Ben Branch
August 25, 2025
This is a Boeing-Stearman PT-17 engine cylinder lamp, it was built around one of the cylinders and heads from the original Continental R-670-5 7-cylinder air-cooled radial. It also includes a model of the aircraft, and…
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Ben Branch
August 24, 2025
This is a 1:3rd scale model of the Porsche Type 547 Carrera racing engine that has a full functional internal rotating assembly with pistons, valves, and LED light “spark plugs” all working in unison…
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Ben Branch
August 23, 2025
This is the Hi-Lift® First Responder Jack, it’s a high lift-style jack that can perform all the same lifting and winching duties as a normal high lift, but this one is also designed to…
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Ben Branch
August 22, 2025
This is the Brunton Vintage Pocket Compass, it’s a classic design based closely on an original D.W. Brunton compass design from 1894. It has a swiveling lid with a mirror, and classic cardinal direction…
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Ben Branch
August 18, 2025
This Hot Wheels model recreates that pivotal moment from Return of the Jedi, when Han Solo and Princess Leia are seemingly trapped by an AT-ST, only for Chewbacca to open the hatch and reveal…
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Ben Branch
August 16, 2025
This is the new Unimatic U1-GMT-DHB. It’s one of the newest releases from the famed Italian watchmaker, and each is made in Italy – with just 300 slated to be produced before the line…
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Ben Branch
August 15, 2025
The Ek Commando Knife was developed by John Ek in 1941. It would become the knife of choice for US Marine Raiders, US Army Rangers, the First Special Service Force, and the Office of…
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Ben Branch
August 14, 2025
This is a collection of 25 copies of Practical Mechanics magazine that date from the late 1940s into the mid-1950s. Surviving copies of these at-home instructional magazine are increasingly rare, and there is an…
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Ben Branch
August 13, 2025
This is the Ridge Magnetic Power Bank, it’s designed to fit in your pocket, and to charge all of your devices either wirelessly or via USB-C/Lightning connection. Many modern devices, like iPhones and Apple…
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Ben Branch
August 10, 2025
This is a table built around a Ducati Testastretta L-twin engine, L-twin being Ducati’s preferred nomenclature as opposed to V-twin, which is more often associated with American bikes. The Testastretta was developed on the…
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Ben Branch
August 9, 2025
This is a 1956 Spartan Executive Mansion Travel Trailer, the top of the line model from Spartan at the time – a company that made some of the most luxurious travel trailers in the…
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Ben Branch
August 7, 2025
This is a Radio Flyer wagon that’s been built into a go-kart, based on an Invader competition go-kart frame powered by a 6.5 bhp Champion single-cylinder engine. It also has a Radio Flyer trailer…
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