Brass Goggles has a round up (to add to our round up) of more steam powered bicycles including “pete’s steam bike” wow! … – Link. Previous: Steam bicycles – Link. Steam powered motorcycle (photos) – Link. Steam archives on MAKE – Link.
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Trebuchet03 writes – “This hack will transform a cheap easily sourced calculator into a versatile counting machine. It can be used as a cheap method to measure distance using a wheel, reed switch and magnet (think bike odometer).” – Link. Clever, it counts by adding +1.
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Artist Alexander Laner has a couple neat transportation-playing-art pieces, this motor was slowed down to play a record (33 rpm) mounted to the engine block, and this bicycle plays a record too! [via] – Link. Related: Papercone record player – Link. HOW TO – Copy a vinyl record – Link. Walk that vinyl – Link.
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Pete got MAKE 07 and used the article to build is own $50 mountain bike video camera, he writes – “The article explained how to convert a $30 “one time use” digital video camera into a reusable camcorder for less and a couple of bucks in parts. WOW! That’s cool. I already own a couple […]
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Matt writes – “Just posted the build notes for a simple sub-$20 LED bike light I built inside an audiocassette case. I’ve been riding with this thing for about a month now and loving it more and more.” – Link. Related: Bicycle projects, how-tos and archives – Link. New Bicycle section on MAKE! – Link. […]
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Eric writes – “I am using laptop bags and a shaving kit as bike luggage. They were purchased at Goodwill and garage sales, so a complete set only cost $3.00” – Link. Related: Duct tape panniers – Link. DIY Panniers – Link.
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Tho sent in his DIY fold-a-bike, he writes – “Here’s my folding bike that I built years ago from a cheapo small frame bike. The bike now has 20″ wheels, and the frame size is equivalent to about 17″. It was made by starting with the 19″ frame, cut apart with a hack saw, shape […]
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