Wednesday, January 28, 2009

My Italian Trip (a documentary by Joshua Callister)

Anybody who is interested may click the following link and read my documentary on my Italian trip. I am working on my Yucutan documentary now. enjoy. Just copy and paste this link into your browser.

http://www.box.net/shared/c90b0zgnzu

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Rocket Science



Alright, I have built a rocket launcher out of PVC pipe and a couple of sprinkler valves. It has 2 launch booms and i wired a nine volt battery to the sprinkler valves with a button to control opening and closing the valve. i hooked my air compressor to the rocket launcher and had my kids build some paper rockets. first launch, the rocket blew apart. second launch the rocket went sooo far we couldn't see it in the sky!! a minute or so later pieces of it started making their way to the ground. needless to say, i am still perfecting the rockets, they are almost reaching orbit!! i will post a video later on to show you guys what it does! it would be a fun reunion thingy for uncles and kids!!

Saturday, January 10, 2009

my custum made doors



I apologize for not posting for a while. i really haven't done much since Italy. recently however i made these custom doors for my reading room. Deena really wanted doors on these very large 'closet' areas. so i put my ingenuity to the test and designed and built these doors. they are 8 ft tall and open from the middle. 4 doors in all connecting in the center. i used 8ft pine planks with 1x4 pine runners as door moldings and side rails. i fastened everything together with my nail gun. i think they turned out pretty good. i still need to sand and stain them, but wanted to hang them to see how the worked. it is neat to see something from your mind come to fruition and actually work!! now i will do the same thing for the window you see on the wall.