The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
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 […]
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: […]
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 […]
For anyone who likes kites and photography, make sure to check out MAKE author Cris Benton’s demonstrations of Kite Aerial Photography at the Faire: Who needs satellite photography? Get a kite’s-eye view of what’s happening down below. See how you can make your own aerial photography apparatus at home. Cris Benton will illustrate the evolution […]
Steam powered I-wei writes – My live-steam buddies have been bugging me to make a live steam machine that runs ON the rails. Well my response was that I would want to do something a bit different than just a locomotive with some fancy steampunky body. One of the ideas that I had from quite […]
Maxwell writes – Gerald and I worked together for several years in the video games industry, and to this day despite a career change, he retains a strong passion for gaming. So much so that he had a custom cabinet built in the same style as a Japanese arcade head-to-head setup… Hardcore Gaming Entertainment System […]
Callum writes – My friend loves to ride his bike and he takes photos all the time so for his birthday I thought a handlebar camera mount would be perfect. I managed to make it from parts I had in my spares box and some normal workshop hardware. – An old speedometer mount – Pond […]
