Here’s how to convert a wireless doorbell from HomeDepot to close a relay instead of chiming…This whole thing started from a MAKE forum discussion! “With the addition of one capacitor, one relay, and a small piece of wire we can convert an inexpensive wireless doorbell into a remotely controlled relay useful for a wide range […]
Here’s a great step by step on building a huge motorized spider with a wiper motor from an 86 Suburu… [via] – Link. Related: MAKE Halloween projects – Link. MAKE Halloween archives – Link.
Here’s a cheap way to decorate with detergent and a black light for halloween… Tetranitrate writes – “All that is needed is a blacklight and some uv paint. A cheap substitution for the paint is liquid laundry detergent; I used tide with bleach alternative, but almost any kind will do. Laundry detergent glows under UV […]
Ok Makers, here’s an example of something you shouldn’t buy, rather re-MAKE… – it’s an arcade costume, but it doesn’t work, you can’t play games on it… So, if you’re looking for ideas for a cool costume, why not MAKE an arcade costume?… [via] – Link. A LCD panel, a small laptop and all the […]
Ok, forgot those -other- ways of carving pumpkins, I know what you want, you want extreme pumpkin carving… At what point did the carving of pumpkins turn into a “cute” event? When did boys stop carving pumpkins and moms start? Where did we lose touch with one of the years coolest events? Today we will […]
MAKE pal Bf5man writes – “Since this is the Halloween Maker Festival :)… Here’s a huge list of halloween projects, like a blooding portrait, a bottomless pit or a mechanised rocking chair. That rocking chair project is simple but looks good” – Link. Related: Get your Halloween hacks on – Link.
The Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories shows you how to make a simple & fun croc costume out of cardboard, Lenore writes – “Here’s how to make a fun, simple crocodile costume out of a cardboard box and some butcher paper. Okay, it was originally supposed to be a caiman costume, as we tend toward the […]
