Skateboard Slingshot
Rob writes “A human-launching slingshot to get a bit more speed on a hill. Wile E. Coyote would be proud. “ – Link.
Science
DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
Old school – DIY chopper bike
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Pekar isn’t going to let some tall bike pedal away with the glory, oh no, here’s an old school chopper bike – “My chopper bike. Forks are extended the low tech way, by hammering them on over the existing fork, with some epoxy thrown in for good measure. Another view […]
Patchwork Bike Club’s custom bicycles
Rick writes – “Patchwork Central in Evansville, Indiana, runs after-school art programs for inner-city kids. Over the three years that I ran the Bike Club there, the kids (10 years old & up) & I created a number of amazing and unusual custom bikes. Whatever the kids dreamed up, we built… staying within the laws […]
Homemade tallbike
As of right now, MAKE Flickr photo pool member lasertotheface is going to win something nifty from MAKE, he posted up a tall bike. You can handily beat out this tall bike, just post your modded/hacked/interesting bicycle in the MAKE Flickr photo pool – Link. Related: MAKE your way about – Link.
The Hencho
MAKE Flickr photo pool member TheThompsonFive modded another bicycle (this one was tossed in a river) – it now has an extended fork, small front wheel and above the shoulder handlebars – Link. So, we’ve had a few days of posting workshop and workbench photos, join the MAKE group if you have a modded bicycle […]
Home-built recumbent tricycle
Here’s are a couple photo albums of projects from Ryan, a completely custom home-built recumbant tricycle and an aluminum machined DDR dance pad with lexan panels. – Link.
Small sailing ships
Back in the 30’s makers built scaled down versions of sailing ships and sailed them around – “Amateur boat builders in many parts of the world are going down to the sea in midget ships. They are putting off in men-of-war, square-rigged traders, ocean liners, and superdreadnoughts barely larger than rowboats, yet reproducing in every […]
