab, what a project it was getting all the rusty…

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Zeiss Axiomat

Take a look inside one of the best optical microscopes ever built, including today! This was before electronic correction. So…

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Big Nut!

Always wanted a Battlebots trophy style giant hex nut, so set out to try and make my own, here is…

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Plasma cut lamp

I designed and plasma cut this neat fan light diffuser, it was for someone special recovering from surgery.

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Oxygen tank shelf

What do you do with a LO2 tank that was cut in half? Design and plasma cut some shelves for…

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Inside a Liquid Oxygen tank

Picked up a few Liquid oxygen tanks for lab projects.

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DJD Grills

Made some custom DJD Labs speaker covers.

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Custom DMX Light show

Built my own interface, and custom software to detect music and change DMX commands for a custom light show.

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Big Button wall talk

I was asked to do a presentation on my giant 200 button wall. Here is that talk. I will place…

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CNC Plasma Table Project

Needed a table for my DIY CNC plasma, so used the CNC plasma to cut out parts needed to make…

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Westinghouse Watt meter

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40 Watt Nd:YAG Laser project

I had a massive 300+ lbs YAG laser donated to the lab, was used in high power laser shows. I…

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DIY COVID Mask Project

Wanted to make my own unique mask so set out and printed and painted my own mask similar to that…

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Google game AI playing

Set out to make the computer play the game for me! Here is the code, Opt(‘MouseCoordMode’, 2) Opt(‘PixelCoordMode’, 2) While…

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Welder upgrade.

So … I would never have bought a ‘Hazard’ Freight welder, but a few things came together to make me…

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Inside a Hybrid Synergy Drive

Many videos on this amazing device in the works!

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Laser Pumpkin carving

Well more like laser assisted pattern making! Used a smart laser to project beam patterns onto the pumpkins to be…

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3D printer into a Drawing robot!

Hacked an old 3D printer, used the drives, and built a new CNC front end for drawing!

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The Dancing truck

My 2000 Chevy S10 that had so many projects done to it over the years, this card will cover the…

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Atomic clock

https://youtu.be/UanUgCoTPGY The lab now has an atomic clock! It took some work to get it working again.

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Big servo clock Project

This page will cover the massive project that was the big servo art clock in the cafe lobby at the…

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Drawing with light

DIY UV LED built into a pen, and placed into my modified 3D printer I use as a drawing robot.

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Robotic paper cutter

Started a new project on the old vinyl cutter, I picked up a sticky board and placed paper instead of…

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Air Ride Chassis simulator

Made this many years back ( The myspace days ) It was incredibly popular. It was made to the exact…

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M101 howitzer round fuse

I needed a fuse for my 105mm round, they are hard to come by, so 3D printed my own!

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Sensor Control Box

Designed, laser cut and build up a control box for some proximity sensors used for an interactive fountain for a…

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Project Thumper

The Geek Group made an amazing high energy physics demo that harness the power of a lightning bolt to explode…

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Prius Synergy Drive Full Tear down

https://youtu.be/Eg8c2_eS-do In this Video we tear into a 2nd Gen Prius Transmission part by part and do our best to…

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