The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Woah! Steve finished his LED Blaster and it looks incredible, He even posted an instructable for the project. Truly a top notch job. LED Blaster on Flickr-Link Make an LED Blaster on Instructables – Link Related: Homebrew Toy Blaster –Link
For its price, the Rock Band drum kit is a pretty good set of electronic pads. That is – if you can actually use it out-of-game. Chris shows us how this can be on OS X with only 2 pieces of software and minimal config time. RockBand Drums Controlling GarageBand –Link Related: Rock Band drum […]
Here’s a good one for those looking to learn more about microcontroller projects and PIC chips more specifically. This clone of the Tengu sound visualizer runs a mini-game upon startup – created as a birthday gift for the author’s sister. The project is thoroughly explained even through a language barrier: its usage is very easy. […]
This Instructable shows you how easy it is to turn a cheap plastic squirt gun into a much fancier, more realistic accessory for cosplay, using faux wood finishing and aged metal technique. Steampunk Pirate Gun Mod – Link
The aim is to try to get a really high end city bike or courier bike that can fold up into a package like a golf bag, which could go into an overhead rack on a train or go into a plane locker. Reinventing the Wheel – Link
It seems Rock Band’s plastic strum bar wasn’t good enough for this player. He used some professional quality wood fittings to mount an actual guitar string which triggers a spring-switch mechanism. Notice the lovely wood inlay inhabiting the former home of the strum bar. Looks quite “high end”! Related: Fixing a Rock Band strat – […]
Here is a step-by-step tutorial for converting a Street Fighter arcade-style joystick controller to work with your Xbox360. Although they started with a Street Fighter joystick, which you most likely don’t have, the pictures of the Xbox controller ripped apart are all labeled. This should definitely help you get a jump start on your own […]
