Homemade Vietnamese truck
Not a lot of details, they’re not really needed – MAKE pal BF5man sent in this amazing homemade truck – Link.
Month: June 2006
DIY Fuel Injection Conversion using open-source engine management
Steve writes – “I am converting my 1973 BMW 2002 engine to electronic fuel injection using the Megasquirt DIY controller, and will be blogging about it on finkbuilt. Megasquirt is an affordable, open-source, DIY engine management computer that you assemble yourself. A large community of developer/users provides for constant development, and great free support.” – […]
ColdHeat Cordless Glue Gun Review
I haven’t used a glue gun in about 10 years. They were messy and hot. I think I burned myself the last time I used it so I’ve been forever scarred. I just got a new cordless Cold Heat Glue Gun to review which I have been testing out for a new craft project for […]
RC Controlled steam rover
I-Wei sent in the latest and great steam powered creation – The RC controlled steam rover made from a Cheddar Puffin steam and 2 2 Tamiya TLT-1 chassis. Photos and videos – Link.
Hard drive grinder mod
Jipa writes – “This time we have something not-so-serious for all the modders out there with broken HDD(s). I had some dead HDDs lying around and I started wondering what could I do with them. After opening one and testing if it still run, I couldn’t resist scratching the spinning disk with a screw driver… […]
Scientific and technical books of yesteryear
Rob writes – “The Mad Science library has several PDF’s of vintage science books including a 1960 volume of the Scientific American Book of Projects For The Amateur Scientist. The rest of the site is full of interesting info too.” – Link. We collect a lot of these old publications and books at MAKE, it’s […]
The Real Thing – Clean water filtered from Coca-Cola
This art installation from Helmut Smits filters Coca-Cola into clean drinking water – [via] Link.