MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe This weekend, make a secret compartment book project that you can give as a gift. This project is perfect for valuables or you could customize the compartment to fit a gift exactly. Sponsored by Ponoko: Ponoko is a new concept that’s perfect for Makeziners. […]
First you’ll want to mix up some glue and mix it up 50/50 with water to make it runny. Then use a brush to brush on the glue around the edges and stack it up on some books so that the book doesn’t warp. I used a plastic bag to keep the glue away from […]
Chuck writes – This article describes how to assemble an inexpensive, but very accurate, wheel building stand for bicycles. The stand uses a dial gauge indicator that is accurate to 1/1000th of an inch, but the complete stand can be finished for about $100. The low price is achieved by using inexpensive options for the […]
Matt lit up his cool bike helmet with LEDs and conductive paint. Check out his neat graf tag, too! – Link. Related: LED bike helmet – Link. HOWTO – Make a LED bike light system – Link. Solar-powered bike helmet – Link.
MP4 | Hi-Def | Blip | Youtube | PDF | Subscribe In this Weekend Projects podcast I’ll walk you through the different parts of the hardware on the reprap. You’ll want to take a look at the pdf for parts lists and more detailed info to get started on the hardware for this project. The […]
Great NY Times article about bike stereos, photo Tyler Hicks/The New York Times – A new biker gang is roaming the streets of Richmond Hill, Queens. This crew of mostly teenagers can be seen riding along 103rd Avenue just west of the Van Wyck Expressway. The bikes roar, but the booming sound has nothing to […]
Here’s what the underside of the bot looks like. You can see the iron pipes that work as a base, the lasercut platforms, and the skate bearings that make it move silky smooth. Zach of the Reprap foundation has done a lot of work to get ordering the Repstrap’s parts organized. He’s put together a […]
