Squirt gun modding
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
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Folding bike wheel
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
Rock Band string mod
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 – […]
Make An Xbox360 Arcade Joystick
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 […]
Making a Carbon Fiber Bike frame
Brano Meres created his own carbon fiber bike frame after being inspired by one made by Damon Rinard. He has some very interesting pictures of the whole process on his site. I particularly like the frame jig he created out of wood to hold the foam base material. Everything began after I read the article […]
Pause button mod makes lazy gamers even lazier
Here’s a nice project that shows you how to insert a pause button into your existing Sega Master System console game controller. Simply add a few resistors and a new button that simultaneously pushes the left and right directions at the same time to send a ground signal to a 4071 gate IC. This then […]
The trials of the jet pack
Popular Mechanics has an informative piece on the many trials and tribulations of the fledgling “jet pack” industry, starting with the deceit in the name itself: Then there’s the bad news. First, these jet packs aren’t what they seem: Jet-powered devices are in development (and models were tested as early as the ’60s), but all […]
