THRILLS and CHILLS for Your HALLOWE’EN party
Wow, these are pretty good projects for Halloween get togethers from Modern Mechanix 1934, the “moo cans” (2nd page) and the exploding trash can are my faves… – Link.
Month: October 2006
WeirdStuff Warehouse – Sunnyvale showroom
Max writes in with one of his Maker friendly places to find weird stuff – “Huge warehouse full of everything electronic. Mostly computer related stuff. Great deals can be found there. Awesome place.” – Link. Related finds: @ the MAKE playlist – Link.
HOW TO – Make a Laser Vortex
Mever writes – “I have been making the laser vortex for several years as a Halloween affect on my front porch, everyone loves the affect. Finally, this year I created a Halloween site showing others how to make one of these. The video of this can be found on http://haunted.hyperreactor.com Its made with a laser […]
Whizzing on Fizz – CO2 powered toy cars
Check out these little soda powered CO2 cars from Popular Science 1947, the racers lined up and when they received the ‘GO!” signal they punctured the cartridge launching them off along a string… I think the kid in the other picture is young bookie -and- drinking milk while on the phone taking bets or something… […]
Skycraft Parts & Surplus, Inc. – Orlando, FL
Skycraft Parts & Surplus, Inc. in Orlando, FL *must* be an awesome place for Makers, 3 different readers all sent it in – here’s what they had to say… This is a surplus store in Orlando (off fairbank just east of I4). It has everything from scrap metal to fasteners to NOS components to 3 […]
Cell phone – Cantenna diagram and parts list
Pop Sci’s How 2.0 has a handy diagram and parts list for building your own cantenna from Mike Outmesguine – the thing that makes this one awesome – it’s a cellphone cantenna, not a wi-fi cantenna. Mike crunched the numbers and came up with the right size/length, etc to amp a 1900Mhz cell signal. Time: […]
HOW TO – Set up a forge (and make a sword)
[Tom] shows you how to set up a ground forge – what he used, how he put it together, how it’s lit and some info on how he made a sword… – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make a gas forge from an old vacuum – Link. Vintage projects – Free PDF plans – Link. […]