Jared from InventGeek begins a series of photo gear projects with his recipe for a 40″ pop-up reflector – So photography is not only a hobby of mine, but also more or less absolute necessity for what I do here on invent geek. That being said I have always been appalled at the high prices […]
Instructables user neorazz has posted a tutorial on how to build a dust separator attachment for your shop vac. It is described as “cyclonic,” which it may or may not actually be (see the comments), but it does, apparently, work quite well at separating out the heavier bits of flotsam (which ends up in the bucket) from the actual dust (which goes on to the vacuum).
Cobwebs of The Art of Darkness shows how to turn a tiny plastic skeleton into a mummified pixie for Halloween purposes or for hoaxing gullible Britons. She calls it a “doom it yourself” project.
One of the great things about remaking simple projects is the extra time they allow us to add enhancements and a personal touch. Instructable member computergeek swapped out the LED bargraph from my EMF detector to create a single-digit numerical display version. Good idea – A while back I saw an EMF (Electromagnetic Field) Detector […]
Sam built a distinctly funky street stereo with a construction sign front panel and speakers rescued from the trash – nice aesthetic! The box makes use of a basic car stereo at the core – apparently even cheap ones come with USB and line-in nowadays. (finally!) Related: Turbo II, Junkyard Boogaloo – amazing boombox!
Instructables user pribich writes: I have used a Kill A Watt electric meter for a while and I decided to build an analog one. This project went from being simple, with a single panel ammeter and an outlet, to full scale with three meters, a lamp socket, binding posts, and switches for all the outputs. […]
Another handy tip from Ladyada, How-To: Cut insulation off multi-core wire… have a handy tip on doing this too? Post it up in the comments!
