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Model Aircraft Kit (Balsa Wood, Rubber Band Powered)
Complete balsa wood kit to build a flying model aircraft. Rubber band motor, tissue covering, adjustable tail surfaces. Takes about 4 hours to build, flies for 30-45 seconds. It's the same principle as the Flyer -- just smaller and less terrifying.
Technical Drawing & Drafting Workshop
Learn to draw precise engineering plans by hand. T-square, compass, protractor, French curves. Before CAD, this is how every machine was designed. I drew every component of the 1903 Flyer by hand, to scale. If you can draw it accurately, you can build it accurately. If you can't draw it, you don't understand it well enough.
Drafting Table & Instrument Set (Professional)
Full-size drafting table with parallel rule, plus a complete set of drawing instruments: compasses, dividers, ruling pens, French curves, triangles. The same setup I used to design the Flyer. Everything fits in a leather roll for transport.
Machinist's Tool Set (Watchmaker Grade)
Complete set of precision hand tools: files (Swiss-cut, 6 grades), small lathework tools, calipers, micrometers, taps and dies. The same quality I used to build instruments for Joseph Black's chemistry experiments. Keep them oiled. Return them sharper than you found them.
Crop Rotation & Companion Planting Guide
Hands-on session in the garden. I will show you which plants fix nitrogen, which ones deplete it, and how to rotate so your soil gets richer every year. The peanut-cotton rotation saved Southern agriculture. The same principles work in any garden, any climate.
Soil Testing Kit (Professional Grade)
Complete soil analysis kit: pH meter, NPK test reagents, color charts, sample bags, field notebook. Test up to 50 samples. I tested thousands across Alabama. Every farm was different. This kit lets you read the story your land is trying to tell you.
Signal Encoding Workshop -- Data Compression Before Computers
Small group (max 4). The principles behind Morse code, Braille, semaphore, and other encoding systems. How do you represent complex information with simple signals? How do you optimize for speed and reliability? Shannon formalized it 100 years later. I figured it out by counting type.
Rocket Engine Test Stand (Educational)
Tabletop test stand for small solid rocket motors. Measures thrust with a load cell and data logger. See the thrust curve, calculate impulse and burn time. I tested engines hundreds of times at my aunt Effie farm in Auburn. The neighbors complained. Worth it.
Assembly Line Simulation Workshop
Small group (max 8). Simulate a moving assembly line. First round: each person builds complete item. Second round: each person does one step. Measure the difference. Tip: The bottleneck is the slowest station. Fix that first.
Complete Mechanic Tool Set (Metric & Imperial)
Full mechanic tool set: wrenches, sockets, screwdrivers, pliers, torque wrench, feeler gauges, timing light. Quality tools are an investment. Cheap tools break at the worst moment.
Tensile Testing Workshop -- How Strong Is It Really
Small group (max 4). We will test materials to destruction: pulling, bending, cutting. Measure force, elongation, and breaking point. Compare metals, plastics, composites, and natural fibers. The numbers always surprise people. Intuition about material strength is usually wrong. Measure.
DNA Model Kit (Double Helix, Molecular Scale)
Build a physical model of DNA double helix from molecular components. Bases, sugars, phosphates -- snap them together and see why the structure works. Watson and Crick built a model like this. But their model was correct only because my data showed them the dimensions, the symmetry, and the backbone orientation.
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