The Skeleton case mod
Bryant Baker’s Skeleton case, made of copper tubing [via] – Link.
Made On Earth
Building a 1/144th scale Battleship Yamato
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Doublellama is building a 1/144th scale model of the IJN Battleship Yamato. So far, hot wire foam cutting experimentation – this is a portion of the hull, there will be 21 frames total. Sounds like a great project, follow the progress here – Link.
Wood motorcycle – still a MAKE mystery
Cparada writes in with some more clues to origins of the wood motorcycle – “This “Holzmotorrad” has been around a while – The (VERY old) 25 HP Honda has been remade as an Alabama Harley in some photos. There’s something odd about the streetscape, buildings, cobblestones… and a pair of VWs). In addition to RatBike, […]
Pedal powered ferris wheel
Remember the The Miss Rockaway Armada (floating fleet of junk/recycled boats) we posted about? They’ve made it to Minneapolis, here’s a video of their pedal powered ferris wheel – [via] – Link. Related: Junkboat fleet – The Miss Rockaway Armada – Link. Other DIY ferris wheels – Link.
Low cost handheld braille writer
Inexpensive handheld braille writer made by students – “To help provide a low-cost communication tool for blind people, undergraduates at The Johns Hopkins University have invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that requires no electronic components. For a class called Engineering Design Project, four mechanical engineering majors were asked to produce such an instrument […]
Homemade spy sub
From Popular Science’s How 2.0, homemade spy sub – “Some fathers and sons play catch. Electrical engineer Jason Rollette and his 12-year-old son Trevor are a little more ambitious. Hoping to explore the lakes and rivers near their Milwaukee home, they’ve built their own underwater remote-operated vehicle, or ROV. Controlled and powered by a laptop, […]
Homemade MIDI airplane throttle
Peter writes – “Tristan Shone, a musician and visual artist, has constructed a beautifully-made force-feedback MIDI controller, modeled on airplane throttles (with the gauges to boot)…” – Link. Related: Author and Punisher – Link.
