The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Most kids growing up in the Midwest for several decades dreamed of playing the Grand Prize Game on WGN-TV’s “The Bozo Show.” I was one of them – I tried to convince my parents several times that a family vacation to Chicago from Detroit was great any time of year. Needless to say, I was […]
Peer Kreuger loves his Lego models so much he builds specialized dollies and other camera mounts to take pictures of them. His latest, a Quadpod, looks great for recording in adverse conditions.
Brett King posted this Custom TRON Light Cycle Board Game and Playset in the MAKE Forums: I thought I would share my latest project, which is a TRON game that I made to play with my kids. It took some time to plan out, but implementation was fairly straightforward. Details on the construction are in […]
From mad dog of pillow warfare Matthew Borgatti. Check the links below for some of our past coverage of Matthew’s work. [via CRAFT]
This build from Julia Morley took “a week of planning, three days of building, a large number of expletives, and some interesting use of very long tools.” And you can enjoy the whole process (minus the expletives, which have been replaced with soothing music) in three minutes of 32X time-lapse bliss here. [via The Brothers Brick]
Cary Norton built this incredible large format camera out of LEGOs and calls it the Legotron, Mark I. The first few photographs Cary took with the camera left him “COMPLETELY FREAKING STOKED” and I understand why: they’re absolutely stunning. The focus range is currently limited to about 3 feet to 18 inches, but he hopes […]
Chuck Stover’s Thorn Dice can be purchased from Shapeways. A set of six printed in stainless steel appear to run around $75 excluding taxes. You can get them cheaper printed in plastic but according to Stover, “They look fine in plastic but are very light. Stainless steel has the heft to roll correctly and feel […]
