I had a stack of old CDs lying around.
Torch lighters are handy, cheap, and easy to find.
I’ve posted a video of the gameplay to Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8190411@N07… I have been slowly working on a series of automatons and robotic effigies of my coworkers as a way to exercise my creativity without cluttering the house with kid-unfriendly creations.
Make a Minty Mouse using a Logitech m185 mouse ($16 at your local superstore).
Based on my lifelong habit of “beatboxing” melodies and rhythms and essentially songwriting as I walk, drive, or shower, I’ve always wanted to make a device that would take my vocal mush and output exactly what’s in my head, in real time on stage.
The Phlatformer is a hobby vacuum-forming machine that quick-melts 10″ square plastic sheets into form-hugging shapes.
Herbalists are some of the original DIYers.
Before you start jumping to all kinds of wrong conclusions about me, let me tell you what I don’t do.
Completely makeover a lackluster guitar with a gleaming glitter finish.
The video below shows all the things you need to know to make a low-tech outboard motor in a couple of hours once you have obtained the materials.
Here I will give a simple bookbinding tutorial using a Japanese stab-binding technique for making blank books from paper that is printed on one side.