Common packaging styrofoam is actually puffed polystyrene, the same polymer that’s used to make things like CD cases and plastic model parts. When acetone is used as a solvent, the expanded polystyrene will easily dissolve and you’ll be left with a liquid acetone/polystyrene solution. As the acetone evaporates, the polystyrene becomes increasingly viscous: first pourable, […]
SLK Electronics has a piece on their site about breaking down a DeWalt 36V A123 high-power Li-ion batteries to make your own battery configurations. This (and several other related articles on the site) is gear towards electric model planes, but is obviously applicable to any application. Dissecting DeWalt 36V Packs (A123 Systems) – [via] Link […]
Check out the freshly launched first issue of Etsy’s e-zine, The Storque! With lots of crafty news on the handmade world, how-tos and spotlights, you can catch up on all the latest including current features from our own Phil Torrone in this MAKEzine Kit it Out! article and Bre’s screen printing video with the Etsy […]
Check out the freshly launched first issue of Etsy’s e-zine, The Storque! With lots of crafty news on the handmade world, how-tos and spotlights, you can catch up on all the latest including current features from our own Phil Torrone in this MAKEzine Kit it Out! article and Bre’s screen printing video with the Etsy […]
BoosterVision is selling a 1-watt transmitter/receiver and CCD camera system for high-power rocketry. Not bad for $280. An included 12db Radome RX antenna increases range up to 15,000 feet. One Watt Hi-Power Transmitter / Hi-Gain Antenna System – [via] Link Related: Model, sport rocketry reference source – Link Estes educator – Free resources for model […]
This week’s Crafty Daisies embroidery lesson covers the last in basic stitches. You’ll learn how to make the granitos stitch, blanket stitch, herringbone, and the double herringbone stitch. Link. Related: Crafty Daisies: Embroidery Lesson #1 – Link. Crafty Daisies: Embroidery Lesson #2 – Link. Crafty Daisies: Embroidery Lesson #3 – Link.
As the name implies, Engineering TV is a series of webisodic programs dedicated to various technologies, techniques, and research efforts of interest to electronics, robotics and design engineers, or amateurs interested in these subjects. Engineering TV – [via] Link
