Weekend Project: Make a Vacuum Former
Here’s a cheap and easy way to make 3D plastic forms like Stormtrooper costumes and tons of other things. Cost: around $20.
Month: January 2009
Weekend Project: Mousetrap Powered Vehicle!
Vroom! Power a balsa wood vehicle from the energy of a mousetrap! Fun and easy project! No mice were harmed during the filming of this video.
Weekend Project: Build an Ornithopter
It’s a flying flapping machine powered by a rubber band. Make your own for about $10.
Weekend Project: How to Make a Mousebot
Herbie the Mousebot is a very quick, easy-to-build, light-chasing robot kit, perfect for beginners. This little robot is so quick, you have to run to keep up with him!
Weekend Project: Parabolic Microphone
Here’s a an easy to make, dollar store DIY spy microphone that lets you listen from afar and bring the sounds up close. Credit for the original project goes to Jim Lee. From Make Magazine Volume 14.
Weekend Project: Make a Lensless Microscope
Turn a video camera into a lensless miscroscope and record what you see! Fun and easy project. Credit for the original project goes to Tom Zimmerman. From Make Magazine Volume 14.
Weekend Project: Soda Bottle Rocket
With a few empty soda bottles and some PVC pipe, you can build a high-performance water rocket. From Make Volume 5 by Steve Lodefink.