http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog A tinkerer's journal and look at life's debris. Thu, 03 Nov 2011 21:44:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/build-an-opaque-projector-part-2/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/build-an-opaque-projector-part-2/#comments Mon, 06 Aug 2007 04:17:29 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/build-an-opaque-projector-part-2/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/build-an-opaque-projector-part-2/feed/ 27 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/modern-coffee-table-plans/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/modern-coffee-table-plans/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2007 22:55:06 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/modern-coffee-table-plans/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/modern-coffee-table-plans/feed/ 0 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/uke-lamp/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/uke-lamp/#comments Fri, 01 Dec 2006 06:52:19 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/uke-lamp/ Make a Uke lamp. Update: Finkbuilt reader Phil points out that the author of this lamp piece, c.c Beck, is another famous Marvel Comics refugee who ended up working for Fawcett after they absorbed and dismantled Marvel. Here is an interview with Charles Clarence Beck Phill says: A little correction, AFAIK neither C. C. Beck (or Otto Binder) ever worked for Marvel Comics]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/uke-lamp/feed/ 10 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:04:08 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/ Install these Poor man's granite countertops and save a bundle.]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/granite-countertops/feed/ 38 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ball-clock-complete/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ball-clock-complete/#comments Tue, 06 Sep 2005 02:32:47 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=63 Part 2 of Making a Jumbo Ball Clock]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/ball-clock-complete/feed/ 6 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/#comments Fri, 29 Jul 2005 05:58:16 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=52 Welding up the frame for the jumbo-sized Nelsonesque ball clock.]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/learn-to-weld/feed/ 24 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/numerical-indicator-experimental-1/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/numerical-indicator-experimental-1/#comments Fri, 08 Apr 2005 06:41:04 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=16 Nixie tubes were the state of the art in electronic numerical displays during the mid-twentieth century. By the 1970's.hey were almost completely supplanted ...]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/numerical-indicator-experimental-1/feed/ 12 http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/tv-cabinet/ http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/tv-cabinet/#comments Sat, 02 Apr 2005 00:27:49 +0000 Steve http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/?p=12 My collection of vintage televisions, which once numbered six or seven sets, has slowly been reduced to one diminutive little Singer 5 inch portable.]]> http://www.finkbuilt.com/blog/tv-cabinet/feed/ 10