Awesome, we posted up an old photo from 1895 of a “Railway velocipede” and of course, turns out, there are makers out there building and using these. Here are a few that were sent in. Railbike along the scenic Willamette River between Lake Oswego and Portland – Link. Krazmo writes – “This guy has well […]
From Engineering News of February, 1895 “The wheels have rubber bands 3 ins. wide and 3-16 in. thick on the tread, which make the machine run easily without jar, and also without noise, so that the rider can catch the sound of approaching trains.” – [via] Link. I really want to build one of these […]
Emeka from the Timbuktu Chronicles writes – “In the tradition of the developing worlds version of Make, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology students and car tinkerers from Suame Magazine and elsewhere have entered a vehicle for the Mini Baja competition.” – Link. Related: Mod Your Rod. James Bond depended on Q to trick […]
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Jake writes in regarding our post on “House Trucks” – “Any discussion of house trucks has to include the mention of Rolling Homes – Handmade House on Wheels by Jane Lidz. That book was the inspiration for my own school bus to camper conversion project.” – Link.
Bob writes – “I recently bought issue 5 of Make Magazine, and inside are articles on the electrical powered car for $7000 and a some pages later on building your own windmill to power your home. Well, would it be possible to build a car that combines the two powers? You would use the electric […]
Talking Electronics writes – “A friend of mine who runs an electronic shop wants to install an old cd-rom to be used as a stand alone cd-player in his truck. His problem was to find a suitable power supply for this purpose. A cd-rom uses 2 power supplies, 5 Volts which is used in its […]
