Our pals at Popular Science explain how they made salt in an experiment, for popcorn. The video is rad – Theodore Gray writes – “Sodium is a soft, silvery metal that explodes violently on contact with water and burns skin by reacting with even the slightest moisture. Chlorine is a choking yellow gas, used with […]
Happy cricket writes – “…at work one fine morning, I was taking a gander at a drywall pallet, that had some mighty fine logs to it. I thought to myself, well golly, I could make something with that! Voila, one evening later, I had a simple potrack.” – Link. Related: HOW TO – DIY Hanging […]
Turning bombs into mufflers, Popular Science 1947 – “Practice air bombs, left over from the war, are being converted to a peacetime job. Air Forces trucks and autos in Germany urgently need mufflers, so the Bruck Air Ordnance Depot at Nuremberg is making them from surplus-bomb stocks. The project, started late in 1946, Has already […]
Hi Crafters! If you are on My Space add craftzine as your friend! Link.
Adam writes – “Here’s how to produce low lying fog for under 30 bucks. Gives your yard haunt a creepy look. (Once you have a fog machine which can be purchased for 20 bucks at Target or Party City)” – Link. Related: DIY Fog chiller – Link.
Even better this Halloween, you can carve out your own Darth Vader or Yoda Jack-O-Lantern with stencils from Star Wars. Link. Related: MAKE Blog stencil projects – Link. MAKE Blog Halloween Projects – Link & archives
Check out this homebuilt generator over on Street Use… – “In theory if you spin an electric motor, it should “run backwards” and generate electricity. So this guy, Dan Meyer, in Minnesota built a small generator using an old gas engine and an old DC motor.” – Link. Related: Homemade generator – Link. Building a […]
