Stilt bike
Tall bike from the 30’s – Link. Related: Bicycle how-tos, mods and more – Link.
Month: August 2006
Building a 1/144th scale Battleship Yamato
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Doublellama is building a 1/144th scale model of the IJN Battleship Yamato. So far, hot wire foam cutting experimentation – this is a portion of the hull, there will be 21 frames total. Sounds like a great project, follow the progress here – Link.
Make a “Dreamachine”
Make your own “Dreamachine” – a machine that’s meant to used with your eyes closed, not sure if it will actually do anything, but it’ll be fun to have your friends, er, test subjects tell you about their alpha waves – “The Dreamachine simply consist in a cylinder with holes cut into his sides, placed […]
Car PC build
Start to finish Car PC build from Corsair Systems – “What’s a CarPC? Simply put, it’s a PC that goes into your car. This can be easily and clumsily done with a laptop and a stereo that has a line-in adapter, but for a more permanent and elegant solution, you need to do some tweaking. […]
Wood motorcycle – still a MAKE mystery
Cparada writes in with some more clues to origins of the wood motorcycle – “This “Holzmotorrad” has been around a while – The (VERY old) 25 HP Honda has been remade as an Alabama Harley in some photos. There’s something odd about the streetscape, buildings, cobblestones… and a pair of VWs). In addition to RatBike, […]
Pedal powered ferris wheel
Remember the The Miss Rockaway Armada (floating fleet of junk/recycled boats) we posted about? They’ve made it to Minneapolis, here’s a video of their pedal powered ferris wheel – [via] – Link. Related: Junkboat fleet – The Miss Rockaway Armada – Link. Other DIY ferris wheels – Link.
$39 MP3 player board, OS ARM programmer and rubber buttons
Spark Fun dropped some new electronics – I really want to make a DIY MP3 player with the new board…. A ready to go VS1002 MP3 decoder board. Includes SD socket, battery holder, voltage regulation, and audio jacks. Add your choice of controllers and you’ve got a configurable MP3 player! – Link. A new beefy […]