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TheNickboy writes – “Summer is nearing/here, and it’s getting hotter in my house. To save electricity with our super expensive A/C, I constructed reflective curtains to block sunlight from warming our house. Think auto windshield. This is super simple and kind of obvious, but it works well.” – Link.
Check out Jon’s Nixie propeller clock – “I was inspired to build this clock after I saw some links to see “Nebulus, the world’s first nixie propeller clock.” Unfortunately, by that time many of the links were dead and I only managed to find a video of the clock. I never could find any documentation […]
Remember that retro handcranked toothbrush with the suggestion to remake it? – Link. Well, look what showed up in the MAKE Flickr photo pool!
If you like Nixie tubes and Nixie clocks, you’ll like this gallery – Link. Related: Nixie projects – Link.
Here’s a simple and easy clamp camera mount you can make – Link.
We’re ready to knit ourselves a Nautie. This free pattern up on Knitty states, “For almost 500 million years, nautiloids were the coolest kids around. They ate trilobites, had shells in a variety of fantastical shapes, and ranged from bite-size to 12 feet long. Every scary prehistoric beast should be made into a huggable toy, […]
Doc writes – “This man has done some amazing yo-yo projects in the past, including molding a leather yo-yo, and making yo-yos out of old yo-yo string, but in the linked project he took scraps of fabric and molded them into yo-yos. Damn, I’d love to have an argyle yo-yo.” – Link.
