MAKE Flickr photo pool member Yapruder writes – “[Here’s a] Lamellaphone using lozenge tin and tines made by trimming a small metal comb from interior electronics of a television set.” – Link. Related DIY musical instruments: Altoid tin pocket thumb piano – Link. FolkUrban Music – DIY instruments – Link. Weird DIY Instruments – Les […]
Gnomic sent in this device that turns a TV into a simple, web configurable “Dashboard” – “YBox is a prototype/proof-of-concept for an ultra-cheap, always on, internet appliance that attaches to a standard TV set. The YBox is like Konfabulator for TV, turning TV into a platform for helpful, easy-to-read, live internet “channels”. It was Created […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Yapruder has a great gallery of thumb pianos, pictured here – one made from an Altoids tin… “Pocket thumb piano using Altoid tin and street sweeper bristle tines. My very first foray into plucked idiophone construction. Circa 1989.” – Link. Related: Kalimba mbira sansa likembe thumbpiano lamellaphone (photo set) – […]
I’m not sure why this remote control for a UFO toy needed to go inside a mint tin, but a lot of folks learn about electronics from taking them apart and putting them in new and interesting enclosures, so – why not… Wizworm writes – “I’ve hacked the 49mhz remote control of a cheap “UFO” […]
Here’s how to make a simple/fun/portable/desk toy ROMP “(Random Oscillating Magnetnetic Pendulum)” from a mint tin – Link. Related: Another ROMP (Random Oscillating Magnetnetic Pendulum) – Link. More Altoids/Mint tin projects and how-tos – Link & archives.
Chuck let us know he started a Yahoo Group for Mint Tin Collecting. From Chuck,”As of July 27, 2006, I have about 250 different mint tins, including of course the original Altoid mint tins, but also many other company’s tins. I also include in this collection tins that have gum or other candy, so “mint […]
Want to really crank up your music? Make a DIY headphone amp… and of course, put it in a mint/candy/sour-tin… Thanks Macaba! – Link. Related: Tons of mint tin projects – Link. Mint tin project archives – Link. Mint-Tin Amp – Pocket amplifier punches up headphones. MAKE 04 – Page 131.
