When Instructables user RocketScientist wanted a marimba to practice at home, instead of buying one (at 7K), he build his own DIY marimba. It’s an ambitious project, and he throws in a tutorial video for wrapping your own mallets while he’s at it. More marimbas: Flashlight beams make music on photo-electric marimba ABSOLUT MACHINES – […]
Instructables user MarchW saw a smart design for a collapsible table and re-made it. The top slats are connected with nylon strapping, and when the bolts are removed, the cross-supports can be removed and the whole thing folds up to about the size and shape of a yoga mat. Perfect for picnics! More: How-To: Collapsible […]
Instructables user brokengun wrties: This instructable documents the process of my single rotor wind turbine. It is built with inspiration from Hugh Piggot and the folks at Otherpower.com. This is my first attempt at building a wind turbine, and I will try to include the mistakes I’ve made along the way so that other first-time […]
This is a really inexpensive way to program your Arduino. In fact, it’s a really cheap way to program any ATmega8 chip. However, there are a few drawbacks. It only works with Windows, and you can’t communicate back to the host computer for serial communications. Despite some of the drawbacks, I still like this solution […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Behold Igaaks’ CNC plasma torch-cut sunglasses, as demoed at a recent TechShop Durham monthly meeting – Material is copper, bent by hand, then heat treated, then coated with acrylic. […] The only thing it might need is some kind of padding for the nose, and after talking with folks at […]
Instructables user dedub01 chronicled the conversion of his hall coat closet into a well-insulated wine cellar. He writes: I decided to build this website after becoming frustrated while searching the Internet for practical information on how to inexpensively convert a coat closet into a wine closet. It seemed like everything was either sites for companies […]
From the MAKE Flickr pool Fdecomite created this paper puzzle using tips from George Hart’s ‘slide together’ instructions – looks to be quite a simple and fun project.
