Ian and Hans made this fantastic DIY all-valve 1-inch oscilloscope… “This oscilloscope uses a 1-inch diameter Mullard DH3-91 CRT. Some nice pictures of the DH3-91 are here. I found it at a car boot sale, priced £1. I’m ashamed to say I didn’t recognise what it was: I only bought it because it looked wierd […]
It appears that the fireworks and model rocketry hobby community may have stricter regulations soon… The government is asking that the following items be restricted in sales to non-ATF license holders: Oxidizers: No more than one pound per customer per year. Fuels: None, unless they are larger than 100 mesh particle size. Tubes: None, unless […]
Gabe sent in writes – “Big Apple Hobbies in Queens, NY is announcing their “Flying Aces” Workshop. Up to 8 students (ages from 8 to 88) will learn to build balsa-wood flying model planes. The models range from simple gliders and lightweight rubberband-powered models (yes, the Make ornithopther is on the list) to advanced gas […]
Cutesypoo is busy making a round of Chinese egg tarts that are so adorable. The Vancouver based crafter makes a wide array of plushies so take a look also at her etsy store. Link. and [ Photos ]
Nbolt writes – “Sela the dog gets a treat by someone IMing her the word “treat.” The IM program parses the word “treat” and plays a sound that triggers the mic sensor on the Lego MindStorms NXT robot. Soon you’ll be able to see if the dog is around at boltron.com/sela. I have also setup […]
Mac writes – “I’ve been wanting to build a 360-degree panoramic scanning camera (or PanoramaScanCam, as I call it) for some time. The planets finally aligned (Actually, I was able to obtained a flatbed scanner and software to support it.), so I’ve started the project. Rather than waiting for completion of the project before posting […]
Dioramarama has made a great grocery bag dispenser and has the full tutorial on how to make one of these on her site. It looks like a great way to get rid of some of your fabric scraps. Link.
