How-To: Paper Iris Glasses
This is actually really convenient, because I’ve been needing a pair of these. I just didn’t realize it until I saw them. Thanks, Instructables user art.makes!
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DIY Capacitive Touch Brush Stylus
Check out this capacitive touch brush stylus from Instructables user Margarita Benites. Using an old paint brush and some conductive thread, Benites recreates a traditional paint brush stylus that works with modern capacitive touch screen devices such as tablets and handsets for a fraction of the cost of a commercial version.
Rubberized Origami
Neat off-the-wall idea from Instructables user blightdesign, who’s been experimenting with preserving folded paper by rubberizing it with Plasti-Dip. More pics in B. Light Design’s Flickr set.
How-To: Droide Gonk de Star Wars
Instructables user Gonzolo Rojo Aguirre shows us how to build a reproduction “Gonk” droid from the original Star Wars sand crawler scene using bits ‘n’ pieces from IKEA. Text en español, but si no habla, you can get the gist from the photos, and of course Google translate.
Soda Bottle “Cylinder Clock” Does a Lot, With a Little
Sure, the world’s full of unusual clocks, both analog and digital, but this unusual design from Instructables user duckcrazy caught my eye for the many clever ways in which it makes the most of some common materials. The case is made from carefully-chosen 2-liter soda bottles, and the clock itself from a pair of CDs, a couple of print-and-fold paper cylinders, and an inexpensive analog clock movement. It’s an entry in Instructables currently-ongoing Clocks Challenge.
How-To: Homemade Plastic Bender
Cool vid from our pals at TAP Plastics showing how to build a strip heater, which is commonly referred to as a “plastic bender,” but really doesn’t do any bending in and of itself: It’s just a long skinny heating element that makes it easy to soften a sheet of plastic along a straight line, so you can bend it with your hands to an arbitrary angle, and/or against a jig for more precise control of the bend.
How-To: Homemade Plastics Recycler / Extruder
Interesting homemade tool from Instructables user Random_Canadian. The melt chamber consists of a length of 3/4″ iron pipe, the piston head is an off-the-shelf socket wrench, and the piston rod is a socket extension. A temperature controller, a couple of eBay cartridge heaters, a few tufts of fiberglass insulation, and some odds ‘n’ ends make for a heating system. And a brass hose barb serves as the extrusion nozzle
