Pac Man Pumpkins

Pac Man & Ghost pumpkins under regular and black light

My Pac Man pumpkin project. These are carved from Sugar-pie pumpkins and mounted on black dowels on a black board. The "pellets" are small gourds turned on their sides. The cherries are crab-apples and I used some 18 guage wire for the cherry stem. The pumpkins were air-brushed with florescent paints to make them glow under black light and give that video game raster glow feel to the whole thing. The whole project took about 5 hours. I had to build an air-brush out of a can of Dust-off since I don't own a real one. I think it worked like a champ.



- Dave Adams

Hack Junk Goes to the 2009 Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby

In a somewhat last minute decision, we here at Hack Junk decided to enter the 2009 Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby (operated by the folks over at Hazard Factory) -- perhaps you saw the live stream of our preparations? Fear not! We've finally got our complete coverage of our build and racing at the event posted online for your viewing pleasure below. You can also enjoy a high-quality slide-show of our photos courtesy of Flickr.

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More Virtual Tour of Hack Junk's Hackatorium

We've been busy documenting our workspace, The Hackatorium, and we've finally got a full set posted for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy the photo slidehow of Hack Junk's Hackatorium below, or feel free to click through for the full Flickr set.

Virtual Tour of the Hack Junk's Hackatorium

Here are some photos of the Hack Junk's Hackatorium, where we do our tinkering, welding, experimenting and soldering, to say the least. There will be more in the coming weeks as we focus on specific projects, but for now here are some shots of our two main workstations, some storage and some old skateboards hanging in the rafters. Enjoy!

Watch Hack Junk Live: 2009 Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby Preparation

Watch us as we hack some power tools into mean machines for the 2009 Seattle Power Tool Race and Derby. We'll start the session about 7pm PST and go until we have two racers in hand and ready to go for the Saturday race. To get a preview of the race and derby in action, scroll down for a highlight reel from the 2008 SPTRD. Come out and support the Hack Junk team on Saturday, too! View the stream live below, or visit the show page at uStream.tv to interact with us live -- if you dare...

Live Broadcast by Ustream.TV

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