Maker Faire Austin 2007

Ray Guns: Unique and Sophisticated

Topic(s): Arts | Engineering

Tags: ray+guns

Get your hands on our collection of (non-functioning, but oh-so-realistic) ray guns straight out of the holsters of Buck Rogers, Flash Gordon, and Han Solo.

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About the Maker(s)

Bob Pennington

- retired

I retired from the insurance field twelve years ago. I moved from Dallas, Texas to a small town near Austin with one grocery store and one red light and began to play music regularly on an Irish whistle. That led to inventing several percussion instruments; designing and building a complete "Gamelan"( an Indonesian term for orchestra that uses zxylophone type instruments) I also make rings using silver coins. I am an avid wood worker; inventor, and a sculptor. I also play profesionally in an Irish band. I recently started ( after reading a MAKE magazine article)making Unique and Sophisticated Ray Gunns, which will be on exhibit at the Faire in Austin...I have two great children and five super grand kids. And, most importantly, life is good and I have lots of fun !

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