HOW TO – Convert a photo to a single layered stencil
Stencil revolution shows you how to make a stencil from a color photo, using Photoshop GiMP/GiMPShop will work as well – [via] Link.
DIY Projects
Bookcase – Sketchup to construction
Michael writes in with a simple Sketchup he did to plan out a bookcase construction – “Here are some pictures of my recently built bookcase. The Bottom of the page has the Google Sketchup plan I made, and a link to download it.” – Link. Also, check out his automated cat food feeder project.
Make your own vinyl record?
Alex sent in this short “make a record” article from Germany, it looks like they reproduced a record and the cloned copy lasts around 2 days, if anyone knows anything more about this, let us know, looks like a good project – Link & translated site.
LEGO Wall Follower
Philo made a great wall following LEGO bot, he writes – “As a direct application to my GP2D12 distance sensor, I built this wall follower. Its base is the Constructopedia RoverBot, I only added a turret bearing the sensor. The trick here is to direct sensor beam 45° away to also detect walls in front […]
HOW TO – Make plastic 3D models from CAD designs using an automated “milling machine”
Leevonk has an Instructable on making your own fablab of sorts – A good way to make 3D plastic models easily.. You’ll need: an EGX-300 engraver machine (we will use it for milling). I saw it on ebay for $2000 at some point. If you buy from Roland, costs $5000 unless you’re using it for […]
30 Foot Trebuchet
Ryan and his fellow students built a 15 foot tall (30 foot extended) trebuchet, it fires water balloons and other similar projectiles. [via] – Link.
HOW TO – Homemade Holga on a Canon 20D
Kim writes – “I have to admit, I am tired of using Photoshop to create a pseudo Holga shot using javascripts found in flickr.com so I decided to just go ahead and hack my Holga CFN and give it a second life since all it has been doing is gathering dust. My plan–to hack the […]