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Herbie with my niece Lorie

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Click picture to go to my Tesla Coil page where you can see construction details and a video of the first test run.

 

I have uploaded detailed plans on the robot "pet"
that I made a long time ago.
Click here to see construction photos and details.
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Over the years I have tinkered with alot of electronic gadgets and stuff. Here is a list of most of the things I have constructed. Some were built from scratch, some were built from plans, some were kits and some I designed.

You have never seen more things built in cardboard boxes and rats nests of wires and parts as my projects had. I used everything from cardboard boxes to cigar boxes, Tupperware, homasote, pref board, plastic, metal, etc. But please keep in mind that I built the early stuff when I was in school with no money. Almost all the parts came from junk TVs, radios, junk yards, etc. Also remember that back in the '70s we didn't have Radio Shacks all over the place like we do now nor did I have my driver's license to go to the electronic places that we did have. Look over these projects and I hope you find them amusing and maybe even a little bit inspiring.

Electronic Project as of 2004

Project

Date
1 Short Wave Radio

1968
2 Crystal radio

1968
3 Flip/flop

1968
4 Photocell bank

1968
5 Q Multiplier

1968
6 Oscilloscope

1968
7 2 tube radio

1968
8 Metal detector

1969
9 Rain Detector

1969
10 Antenna tuner

1969
11 Transistor tester

1969
12 Timer

1969
13 Short waver radio 2

1969
14 Super Snooper

1969
15 Lights display

1969
16 TV remote control

1969
17 Transistor transmitter

1970
18 Megaphone

1970
19 Fuzz box

1970
20 Do Nothing Box

1970
21 Joe's Mind Blower

1970
22 Electronic surf board

1970
23 Electronic Flasher

1970
24 Watt meter

1970
25 2 Watt OTL Amp

1970
26 Hot Crystal Radio

1970
27 Stereo amp

1970
28 Cpo/organ/metronome

1970
29 Intercom

1970
30 Power supply

1970
31 Electronic electroscope

1970
32 Photo counter

1970
33 Siren

1970
34 FSM

1970
35 IC Audio Generator

1970
36 Resistor Sub Strip

1970
37 Capacitor sub board

1970
38 VHF Receiver

1970
39 4 watt amp

1970
40 Bug shoo

1970
41 Telephone amp

1970
42 3 Tube Transmitter

1970
43 Deluxe Timer

1970
44 650 volt power supply

1970
45 Transistor tester

1970
46 One tube thermion

1970
47 Robot

11/11/70
48 Battery Tester

11/25/70
49 DC/DC Converter

11/25/70
50 Frequency meter

11/29/70
51 Tic Tac Toe

11/30/70
52 Sound switch

12/14/70
53 SCR/diode tester

1/1/71
54 Question Box

1/2/71
55 Little Richie

1/4/71
56 Radio Mobile

1/8/71
57 BFO

1/8/71
58 Capacitor meter

1/9/71
59 Gooha

1/18/71
60 Radio amp

1/20/71
61 TV Amp

1/20/71
62 Electronic dice

1/27/71
63 He-Ne Laser

2/5/71
64 Laser communicator

2/7/71
65 Organ

2/8/71
66 Photo Thermin

2/20/71
67 Moisture detector

2/28/71
68 Safety flasher

3/3/71
69 12 Volt Florescent Light

3/5/71
70 Crystal Meter

3/30/71
71 Remote control

3/28/71
72 Panic box

4/14/71
73 Beat The Clock

4/20/71
74 Honker

5/1/71
75 Computer

5/5/71
76 Shocking book

6/15/71
77 Aircraft radio

7/7/71
78 Strobe light

7/22/71
79 Light Meter

8/1/71
80 Sig-phone

8/23/71
81 No bounce switch

8/25/71
82 Visulert

8/23/71
83 Princeps Puzzle

8/29/71
84 Pulse Generator

9/10/71
85 AC Voltmeter

10/23/71
86 Voltage Divider

10/24/71
87 Siren – CPO

10/15/71
88 Electronic Bird

11/14/71
89 Pink noise generator

11/15/71
90 Tesla coil

1/5/72
91 Oscilloscope 2

2/5/72
92 Magnum Alarm

2/21/72
93 Color Organ

2/72
94 Radio siren

4/72
95 Jacobs ladder

5/72
96 Buffered CPO

5/72
97 Binary Counter

5/72
98 Surf syn

6/72
99 Electronic Steam Whistle

6/72
100 Digital counter

6/72
101 Burglar Alarm

6/28/72
102 540 power amp

3/73
103 Speed Control

6/73
104 Electronic Wind

6/73
105 Herbie the Robot

6/73
106 Electronic Drums

1/3/74
107 Psychic Analyzer

1/7/74
108 VOM

3/5/74
109 Remote controller 2

6/17/74
110 7 Watt Amp

6/20/74
111 15 Watt Amp

6/24/74
112 Super speakers 1

6/28/74
113 Super amp

7/24/74
114 Super speakers 2

7/30/74
115 Super speakers 3

8/15/74
116 Super speakers 4

8/30/74
117 Super pre-amp

11/5/74
118 Rocket Transmitter

12/2/74
119 2 Digit Counter

1975
120 Frequency Counter

1975
121 Train controller

1/3/75
122 35 Watt Amp

2/2/75
123 Pre-amp

4/2/75
124 Music Syn

6/15/75
125 30 watt power amp

8/75
126 CB Beam Antenna

6/76
127 Color TV

7/15/76
128 Tiger Amp

7/26/76
129 Smoke Detector

8/7/76
130 SWTP Power Amp 1

11/25/76
131 SWTP Power Amp 2

11/25/76
132 Auto tach/speedometer

5/15/77
133 CB Power Supply

1977
134 Stereo power meter

8/8/77
135 Eico Color Bar Generator

1977
136 Sound Generator

10/15/77
137 2 volt power supply

2/5/78
138 Audio Digital Delay Line

4/15/78
139 Keyboard

5/15/78
140 Heathkit Scope

11/15/80
141 Scope Calibrator

11/20/80
142 8085 Computer

11/15/80
143 Hafler Pre-amp

11/26/81
144 SWTP color organ

1981
145 FM Transmitter

3/15/82
146 Apple II Computer

9/21/82
147 Line Tracer

10/15/82
148 Variable Power Supply

7/7/84
149 Music Metronome

1985
150 Burt the Robot

1986
151 Apple MIDI interface

1987
152 Mikey the Robot

1988
153 Melody Door Bell

1989
154 X10 Remote Volume Control

1995
155 J-Pole Ham Antenna

1996
156 2 Meter Amp

1997
157 Ham Bot

1998
158 Rocket 555 Timer

2002
159 Ramsey FM Transmitter

2003
160 Tesla Coil 2

2004

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