The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for the kitchen, garage and backyard from food to furniture to fun & games for your family.
Check out this great behind-the-scenes look at video game retailer GameStop’s massive refurbishment facility in Grapevine, TX. The market for used games and gear is huge and GameStop’s operation looks to be quite extensive.
The 24/7 hardware hacking juggernaut known as Jeri Ellsworth whipped up this controller hack for a Star Trek pinball game. You fire a Nintendo Zapper light gun at some IR sensors that trigger the flipper switches. Jeri shows you the simple circuit she used and the operation of the machine. Set phasers to frustration… er… […]
Jim Sellers (Oregon, WI) built this lovely Slink-O-Matic Slinky-playing machine. Why? Why not? D’uh. It “slinks” a slinky for you, at times when there are no stairs and you just have to… Also useful in determining whether one is in the northern or the southern hemisphere. Due to Coriolis forces it will “slink” from right […]
I love how our table is a colorful cavalcade of craftiness!
This group of clever friends built what I believe is the world’s first four person Marshmallow Shooter. The Marshmallow Shooter is one of our classic How-Toons projectsMake Vol. 2. It’s made from a few pieces of PVC pipe, and it sends mini marshmallows flying through the air. I’d say that thousands and thousands of these […]
This group of clever friends built what I believe is the world’s first four person Marshmallow Shooter. The Marshmallow Shooter is one of our classic Howtoons projects MAKE Volume 02. It’s made from a few pieces of PVC pipe, and it sends mini marshmallows flying through the air. I’d say that thousands and thousands of […]
AFOL Katie Walker’s Lego patterns are fascinating. It seems that she built them as a study for a throne room MOC that she’s working on. However, I like them on their own! [Via The Brothers Brick]
