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…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]
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.
Over on BoingBoing Maggie Koerth-Baker interviews Jordan Needham about the underwater fort he and his family built at the bottom of a lake.
Over on Flowing Data, Nathan Yau posted this cute little project time tracker build from Legos: Each row represents an hour and each color indicates a different project. I’m gonna go out and buy myself a big, red bucket of Legos now. [Thanks, Rachel!] Lego-powered Project Time Management More: Browse our extensive Lego coverage
These liquid-filled tanks, designed by Graham Plumb, project light through a mixture of water and “a specially formulated emulsion” consisting of “micron-sized particles of oil formulated to stay suspended in water.” Pretty sweet! [Via Spime]
Learn to strip down and repaint an old bike in this CRAFT project sponsored by Krylon. MAKE staffer Sheena Stevens shows off the made-over Space Cruiser in the pic above! Brookelynn Morris writes: My friend had a classic beach bike that she rode around town every day for years. It is a good bike with […]
Darrel Anderson of Bon Accord, AB, merged a couple of unused bikes into a cargo bike — except instead of a cargo platform, he has included two child car seats so he can bring the kids along. The bike is amazingly stable. I took a guess and made the rear steering arm a bit longer […]
