Mark Makes

Some flower boxes I made to use up some old scrap wood.

Our house is sold, we are moving. Overview of the plan and what we'll be building next.

Several game changing mods to my sand blasting cabinet.

Cleaning up and powder coating some rear suspension pieces. Also, fabricating custom bushings as the aftermarket company I got the suspension from is out of business.

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).

Shop tour with a few unique concepts and ideas I implemented.

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

Shop made lathe tool holder for 1/4" die grinder.

Rebuilding and powder coating brakes from a C3 Corvette.

The first 30 years with my 72 Corvette

Doing some indoor project due to the cold weather, winter outdoor scenery, and some moose cruised through...

Custom free standing shelves to maximize storage space and accessibility

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/

Continuing our build and the reasons we sold our home and moved here to take on this project in retirement.

3rd installment of my engine rebuild and installation. This car sat for about 25 years after I got married, we raised our family, and life happened...

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

Exterior walls milled and installed.

Part 1-Why I make videos and my 32 year history with this car Part 2-Photographic timeline of the build with commentary Part 3-Why I'm now selling this car

Building a custom heavy duty firewood pallet I designed and other life stuff. Music credited to BenSound at BenSound.com

First of many videos of my wife and I developing our land and building our home in retirement.

Starting the installation of the rebuilt motor and new transmission on the C3 Corvette.

Timber framing (sort of) and roof installation

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

Machining Ball Joint Cups for Custom Control Arms for C5 & C6 Corvettes