David writes in with the latest “Cool stuff being made”, he writes – “In this fifteen minute video it becomes obvious that saxophones are a work of art that combines experience, concentration, patience and manual dexterity. Some 500 parts go into the saxophone with 3000 separate operations. You’ll see how the parts get cut out […]
Pat writes – “For this week’s video (8 minutes in length), we dove into the world of the performing arts to show you the very interesting process of how marionettes are made. Did you know that there are between ten and fifteen strings for each marionette? The entire process really is a work of art […]
Chuck told me that he has a “Yano” doll coming to him in the mail to hack up and pointed me to this robotic hack of the doll. I postulate that it is the child of yoda and a gremlin. The main focus of this project had to do with creating an easy method for […]
Ariel writes – “The sketch and the pictures I posted are of a simple mechanical coin validator – acceptor. it works on the principle that once you insert a coin through a crack that is made according to the exact size of a specific coin. the coin rolls down and fills a slot then by […]
Pat writes in with this week’s “How it’s made” video – “In honor of baseball’s All-Star game to be played next Tuesday at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, we present another video from our friends at South Carolina Educational TV of the making of that American classic, the Louisville Slugger. For fans and non-fans alike, this […]
Daniel writes “Make your own dimmer outlet for continuous fine temperature control of your Crock-Pot, Lamp, or other device using widely available, off the hardware shelf components.” – Link.
Curious how transistors work? This site has some OK animations and explanations – Link.
