DIY Projects

This page describes how custom made metal charms can be created with just plaster, a polymer clay original, and solder. This might be a cool way to make cell phone trinkets too. Thanks Kit! Link.

This guide is to show you how to rewire the DSL circuit from the phone Company’s NID to your modem and hopefully you’ll gain about 100 to 150kbps in speed, lower Latency and even get rid of all the Filters that are attached to your phones. [via] Link.

Here is my Waffle Iron PC. I used an EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX board. It has 512MB RAM and a 160GB hard drive. I used an external USB CDROM to install the OS. It runs Linux – Fedora Core 2. It’s also got a TV Out card, so I can use this for a MythTV box if I choose later. [via] Link.

Rick writes “I decided I wanted to take with me the trade paperback proof of Vellum to devour on an airplane or two. I decided I had to cover it with my standard Demco covering for hardcover books, and it occurred to me that perhaps not everybody has twigged on how to do this. So, in the spirit of Make Magazine, I’ve created this gallery that shows all the steps — and I’m not going to tell you how many there are, since you’ll think I’m even crazier than I probably am…” Link.

In MAKE 03 we have a VCR cat feeder project, but Peter from NYC sent in another way sans VCR…“When I had to feed ol’ Skippy upon leaving my apartment for a few days or so, I’d hot-glue a standing box of kittyvittles in the center of a piece of 2′-square cardboard, and cut a paw-sized hole in the bottom. After making sure the bathtub faucet was dripping slightly into a dish, I was good for as many as 3 or 4 days, and no worrying about power outages. Skippy had to work for his meals, but all the better. Now, an electric self-cleaning litterbox – THAT would be something worth warming up a soldering gun for.” Link.

Richard (not a DR), has shared his shed, and it happens to be a TARDIS. He’s built a full size one out of wood, he even has the plans to download so you can have a go. This TARDIS is being assembled in the village of MARTIN where the Dr. Who episode “The Awakening” starring Peter Davison was filmed. Link and build your own.