Bicycle chain bowl
This is a really nice bike chain bowl that will would make a good weekend (re)make project – [via] Link.
Fun & Games
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
Tricumbent hybrid
Here’s FrankG’s first installment on the design and fabrication of an electric recumbent trike – Covering materials scavenging, initial frame welding, gear ratio calculations and the casting of the motor mount assembly – Link.
Left handed Guitar hero mod & more mods!
For all your left handed rockers, Kevin made a mod for guitar hero so you can play it south paw – [via] Link. Related: HOW TO – Build your own custom full-sized wireless … – Link. Guitar Heronoid – Android plays Guitar Hero – Link. Guitar Hero/ Funde Razor – Link. Guitar Hero + Commodore […]
HOW TO – Make a PS360 controller
Ben Heck’s PS360 controller mod… One of Ben’s most popular hacks recently was the PS360 controller, a SIXAXIS modded into an Xbox 360 controller’s shell, crashing his site not once, but twice upon its release. This project resulted in a lot of requests to duplicate this mod, showing either a very universal disdain for the […]
HOW TO – Build a chess board and MASSIVE DIY chess roundup
Alex writes in… This tutorial will show you how to build an heirloom-quality, all-wood chess or checkers board with just a few small pieces of lumber. This is a great project for using up some small, otherwise unusable pieces of wood you may have laying around your shop. It’s very easy to build even with […]
LEGO Johnny Five
Daniele Benedettelli made an amazing LEGO Johnny Five, Steve Gutenberg not included… The triangular structure of the treads has been built after precise studies of real Johnny five photos: a pre-production CAD drawing helped this process. An early version of J5 base had the most perfect proportions achievable with Lego gears, using Technic large turntables: […]
Super NES RCA video mod
Sashi writes – Well, I was sick of having to dig behind my TV to exchange the cable from my Nintendo 64 to play my SNES. So I figured why not install two RCA jacks so I can plug it directly into the front of my TV. Sashi’s Architecture – [via] Link. Related: SNES/NES controller […]
