Hey there, nice shoes!

My name is Jeff. I'm a reasonably maintained engineer/inventor with over 2400 invention and business ideas documented in my project notebooks spanning over 35 years (though about 20% of them are bad ideas). My mission is to get those ideas off paper and into your hands.

I always pause during development to admire fancy shoes.

My ideas are protected by a robot army...and a small plastic fork.

The Lab Launches.

I launched Laboratory 424 in 2007 located in Spokane, Washington USA; however, I'm always on the lookout for a lab hidden in an active volcano on a secret island.

Sigh...

So many inventions, so little time.

Since 2007 I've been building and selling my inventions to fund future inventing. Unfortunately, the retail side was consuming most of my time leaving little time to pursue future inventions. Time is short, so now I'm giving them away in the hope that someone can improve their lives, those around them, and perhaps the world.

The Wall Clip is my best product to date...except for the giant XJ2 Destruct-O-Bot, which I can't publicly disclose.

Invent.

Using a complex, proprietary, idea selection algorithm (a Magic 8-ball), I pick an idea from my notebooks to refine.

Will the Fire-Breathing-Cow Action Figure be a hit?

Patreon supporters can influence my selection. Learn more.

There are over 2400 entries in my notebooks to choose from...and growning.

Build.

I research and refine the idea into an easy to follow blueprint explaining what it is and how I'd approach building it.

The blueprint (or "Path", as one of my personalities likes to say) is the distillation of the idea from concept to creation.

I use to livestream building new inventions which was a great idea. Inventing a chat-controlled robot that shoots ping pong balls probably wasn't.

Share.

I'll release the invention payload so you can build it for fun and profit, no strings attached. This will include the blueprint with detailed commentary and may included design files, video, audio, and even prototypes up for grabs. All sprinkled with a little Lab 424 entertainment dust (comprised mostly of sand, crushed nacho chips, and some odd blue powder I picked up from an alien crash site).

Occasionally, I'll offer a handful of prototypes to my Patreon supporters.

Each prototype will have "Top Secret" stamped on the box for added drama.

Prefer to "Nancy Drew" your way through? Teaser images, videos, and build files will manifest in the wild for free. Support me on Patreon to get all the goodies.

Places, spaces, and me.

Here’s some places you can find me: Bluesky, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Patreon, and the eye wash station (salsa really stings).