Polish AFOL Paul “Sarial” Kmiec (who built this neat robot arm) has created a Lego gear ratio calculator that lets you create complicated sets of gears and gives you speed, torque and ratios. Another tool lets you position two axles, then tells you what gears will work with that configuration. Lastly, you can choose which […]
Spotted in the MAKE Flickr pool, photo and build by user JustJon. It uses an Arduino + adafruit Wave Shield to play the Doctor Who theme and flash the siren light. There’s more info, plus video, at JustJon’s personal site.
It’s a LEGO world, we just live in it. ‘Miracle on the Hudson’ to be featured… Several large exhibits built with Lego blocks will be on display Sept. 11 and Sept. 12 at the Clermont County Fairgrounds. Ken Osbon of Goshen Township, one of the organizers of the event, will have one scene depicting the […]
This is a blast from the past, an old school “Classic Castle” fortress. It looks like someone made this in 1975, but it still rocks! I love how the creator has as story to tell about each room. Follow the link above and click on “Start the Tour” to learn more about Hoernersburg.
This audio sequencer from Damien Kee can be made with a standard LEGO NXT 2.0 kit and includes software and PDF instructions.
Lego custom armorer BrickArms caught the Tron bug with these beautiful glow in the dark Lego-compatible discs! Inspired by TRON – my all time favorite movie of the 80’s, I designed and injected this glowing disc in the style of the identitty discs from TRON Legacy. It is injected with glow-in-the-dark ABS, and then overprinted […]
AFOL Guy Himber, whose innovative use of Lego elements has appeared in Make: Online twice before (links below), has done it again with this excellent, life-sized steampunk ray gun. If you like this, be sure to check out his similarly-themed Infinity Rifle. Lovely work as usual. More: Bionicle griffin makes fantastic use of biopunk parts […]
