Printable cross-link ellipse gears
Thiingiverse user natetrue created this printable version of user stickoutrock’s laser-cut cross-linked elliptical gear toy. Somebody post some video, please!
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Alt.CES: Crabfu’s moonbuggy mashup
I-Wei, of Crabfu Steamworks, took a Losi Micro Crawler and added Space Voyager moonbuggy parts and an astronaut to create a moon rover that can really tackle some rough terrain. Another cool Crabfu project. It was interesting to get this video from him last night. I had just gotten home from an art show of […]
Lego minifig snowperson
I assume that minifigs are gender-neutral in the absence of characteristic clothing or hairpieces. Danes Bjarne Tveskov and family are responsible for Lego Leslie, here. [via The Brothers Brick]
Realistic Lego models
Check out Polish Lego fan Maciej Drwiega’s 1:13 truck models — the blue and black truck is a Kenworth K100 Aerodyne, the red one is a Kenworth W900 LongNose, and the truck with the crane is a Jelcz 315. Drwiega puts so much care into researching and crafting his models that they can be confused […]
Toy train used to calibrate fusion reactor
While Princeton University’s National Spherical Torus Experiment was shut down for improvements over the winter break, scientists and engineers availed themselves of the opportunity to recalibrate the reactor’s neutron sensors. To do so, they assembled a circular toy train track around the torus and ran a toy locomotive carrying a chunk of neutron-emitting californium-247 along it for three days. The New York Times explains:
Aluminum Technic bricks
Bill Shaw creates and sells Lego Technic-compatible aluminum bricks. It all started as a supplement to enhance Bill’s Mindstorms projects. All the elements are made to work with the original Lego Technic elements, but what makes them interesting is the fact of being made from high grade 6061 aluminum, instead of plastic. All the elements […]
Flashback: Homebrew Digital 3D Movies
All the buzz about the movie Avatar has me reminiscing about the Optics issue of MAKE. In Volume 14, award-winning filmmaker and digital artist Eric Kurland showed us how to build a 3D dual-camera rig, and make a live 3D video monitor and PSP stereoscope to go with it. Here’s Eric’s intro and backstory, and […]