My maker projects, arts and crafts.
I make stuff that interests me. I don't currently take commissions. If you want to support my work, you can buy something from my Etsy Shop.

Adam the HipNerd

Driftone Cajon

In 2022, a friend from church asked me to make this cajon as a Christmas present for her grandson who plays in a band called Driftone. They are still gigging, and I've been told this cajon gets regular use on reggae tunes.

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Adam the HipNerd

Drum Thing (Bass Drum Restore)

I found a beat up bass drum by the side of the road and brought it home. I peeled off the old wrap, removed the rust from the existing hardware, bought new hardware as needed, and new heads. I was considering some fancy glittery/holographic/color changing…

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Adam the HipNerd

Tesseract Table

My wife asked for a table to keep next to her chair in the bedroom. I, of course had to make it complicated. I came up with the idea pretty quickly, but it took me about six months to figure out the details and build…

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Windmill

I was thinking about making some kind of wind powered sculpture, and looking stuff up online when I came across a video where a guy developed a cool method of making a windmill by sticking metal tape to bicycle wheel spokes. Then, shortly after that,…

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