DIY rudder pedals on the cheap
MAKE subscriber James Jamison writes in to share his DIY rudder pedals.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Free booklet on mechanisms for automata and other projects
For a limited time, Cabaret Mechanical Theatre is offering a free download of an eighteen page booklet by famed automata-maker Paul Spooner. This is a great resource for the mechanically-curious and must have for automata-makers.
3-wheeled bike slash workbench?
Make: Online reader skatronix saw the modded bikes I posted earlier and left a comment describing his own whip: me and my dear friend olegtron decided to build a three wheeler that contains all sorts of electric equipment for making electronics on-road. It contains a 12V car battery( +solar panels) to run all electronics like […]
Tesla’s Pidgeon: A Lego ray gun
AFOL Guy Himber, whose innovative use of Lego elements has appeared in Make: Online twice before (links below), has done it again with this excellent, life-sized steampunk ray gun. If you like this, be sure to check out his similarly-themed Infinity Rifle. Lovely work as usual. More: Bionicle griffin makes fantastic use of biopunk parts […]
MAKEcation: Powered bikes!
I found these two bikes in the MAKE Flickr pool: The top photo shows a folding bike with an “electric push trailer” — a $75 e-bike conversion kit turned into an electrically-powered trailer. Neat idea! The bottom photo shows a standard mountain bike that some maniac has hacked to run via gas engine. What have […]
Meticulously machined lightsaber replica…
…with equally meticulous build notes, by Bradley W. Lewis, who, among other bits of impressive handiwork, turned, milled, bored, and blued his own custom metal fittings for the handle. Shown also is the interesting “LED ladder” he soldered to illuminate the blade. [via Hack a Day]
Color chemistry crayons
This is understandable, really, because the chemical composition of many crayons, even if you ignore the wax binder and just focus on the coloring, is extraordinarily complicated, containing many different pigments carefully blended to achieve just the right color. Even if the formulations weren’t trade secrets, it’d be doubtful if many of them could be fit on a crayon label in a legible typeface.
