Here’s how to make mono and bi plane gliding models from Instructable user SoDDiggerCpl. instructables : Making 3″x5.5″ mono and bi planes! That Fly!!!(over 15 ft) – Link. More: Making a paper airplane a day… for 300 days – Link. Paper Crafts Archives – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Project: Building an Ornithopter (movie […]
Tim writes – Kombucha is a fermented tea beverage popular in Russia, China, and elsewhere. The culture forms a leathery skin called the “mother” that floats on top. This week’s Instructables TV episode shows how to wrangle the jellyfish-like “Mother” and make Kombucha 5 gallons at a time. This method produces a fizzy carbonated kombucha […]
James writes – “I have a thing for watches, and nicely figured wood, sadly I’ve only been able to find a couple of wood based watches. It sounded like a lovely weekend project to fab up a new face for a regular watch, so I went for it.” Wooden faced wristwatch – Link & photos.
Botronics writes – This is not an Instructable for a particular device or circuit. I’m using the circuit I made for an Artbot project as an example. If you need a quick and dirty way to fashion a pc board, you can cut out the copper clad with a Dremel tool. Just plan you circuit […]
Tim shows you how those Aquaskippers work and how to take one out for a spin… The “Aquaskipper” is a human powered hydrofoil made by Inventist.com . It’s similar to the original Swedish Trampofoil, which is no longer available. There’s also one called the “Pumpabike” from South Africa. They’re also called “hull-less watercraft” and “flapping […]
You probably have an orange survival suit laying around, in need of repair, just waiting to be patched up, Tim shows you how – Link. Related: DIY laptop case – Link. From the pages of MAKE: Recycled Rubber. MAKE 02 – page 40. Subscribers–read this article now in your digital edition or get MAKE 02.
Photozz shows how to make analog fireflies – “Or, How to randomly flash 8 LEDs… OK. I’ll admit that the fireflies in a jar thing has been done already. The difference here will be that this version will be done entirely with an analog circuit. For anyone without a lot of electrical knowledge, what that […]
