The wooden pulse jet is a Lockwood style pulse jet made from wood. Lockwood pulse jets are typically made from stainless steel sheet metal.  I used planks of wood that have holes drilled in such a way that when the assembly is stacked and bolte
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Starting the pulse jet with forced air black hose. Orange hose is propane feed.
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assembling the pulse jet block by block
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The Tank Thing was a tracked vehicle made of junk machine parts.  I co-created it with Liam McNamara.
Side view of me Driving the Tank Thing.  Liam McNamara is seated on left.
A 7.5 ft diameter 4V geodesic sphere with expanded metal mesh.  It is essentially a human sized hamster ball.
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Fish bug was a fire art installation for Burning Man in 2009. The project designers Jessica Hobbs and Rebecca Anders had trouble sourcing balanced propane manifolds that would serve their needs. Specifically they needed 16 outputs per manifold.&nbsp
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