Chopper bike from 1967
Swapatorium has an awesome chopper bike from 1967, the frame was flipped upside-down and the seat was extended – Link. More: Bicycle project, hacks and mods – Link.
Month: August 2006
The ROBOTS are coming! – 1953
Interesting look back, forward – at robotics and computers from Mechanix Illustrated – 1953 (self-driving cars, robot elephants, prime number crunching computers, automatic factories, automatic sewing machines, self replicating Von Neumann machines) – “Our civilization is being invaded by a horde of mechanical men who are determined to change our way of life. But there’s […]
HOW TO – Make a DIY camera strap
Homemade, professional looking camera strap @ Mattyfu – “Alrighty so I just got my new camera (kodak p850) and it is wicked rad and I’m having lots of fun figuring out all the buttons and whatnot but now that I have a real camera I need a real camera strap, the one that came with […]
Cat purse made from old jeans
The Mad Mad Crafter on Flickr (Ren of Wednesday’s Child Clothing) has photos of DIY deconstructed clothing, mostly made from old blue jeans. Pictured here is her DIY cat purse. Link.
RF-Condenser microphone circuit
Here’s how to make a RF-Condenser microphone circuit that’s similar to a Sennheiser MKH series mic, Uwe writes – “This RF-circuit is operating at 7.68 MHz and 48 V phantom power supplied. It is tested with a large diaphragm cardioid capsule from Ralf Falk, who himself is designing a LF tube microphone and with a […]
HOW TO – Make the simplest electric motor
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Oskay shows you how to make a super simple motor, he writes – “You have one drywall screw, one 1.5 V alkaline cell, six inches of plain copper wire, one small neodymium disk magnet, and no other tools or supplies. You have 30 seconds to make an electric motor running […]
DIY Telescope Makers Gathering
Photos are starting to trickle in from Stellafane, a yearly DIY telescope event. Here is Sean Graham’s Photoset of the event. You can take classes to learn how to grind your own mirror! We are The Springfield Telescope Makers, Inc., an active Amateur Astronomy and Telescope Making club located in Springfield, Vermont. We put on […]