Jewelry designer Nicola Vruwink’s got a link of handy tools as pendants in her Toolboxed line dubbed “Hardware to Wear”. Nifty charms are cool and you can also peruse here to start making your own simple necklace or charm bracelet. [ via ] Link. More: Craftster: Charm bracelets – Link. Craftster: Charm necklace & bracelet […]
Mrsuperpants made a nice chair for his home, from an ejector seat – “Ejector seat from a Jaguar aircraft bought off ebay about 18 months ago as a shell. Cleaned it up and laquered it to preserve the used look. Welded up a frame from scrap square tube to hang it on so it can […]
There’s a cool flickr group called Wardrobe remix which is filled with outfits that show everyone’s personal style. It is about whatever you wear, wherever you happened to get that from…mass market, designer, handmade, thrifted, etc. Shown here is a thrifted gingham dress, altered, screen printed, and embellished by the owner. Refashioning has never looked […]
Here’s an improved Atmel ATtiny13V solar charger, source and schematic included, Dick writes – “Batwatch is a simple monitor for a solar panel battery charger, using an Atmel ATtiny13V. It periodically measures the charge current and battery voltage, and shows them by blinking two LEDs. I built this circuit into the plug of a VW […]
John has a pretty advance pinhole camera system, he writes – “I have been taking Pinhole Images with a Zero 2000 Pinhole Camera for about 7 years. To improve the exposure accuracy of my images I have created a prototype specialist Light Meter especially for my Pinhole cameras. One of its more unusual features, and […]
Chris sent in this super easy and fun project to keep the younglings cooled off during the summer, a $9 PVC “kidwash” – Link. Previous: PVC Light box / light tent – Link. Low power LED PVC flashlight – Link. DIY PVC multiple guitar stand – Link. HOW TO – Build a PVC instrument – […]
Simon @ Scitoys shows you how to build a computer controlled wireless transmitter – “How would you like to send text messages to your friends without wires, and without an Internet connection, and without paying monthly fees? In this project we will build a very simple radio transmitter that you attach to a serial port […]
