Mark Makes

Vertical AR foregrip and attachment points I made for my wife's AR-15 (5.56) and my AR-15 (7.62x39)

Tear down, design explanation, clean up, and rebuild of a Stirling type engine I designed and built (it doesn't run so now it's just art).

Tear down, clean up, and polishing of a Stirling engine I built years ago. Website that has the plans I built it from: http://www.model-engine-plans.com/

Tear down, clean up, rebuild, and working explanation of the my first engine. Link to plans: http://www.homemetalshopclub.org/projects/scotchx2/scotchx2.html

Making the curved doors for the display shelves. (This is some of my first video set. I like to think I got better at it in later videos)

Part 2 of the enclosed shelves and pegboard storage project (This is some of my first video set. I like to think I got better at it in later videos)

An engine of my own design. Slight tear down, polish, and rebuild. It didn't run but it's shiny in the end.

Slight tear down, explanation, build and running demonstration of a CO2 Engine I built. Link to great animation showing how a CO2 Engine works: http://www.animatedengines.com/co2.html

Putting some cheap flooring in the storm shelter

Starting a project to build a Tornado shelter for our house. First step...the door

Overview of the overhead hoist system I incorporated in my shop when I built it. Link about I beams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSz0kV0BPDY

An engine of my own design. Functional explanation and some building techniques. This one runs.

The first 30 years with my 72 Corvette

Custom free standing shelves to maximize storage space and accessibility

A root cause analysis and valuable lessons learned from a very bad day.

Part 2 of building the vault for our tornado/storm shelter.

Building the vault for our tornado/storm shelter.

Several game changing mods to my sand blasting cabinet.