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ENGINEERING ELECTRONIC PROTOTYPES

See the working process of how I design a typical prototype

Non Disclosure Agreement Form (pdf document)

Some questions to ask yourself before you hire me to build you a prototype

Some helpful resources and links

ENGINEERING ARTWORKS

Milton Komisar - LED artwork
 Seyed Alavi's - "Ode to Rumi"
Michael Flechtner's - "Better Mousetrap"
Michael Flechtner's - "Either Oracle"
 Brian Goggin's - "Photogenesis"
Michael Hayden's - "Quadrille"
 Michael Hayden's - "Arpeggio"
    Installing Michael Hayden's - "Arpeggio" in Nashville
 Michael Hayden's - "Zag" in Santa Rosa
Lewis DeSoto's artwork
George Stone's - Body Bags
Jim Jenkins - "Deux Carrottes Heureuses"
Jim Jenkins - "The Little Chair"
 Jim Jenkins - "Dime a Dance"
 Mary Tsiongas - "Aviary"
 Adobe Corporate Lobby
Tom Paiement - "Fret Series #48"
 Robert Ellison - "Impact"
 Therese LaHaie - "Column"
Richard Mariconda - quadraphonic audio mixer
Rebecca Schwarz "Tower of Power"

WOOD FURNITURE

 Furniture Catalog
 
 Furniture Show schedule and gallery list

Entry Tables
    more Entry Tables
Side Tables

Coffee Tables
Benches
Small Tables
Mirrors - horizontal format
Mirrors - vertical format
Furniture Commissions
Non Sequitur furniture items
Desks

How I design and make a table
    Day1 - Preparing lumber
    Day2 - Jointing and ripping stock
     Day3 - Making legs and feet
    Day4 - Sanding and finishing legs
     Day5 - Gluing legs

 MAGNETIC LEVITATION KIT
Gallery of Applications

Building a 14 ft wood strip canoe

Laying out the planks
 Cutting the planks
 Gluing planks
 Rabbeting edges
 Stitching planks
 Shaping hull
 Filleting stems
 Gluing seams
 Removing stitches
 Filling holes
 Gluing inwhales
 Gluing outwhales
 Glassing inside
 Glassing outside
Glassing keel
Decks and seat mounts
Epoxy coat
 Sanding + sanding
Varnishing
Finishing up
Launching
Storage

MY ELECTRONIC ARTWORKS

 My Art Exhibition + sales

HOW I BUILT A SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM FOR MY WORKSHOP

July 18 installing soffit vent
July 23 insulating the barn, day 1
July 24 Insulating barn etc., day 2
July 25 installing radiant floor
July 26 plumbing the heating system manifold
July 30 pouring concrete in the barn
July 31 framing and installing insulated barn doors
. . .
October 2 Building the solar shed onto the barn
October 3 Roofing the solar shed
October 5 Solar shed progress
October 6 Installing 2 solar collectors
October 9 Plumbing the solar collectors and manifold
 October 11 Plumbing solar heat exchanger etc.
 October 14 Installing the Aquastar propane backup water heater
 October 16 Sweating the radiant floor pump manifold
October 17 Filling the solar system
October 18 Solar system shakedown - more work needed
October 20 Heat at last!!!
October 24 Heating system upgrades + woodworking
. . .
November 21 Solar system final tweaks
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January 2: Clearing snow off the collectors
. . .
May 23, 2002 Home Power article
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21, 2002: Added 2 more solar collectors
September 23, 2002: Added Differential Temperature Controller
October 29, 2002: Adding 2nd floor radiators
November 8, 2002: Pump timers and controls upgrade
February 20, 2003: Over pressure fix
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November 17, 2003: Pump Cavitation issue
. . .
November 19, 2003: Air venting
. . .
January 13, 2004: Frozen antifreeze!
 . . .
April 2, 2005: Replacing expansion tank
 October 18, 2005: Installing stove pipe for a wood stove backup
November 18, 2005: Wood stove backup heat source

 May 21, 2006: Keeping cool, installing a solar attic vent

Lessons Learned - the hard way
 Before and after images

Energy conservation and efficiency

 INSTALLING MY SOLAR DOMESTIC HOT WATER HEATING SYSTEM
 Receiving the parts
Design tweaks
Installing staging
Installing Collectors
Planning plumbing
Pulling umbilical
Plumbing tank
Installing Solar Wand
Test Results
Adding a "dashboard"
Check valve
 Adding and external Heat Exchanger
INSTALLING MY SOLAR POWER SYSTEM
 System Sizing
Financing
 Panel Siting
 Hardware
 Grounding
 Rail Installation
 Installing Inverters
 Panel Installation
 Real Time Stats
More details
WIND STUDY
BUILDING A SOLAR CHARGED ELECTRIC MOWER
 parts list
 Removing the gas engine
Installing electric motor
Installing components
Wiring
Mounting blade
Solar charger
Test drive and results
Other conversions

SUSTAINABLE LIVING

Insulating around doors and windows
Infrared thermal survey of house and workshop
Insulating the building foundation
Interior insulating Window panels (purchased)
Compact Fluorescent Light Facts
Installing a tankless on-demand water heater
Make your own interior thermal insulation windows

IN THE MEDIA

"10 Audacious Ideas to Save the Planet" features my solar mower. Popular Science Magazine, July 2008, p.45
"Flip The Switch" by Guy Marsden for Inventor's Digest Feb. 2008
 "Solar Heat Upgrade" by Guy Marsden for Home Power. June/July 2007
"Improved Sandmaster" by Guy Marsden for Woodturning Design, fall 2006
"Hacking a Zip-Zap for remote control" by Guy Marsden for SERVO Aug. 2006
"The 'Then' and 'Now' of using the sun's energy". Coastal Journal, June 22, 2006
"He plugs his lawnmower into the sun", Times Record, Sept.2, 2005
 "Against all odds - Mainer actually made money on his invention", The Enterprise, March 20, 2005.
 "Maine inventor sees rare profit", Portland Press Herald, March 4, 2005.
 "Low-Cost Magnetic Levitation Project Kits" IEEE Control Systems Magazine October 2004.
 "Less Can Be More"  Inventor's Digest Magazine   Oct.-Dec. 2004.
"Sonar Mapper - Depth Perception For A Digital Mind"  Sonar Magazine, December 2003.
Turned wood art featured in 2 page gallery section of American Woodturner, Winter 2003.
"Levitation!" article by Guy Marsden, Nuts & Volts Magazine, September 2003.
"Eight-Bit Ant Farm" artwork featured in Gallery Section, Leonardo Magazine Vol. 36, No. 4, 2003.
Gallery page features "Millstone Oracle" artwork, Woodwork Magazine 10/2003.
"Great Timing (Uh...almost)" Inventor's Digest Magazine, January/February 2003.
"Remembering Berrigan"   Portland Press Herald, Sunday, December 22, 2002.
"Solar Heat for My Barn Workshop" article by Guy Marsden, Home Power Magazine article, June/July 2002.
"Left Brain, Right Business" feature article in Brunswick, Maine, Times Record 3/14/02.
Guy Marsden gallery page in Woodwork Magazine 8/2001.
"Sculpting by Numbers" feature article in San Jose Mercury News,  WEST Magazine.
Guy Marsden lamps in Residential Lighting Magazine, November 1997.
"Gallery Robots on the Internet"  by Guy Marsden for Sculpture magazine, March 1996.
"Checking Battery Condition..."  Basic Stamp article by Scott Edwards for Nuts & Volts Magazine, July 1995.
 "Engineering a Light Sculpture" article for Sculpture Magazine

 

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