HOW TO – Make cheap and easy guitar pickups from junk
Lennyb writes – “here is a little tutorial about improvised guitar pickups made from easy to find junk” – Link. Related: Other guitar projects – Link.
Year: 2006
DIY Ultraviolet light source for PCB exposure
Mindaugasu writes – “One of more advanced PCB manufacturing methods is exposing laminate copper boards covered by photo resistive layer through mask. Using UV light in manufacturing PCB’s has many benefits according to other methods: you can get thin tracks like 0.2mm. You couldn’t do this by using other home techniques like laser printers or […]
Machine paintings by Anton Perich
In the late 70’s Anton Perich designed and built an electric painting machine – check out his site for more wonderful pieces! – Link.
Free-to-air (FTA) & free TV
Here’s a listing of all the free TV you can get with a satellite dish in the USA [via] – Link. Related: Free-to-air (FTA) – Link. Use your PC to record satellite TV – Link. Legal And Free Digital Satellite TV. Use a long-obsolete Primestar dish to pull in a wide world of programming. MAKE […]
Nabaztag hacking
Chris Heathcote has a great round up of what types of hacks and projects are possible with the Nabaztag, a WiFi enabled bunny rabbit. I have one here and so far have it set react to when people visit our virtual land in Second Life – “” – Link. Related: Virtual bunny to real world […]
Stop motion LEGO video
Calazon Enterprises made a fun stop motion LEGO movie, with an unhappy ending for a frog. When will the frog abuse craze end? – [via] – Link. Related: More LEGO stop motion videos – Link. Stop Motion Animation, the Easy Way. With iStopMotion, making Gumby is less pokey. MAKE 02 – Page 129.
DIY Toilet paper cannon
They’re selling the plans for $15 – “The P.A.C. 6. Xinventions is proud to have designed this first ever easy to build, semi-auto air cannon. This cannon is totally portable due to the CO2 hook up! The auto loading system means that you never have to muzzle load a projectile, it does it for you. […]