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 […]
(Your name here) writes – “This is something that they don’t show you how to do when you buy the sets. Using less than 15 pieces (and a rubber band), this can shoot its ammo a good 4 feet, depending on how strong the rubber band is. It can also be modified to shoot farhter, […]
Here’s how to make a spider-like robot / ornament. It uses a pager motor to vibrate spider across table – Link.
Datarush writes – ” Although being completely satisfied with my Apple Mighty Mouse I bought on ebay a couple of weeks ago I couldn’t refrain myself from ‘moding’ it. In my endless quest of personality enhancement for mice I bought an authentic and vintage Apple ADB mouse (on ebay). The ground idea is quite similar […]
Here’s another caller ID on scrolling LED screen project, this one on an old Beta-Brite LED screen – Thanks Douglas! Link. Previous: Squeezebox caller ID – Link.
Dan sent in his $200 machine shop, here’s what he put together – “…I spent some time thinking about it and decided that it might actually be possible to put together a rudimentary machine shop capable of doing some small mill and lathe work for about $200. It is nothing fancy, but it does work […]
Here’s a video from our pals at Technical Video Rental, Chris Reynolds talks about the CNC machine he made himself from $100 in parts over three weekends. The machine is driven by a PC running TurboCNC. The machine moves a router over an XY tabletop to cut parts from wood, foam, plastic, etc for hobbies […]
