In my garage and base­ment are scores (no, I mean “mul­ti­ples of twenty”) of boxes of Old Maker Garage Crap. These are due to the dead: my father (a NASA physi­cist and ham radio oper­a­tor), my uncle (an engi­neer and ham), my lost friend Nancy (an anti­quer and accu­mu­la­tor of garage sale finds), not to men­tion the stuff we buy “inci­den­tally” at estate auc­tions in box lots along with the crap we really want. Vac­uum tubes, tran­sis­tors, glass bot­tles, insu­la­tors, diodes, old clocks, gears and clock­work… and of course, baby food bot­tles filled with screws and nails. Things to inspire the Mak­ers of the 19^th and 20^th Centuries.

Boing­bo­ing passes along this amaz­ing artisan’s work, today. Like all great work, this hints that you could do that. Go and admire, and be inspired.