Felting is the art of matting wool. Any kind of knit that you want more durable can be done through felting. The process of felting can sometimes seem intimidating or complicated. I love this complete feltmaking process with photos for every step from the Handweavers Guild of America. You can use the felting technique for creating ipod cozies, bags, bookcovers, you name it! Link.
Make friend, the Lotharian, says,”This V8 Engine made entirely out of paper with the exception of a few parts (motor, wires, etc.), is fully functional. It features many moving parts which include: a compound crankshaft, a rapid cooling fan, 8 rods, 8 pistons and a complex compound gearbox. The engine is powered by 2 times 1.5V D Batteries and weighs 2.98kg. From start to finish this model took one year to design and construct. There is even a D.I.Y. kit in the works that will be released shortly.” Thanks Lotharian! [via] Link.
Rip writes “This site describes how to make an automatic pet watering bowl for under $15.00 using commonly available materials. The bowl is easier to use and clean than the commerical units available.” Link.
Trevor writes “Here’s a site related to the recent Make: 04 article on how to take high speed photographs. It is maintained by my High Speed Imaging teacher and has a bunch of circuits you can build for high speed photography, such as sound triggers and delays.” Link. Make article here, and our kit is now available as well.
Using an Xbox (1st generation) headset and a PSP headphone remote you can make your own headset for SOCOM PSP. You can likely use just about any type of headset, like the ones that come with cell phones too. Link.
Star writes “Upcycle Art is a place you will find fun projects that you can make from those things you’ve been tossing into garvages bins or recycle bins. Follow the step by step instractions and enjoy making cool items by yourself.” Link.
Here’s part 2 of Fabienne Serriere’s great rotary phone to cell phone project “This week we bring you Part 2 of The Magic Phone How-To: The Circuit. The Magic Phone is a project where both a DECT compatible wireless home phone and a GSM cellphone are placed inside an old rotary phone. In Part 1 of the How-To, we showed you how to reverse engineer the matrix on a phone circuit.” Link.
