HOW TO – Make your own Chewbacca puppet
Kanja shows how to make an awesome Chewbacca puppet – Thanks Chuck! Link. Related: Puppet building for kids – Link. Project Puppet – Link. Darth Maul Puppet – Link.
Month: July 2006
HOW TO – Homemade sandblast booth
Bob writes – “Hope this will help those who want to make a small sandblast cabinet. I made it from your standard laundry tub available at any hardware or home improvement outlet. Cut two 4″ holes to allow for 4″ PVC couplers. These pieces of PVC should be about 3″ long so you can hose […]
DIY Sound level indicator
Audioguru writes – “This project uses an LM3915 bar-graph IC driving two sets of ten LEDs for a 30dB range. The circuit is unique because it has an additional range of 20dB provided by an automatic gain control to allow it to be very sensitive to low sound levels but it increases its range 20dB […]
G73 Pano Pinhole 35 camera
Thermite writes – “Here’s a better DIY pinhole camera. Integrated level and tripod mount. Uses easy to find 35mm film. Produces panoramic photos. Will produce 18shots on a roll of 24shot 35mm film.” – Link.
The Trackball telescope
A ton of Makers sent this telescope in, it’s called the trackball telescope and it’s public domain, Jerry writes – “…I searched the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office database, and came up blank there, too. As near as I can tell, I have come up with a new design for a mount that not only […]
DIY Polarimeter
Mark shows how to make a DIY polarimeter for observing and photographing stress patterns in transparent plastic – Link. Related: Automated Photoelasticity – Link.
SNES/NES gamepad to USB adapter
Raph writes – “I have used the NES/SNES controller on parallel port mod for years, but since parallel ports have become quite uncommon, I decided to design my own SNES/NES to USB adapter. The solution is completely open source so anyone with the right skills and equipment can build one.” – Link.
