Homebuilt arc welder
Rudy on the Dorkbot list writes “This site has some neat ideas. Dan has plans for a car battery powered bike light (heavy, yes, but bright!) and a home made Arc Welder out of Mircowave oven parts.” Link.
DIY Projects
Cassette Stylus Test
Jeff writes – “After all the attention for hacked cassette decks on Make:BLOG and elsewhere, I was eager to hear what it sounded like to take the read-head out of a tape deck and play it across a tape “canvas”. Video included.” Link.
Brother P-Touch as kid’s toy
Brother P-Touch as kid’s toy – Damien Stolarz My daughter learned the alphabet using a variety of learning aids. I particularly credit the Leapfrog DVD series for teaching her both letter recognition and phonics. The learning games on her computer also helped reinforce some of the alphabet concepts, and with our coaching, she’s learned to […]
HOW TO – Make a custom library part in Eagle’s CAD tool
Kd7vnn writes – “The eagle cad tool is a great thing. It does have something that I see as a draw back. That is that you need to pick a package for your part while you are still working on the schematic phase of a project. I assume Cadsoft, the makers of eagle, have their […]
Cigar box guitar
MAKE Flick photo pool member Hatchibombotar made a really nice cigar – “It’s not perfect (I went a little nuts with the epoxy; some of the hardware is a little too large; many of the holes are a little ragged) but it looks OK, and it works. Next step: install the pickup to make it […]
Step-by-step tensegrity tower part 1 & 2
Peter writes – “Tensegrities are a type of structural system where all of the compression members (poles/columns) are supported and connected to each other with tensions members (ropes). This means that the poles look as if they are floating in a mass of cables. As promised, I am going to explain step-by-step how to build […]
Circuit Bending is Easy
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Coloradocrim writes – “Trying my hand at some circuit bending today. Here’s what I came up with. Check out the post [here] for some sounds. Not too exciting, but there’s not much of a circuit in this thing.” – Link. Related: Circuit Bending by Sabastian Boaz, Cristiana Yambo. Modify a […]