Cameron Mallory write “I work. I bike. I bike to work. The problem is, I don’t have a lot of room to have the bike just sit against the wall of my cubicle. So I took it upon myself to come up with an alternate solution. As such, I present the Cubicle Wall Bike Rack. The solution is pretty straight-forward and is really easy to make. Here is what I did”… Link.
One day, my co-worker Yoshi mentioned that Alton Brown of Good Eats had discussed making gyros. I love Alton Brown and if he said it could be done, then I could do it. Yoshi mentioned that his plan kinda sucked because it wasn’t cooked by the traditional method of a rotisserie. At that point I decided to build my own gyro cooker. Link. Bonus links: Making a smoker from a trash can and Cooking a turkey in a trash can smoker.
The idea here it to be able to construct a crystal radio with parts fabricated right at home. This can get complicated in some areas of the radio as it is difficult to get some items needed. Also some parts of the radio are very complicated and detailed. We will attempt to simplify the parts as much as possible so we can “homebrew” or make them at home (as much as possible). Link.
Time for another flaming monstrosity… How about nice Xerox laser printer converted to a high volume automatic paper shredder? This project was featured on 8/3/05 on toms hardware’s “how to” section. Now, here it is, un-cut and un-molested by the Toms Hardware “editors” in all its sarcastic glory! Thanks Bill! Link.
Nice project and discussion about an in car PC – Today’s project comes from reader Douglas J. Hickok. A practical, portable car computer design it is intended to be easy to use in the car, but also easily removable. Link.
I really like the USB ports where the floppy drive was – Follow along as Seth combines two i1400 Thinkpads. He refreshes the batteries, fixes the keyboard and trackpad, removes the floppy, adds USB ports and WiFi to end up with a ghoulish, but functional machine: The Franken-laptop! Link.
For all you Poker playing Makers out there – here’s how to build a pretty nice poker table. Lots of photos and instructions – all using a 4 x 8 sheet of Fiber Board. Link.
