Category Archives: Home projects

Homemade face mask

Posted on April 19, 2020 by gregorykimball

With the new recommendations to wear face masks meeting a shortage of masks, I decided to bust out my mini sewing machine and make some DIY masks. Luckily the internet is full of wisdom on this matter – Anjurisa’s video … Continue reading →

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Lighting retrofit

Posted on November 20, 2019 by gregorykimball

I just finished a kitchen lighting retrofit so I thought I would share some of the things I learned. Our kitchen had four 40W T12 fluorescent bulbs when we moved in and by the time two of bulbs stopped working … Continue reading →

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24″ Pancake Monster

Posted on August 29, 2019 by gregorykimball

As much fun as I’ve been having with my pancake drum kit, I keep wondering how it would sound with a huge bass drum. One feature of a pancake rack tom is that it leaves plenty of room for big … Continue reading →

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Screen door for the foster room

Posted on August 19, 2019 by gregorykimball

Earlier this year we started volunteering as part of the The Dancing Cat foster network, a group that cares for cats while they are looking for their forever home. We have two resident cats so keeping a two-week quarantine with … Continue reading →

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Trash can bass drum

Posted on March 22, 2019 by gregorykimball

I’ve been looking for a portable bass drum for busking for month now and I finally have a solution.  I had some spare 18″ bass drum hardware and figured if I went to the hardware store I could find something … Continue reading →

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Custom LED Vanity

Posted on February 6, 2019 by gregorykimball

The internet has a lot of DIY vanity projects out there but I’ve never found the flexibility I would like with regards to light intensity and color temperature.  Building some LED lighting with a dimmer is not too hard but … Continue reading →

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Building the Custom LED Vanity

Posted on January 3, 2019 by gregorykimball

For this build we are making a wall-mounted vanity mirror with about a 2000K to 8000K color temperature range.  White LEDs are available in this range but they typically achieve the color temperature target using special composition and density of … Continue reading →

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Let’s make electrical outlets!

Posted on July 25, 2018 by gregorykimball

Now that I have a good table to work with, the next step is to install some electrical outlets.  Any good workbench needs a place to plug in tools, and any good desk needs a power source for your computer. … Continue reading →

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Table surgery

Posted on May 20, 2018 by gregorykimball

You may remember my first draft of a table.  That table did NOT age well haha!  I started to get fancy and thought it would be good to pull out all the screws holding it together and pound some dowels … Continue reading →

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Catio

Posted on April 28, 2018 by gregorykimball

We’ve been trying to find a way to open up our patio to the cats, but we want to make sure they don’t escape!  With this goal in mind, I went overboard and created the following architectural application: Application PDF … Continue reading →

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