PROJECTS

The B.K. Elliott surveyor’s transit is a fascinating piece of engineering from the early 20th century. Built around 1910, this…

Working on a concept for the worlds simplest air ride switchbox. It would use a unique Push/Pull style momentary switch.…

Check out this vintage unique Ricoh Fan folding camera flash. https://youtu.be/ZnZhYZ3h0kM

This has been a long road, but I wanted to make a way to send G-code data to the Fanuc…

Got this vise recently it was locked up and rusted solid. All the ‘aprentice marks’ or holes drilled in the…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…

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

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

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

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/…

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Refurbishment of an old 60’s era Paint gun.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Picked up a few Liquid oxygen tanks for lab projects.

Made some custom DJD Labs speaker covers.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Many videos on this amazing device in the works!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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…