Author Archives: ChaosTheEngineer

Last year, we made a haunted house on our front porch for Halloween. All we did was hot glue a bunch of plastic trash bags onto the walls of the porch. This year, we got big pieces of drop cloth instead of using trash bags. Then, to hang them, we put hooks in the ceilingContinue reading “Haunted House”

Two weeks ago, I started sanding the Beep so we can paint it. Because it’s so old, where it has paint left, there are several layers. From what I could see around it, it was painted yellow, red, grey, white, avocado green, and several other darker greens. On the front fenders, it still has aContinue reading “Sanding The Beep”

Last October, we went up to an Airbnb cabin in McCall, Idaho. Last Sunday, we went up to another cabin for three nights. After we got there and took some stuff out of the car, we went to the store for some stuff. On Monday, we went into the garage to play with some ofContinue reading “Our Trip To McCall”

A few weeks ago, I started running new wires from the front to the back of the Beep (Power Wagon) for the all the lights. Most of the wiring that was in the Beep when we got it was original rag wire. It’s so old and dried out, if you touch or bend it theContinue reading “Wiring The Beep”

For the next month, two of our friends from church are going to be visiting our house because their parents are out of state. Sunday, our friend Andrew came home with us and the other stayed to play with the other people after church. When we got home, we did a little bit of NerfContinue reading “Sunday”

Last month, we got a kitten from one of our friends at church. We named her Agnes When we first got her, our other older cat, Angus, stayed away from her. Then about a week ago, he got used to her and started trying to play with her. Now she tries to attack him andContinue reading “Our New Cat”

Last Wednesday, I got my first project car. It is a 1942 Dodge Power Wagon WC-52. It has almost no wiring or lights in it. Most the wiring that’s in it is original, and there’s only a few smaller lights that one of the older owners had painted over. A few of the original thingsContinue reading “Project Car”

A few weeks ago, I gave up on trying to make the mechanical part of the drivetrain out of Lego for my tank. I also found that the drill isn’t strong enough to power both tracks, and that the battery life isn’t very good for constant use. So, I’m going to use some Power WheelsContinue reading “Power Wheel Motors”

A few years ago, I made my first Lego Technic hand with pneumatics. Then, a little while after that, I made another pneumatic hand and an electric hand using linear actuators. The pneumatic hands were always really slow and weak because all the pistons are old, the seal on the inside is dried out, andContinue reading “Lego Technic Hands”

Since January 15th 2024, I have been trying to get my tank to be durable, fast and work properly. Making it durable was the easy part since I just had to add supports and parts connecting the two sides of whatever needed to be reinforced. The speed has always been the hard part though, asContinue reading “End Of The Tank”