The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
In this Ignite rap, Hillel Cooperman talks about his, and other adults’, Lego obsession. Caution: Mild adult themes and the ol’ F-word is dropped halfway through. You can subscribe to Ignite: iTunes: http://bit.ly/ignite ORM Show: http://feeds.feedburner.com/oreilly/igniteshow Ignite
Looks like a piece of crap bike, right? Not quite. In MAKE Volume 11, Rick Polito showed us how to deter bike thieves by uglifying. It may look like an old clunker, but the bike above is actually Rick’s Bianchi Milano, which rides like a dream. Here it is pre-makeover: I love the analogy in […]
This guy’s ladyfriend sure is lucky to have this bike frame customized with appliqued logos and powder coating. In this Instructable, user corwin shows you how to form and affix the logos after prepping the frame for the powder coater’s.
Francesco Fondi writes: While in Japan, I spotted this 1/20 scale replica of the famous Makino V33i CNC machine. This model kit is going to be released later this month from FineMolds for about $40. These kits have been produced using a real-sized Makino V33i, so a machine made (small) copies of itself… the only […]
Generating dice-rolls over at the GamesByEmail HQ is a surprisingly efficient (and analog) matter. The conveyer belt based Dice-O-Matic can toss up to 1.3 million rolls per day, recording the results via die-recognition software. The Dice-O-Matic is 7 feet tall, 18 inches wide and 18 inches deep. It has an aluminum frame covered with Plexiglas […]
How adorable is this stackable cats cross-stitch pattern? Anna of Mochimochi Land made this, her first ever cross-stitch pattern based on her knitting pattern of these adorable cats pictured below. (For you dog lovers, Anna just released her new stackable pups knitting pattern.)
I always enjoy riding my bicycle in new places, so I was very excited to hear that a bunch of makers will be riding to the San Mateo County Fairgrounds in the morning. Join the ride from Dolores Park with the Rock The Bike crew and other two-wheeled enthusiasts. I’ll be riding into town to […]
