Month: August 2010

Bottle Cap Cycling Mirror

This bottle cap rear view mirror is brilliant! It looks like the rider can wire the mirror to any pair of glasses. So clever! Safety first! UPDATE: This post originated from the lovely blog bikesandthecity. Despite the name, it’s not just a blog about bikes! There’s coffee, fashion, and all things San Francisco!

Bike seat bottle opener

Bike seat bottle opener

Get your own copy of this 3D printed bike saddle-mountable bottle opener by Shapeways user Pick: The Road Popper is a bike-mounted bottle opener that we developed for our own use and decided afterward to share. We designed it to fasten discreetly to the rails on the underside of the saddle to help keep your […]

DIY repeating crossbow

DIY repeating crossbow

The Chu-Ko-Nu is a 2,400-year-old Chinese repeating crossbow featuring a 10-shot magazine. It was a marvel of mechanical design that was still in use up until the era of gunpowder weapons. Make: Online reader Bjรƒยธrn sent in a link to maker Leong Kit Meng’s recreation of the Cho-Ko-Nu. The photos are nice, but the instructions […]

How-To: Camping Style Crescent Rolls

Instructables user buckminsterfullerene writes: I recently went camping at North/South Lake in the Catskill Mts. in NY with my great friend Paul, or as you may know him, AtomicTurkey27. Making Crescent Rolls while camping has always been a tradition for me and my family, so when Paul came camping with us we decided to share […]