Category Archives: making things

The Motorcycle Saga: Part VII

Just the other day, I received in the mail a new fuel tank for the 1971 Honda CB250 that I’ve been working on for several months on and off. I attached the fuel tank, put a little bit of gas into it, primed the fuel lines, and started the bike. It roared to life! Very [...]

What I did with my time off

I’ve been between gigs for the past few weeks and, unlike every other time in my life when I’ve been between gigs (except one), this time I decided to take a little bit of me time. I decided to pick something I was not good at but wanted to be good at, and work on [...]

Made in the USA

I recently decided to build a CMoy amplifier, in an Altoids tin, because I’m the kind of man who wears headphones large enough that they can’t be optimally driven by an iPod or laptop’s audio output. A new pair of headphones I’ve had my eye on a while are 32Ω impedance, which is for sure [...]