Peter over @ the Ropes and Poles blog has a couple nice trebuchets with build photos and links to how they’re made, he writes – “The first is built by 9th Irene Scout troop from Pretoria. This trebuchet has a throwing arm around 10m long, and a counterweight (made from barrels filled with water) of […]
Here’s a look back at some of the cutting edge electronics as seen in Popular Science 1979, I like the “Everything set” and the “Goof corrector” – “” – Link.
CRAFT Flickr photo pool member Mommy Peace made a few nice bags from recycled materials and stenciled them on up… – Link. Related: Recycled sweater bags – Link. POSCH – Reusable shopping bags – Link. Super Eggplant’s Tote Bags 101 – Link. Bags made from recycled skateboads – Link.
Yah, this isn’t anything complex, but it’s a super cheap and a dead easy way to make your drive way a little more Halloweeny. Just get a few plastic trick-or-treat pumpkins, cut a hole and place over the drive way light, done. – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link. […]
Ryno shows how to make a pretty nice backpacking stove from aluminum flashing, I’ve also rounded up a few DIY stoves to check out too… Ryno writes – “I have been experimenting with homemade stove designs for quite a while, everything from cat-food cans to altoids tins to pepsi cans to sobe cans. I wanted […]
Arist Lee Stoetzel made these beautiful huge wood vehicles from Pecky Cypress… [via] – Link. Related wood transportation: Chopper 2004 (for sale too) – Link. Wood Motorcycle – Link. Rwanda wooden bikes – Link. Homemade wooden coaster bike – Link. Wooden Cadillac – Link. Unusual Home Built Bicycles from wood and salvage – Link. Wooden […]
Lots of Makers are sending in great projects for Halloween that use the 555 timer chip, so here’s another resource to get started for all your LED blinky needs – “Timer circuit has been used in many projects and there are basically 2 types that are used these days. One of them is the use […]
