Engineering Mayhem

This page is a collection of engineering fails that I have seen or experienced. Cracked nuts  These were found inside the the wiring bo...

This page is a collection of various engineering hacks that I have done:  Emergency Thong Repair My workshop foot protection (/thong)...

This is the third iteration of my electronics bench. The first was a small shelf in my bedroom. The second was an old sewing machine bench....

A garden trellis is a lattice structure used to support climbing plants as they grow. I recently bought a passionfruit plant, and needed a t...

I had two packs of 1.5m^2 Mahogany Floating Floorboards. These are "engineered" floors, which consist of tongue-and-groove boards ...

A  cajon  is a simple percussive instrument which resembles an innocuous wooden box. Despite it's simple appearance, it can produce a wi...

Magnetic hooks tend to be rather useful - as a lot of workshop surfaces tend to be metal.  An easy, but effective one can be made in a fe...