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Something from the comments: joeyjoseph says, “For me, this was always the coolest chopperesque scooter.” – Link And Another!
Month: September 2006
DIY Cardboard box upright bass
Chris Badynee made his very own upright bass with scrap oak flooring, plastic casing of a Radio Shack science project buzzer, weed whacker twin and faucet spiggots… Thanks Jason! – Link. Related: Making the pickup from a radio shack buzzer – Link. Cigar Box Guitar. Build and play this sweet-sounding 3-string instrument in an afternoon. […]
HOW TO – Make Homemade ginger ale
Professor of Biology and Chemistry David B. Fankhauser shows you how to make your own ginger ale – “Fermentation has been used by mankind for thousands of years for raising bread, fermenting wine and brewing beer. The products of the fermentation of sugar by baker’s yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (a fungus) are ethyl alcohol and carbon […]
HOW TO – Make a DIY LED Mood lamp
Toon writes – “After making my pyramid mood light with 12 high power leds, i decided to make a bigger and better version, without the emphasis on the low budget.. After all, the pyramid mood lamp was more of a proof of concept with its shortcomings. I wanted the new mood lamp to be more […]
Homemade FigRig (a small DV camera stabilizer made from PVC)
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Method8 posted up an enhanced “FigRig” (a small DV camera stabilizer made from PVC) – “I used shygantic’s model and measurements to build mine. I included some enhancements so as to be able to use the camera’s remote control on the figrig. I used black PlastiK spray (like the one […]
“Vegiforms” – Molds for growing vegetables with faces
Using these molds you can grow veggies with faces on them – “Available in the form of an elf for shaping eggplant, melon, pumpkin, and squash, or the “pickle pair”, corncob or heart (makes heart-shaped cross sections when sliced) for use with cucumber, zucchini and summer squash. The molds can be used repeatedly. With zucchini, […]
HOW TO – SMD soldering (Surface mount devices)
Curious how to solder those tiny parts on to PCBs? (Printed circuit boards) Here’s a 6 page tutorial that covers the basics as well as hot-air rework… Nathan writes – “More and more ICs come in surface mount packages only these days. And I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard someone say ‘Well […]