HOW TO – Make a digital compass
Max show you how to make a digital compass (source included) – Link.
Month: August 2006
HOW TO – Build a cheap wide angle adapter
Richard writes “Based on the Instructibles post about using door viewer to build a cheap wide angle adapter for a digital camera, I put together a post about how to build an adapter for a camcorder, and how to process the video to get the best results. “ – Link. More: $11 Super Wide Angle […]
Butterfly modification art
Artist Marta de Menezes uses a hot needle to cauterize designs and patterns in the wings of butterflies as they develop in the cocoon – Link.
USB Party pup
Machineproject writes “I was preparing to teach the usb workshop we’re doing with Make on Sunday at Machine, and I remembered this funny usb powered sculpture that I made a couple years ago. The best part about it was that the motor spinning the mirror ball made the whole thing tremble, so it did a […]
HOW TO – Make an inflatable Moai
Bill writes “Here’s a build log of our Inflatable Moai project. We converted two Halloween lawn decorations into 9′ Moai for the Tiki Invasion show this past weekend @ the Mission Tiki Drive-in in Montclair, CA.” – Link. Wikipedia – Moai are statues carved from compressed volcanic ash on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The statues […]
$25 Potato canon
GlassX writes “Here’s how to build a powerful yet incredibly simple potato gun for $25.” – Link. More potato cannon-ing: HOW TO – Make an end-around pneumatic (potato) cannon – Link. High Tech Potato Cannon – Link. HOW TO – Make a copper pipe potato gun – Link. TRANSPARENT PVC Clear for potato cannon – […]
DIY Turntable
Stokes writes “I’ve seen scores of homebrew MP3 players, radio receivers, et cetera, but this is a first for me: a totally homebrewed turntable. Even the tone arm was DIY. The fact the thing is built largely out of plywood, thread and Harley-Davidson parts yet looks quite professional makes it even more exceptional.” – Link.