The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Brian @ GeekDad shows you how to make your own LEGO ice cube trays, he writes.. – First things first: Making your own Lego ice cube trays is emphatically not cheaper than buying them straight out from from Lego. It is probably more fun, and since I wanted to learn mold-making, it gave me an […]
Simple and easy LEGO fridge magnets, build on top of them for wonderful horizontal LEGO creations! – Link.
If you’re in to old bikes check out the Japanese Bicycle History Research Club & the intro essay History of the ordinary in Japan by Yukio Ootsu – Documented information on high wheel bicycles in Japan is extremely scarce. It is quite incomplete and seems quite impossible to prove when the first ordinary appeared in […]
After watching this video about a Rhoades Car, I checked out the couch bike, hulabike, treadmill bike, and other projects from the Bicycle Forest blog. It’s worth a gander if you’re into bikes! While you’re there, check out the bikeCAD software for making your own bike to your specs! – Link
Here’s DIY bamboo bicycle trailer you can email for the free plans… – Materials You’ll need eight lengths of material capable of withstanding bending and compression, tubing or angle iron are ideal. You also need eight “spokes” that are good at taking tension. These could be wire, chain, or steel strip. Exoticists could use Titanium […]
If you’ve modded your Xbox 360, but you’re worried about getting banned from Live, iXtreme’s firmware 1.0 for TS-H943 Xbox 360 apparently defeats all current and some future Xbox Live detection attempts… Link. Related: Xbox hackery @ MAKE – Link.
CNN has a fun story about artist Nathan Sawaya who makes incredible LEGO sculptures – Link. Related: Lancaster Museum of Art Exhibit Opening – Link.
