Sometimes you have a real need to mount your tablet computer to a wall or other vertical surface. That’s where common sense and good old fashioned ingenuity comes in. Seattle area foodie and avid DIY’er, Tumbleweed, shows us that you needn’t spend exorbitant amounts of money on some specialized billet aluminum wall mounting kit. A $2.84 “Delux Plate Hanger Set” will do the trick.
Check out Travis’ (Saskatoon, SK, Canada) sweet stereo casemod using a 60s-era Fleetwood model 4057 cabinet stereo record player/radio (like sold via Sears) with a modern turntable (a Stanton T.80 turntable, capable of digital S/PDIF output), a digital music system (via a mini-ITX computer), amp and controller. Console record player retrofit
Smartphones are great remotes. Check out this lightweight Bluetooth enabled novelty lamp mod by Bitartist. Tricked out with a AVRtiny2313 and Bluetooth module, you can turn the lamp on and off via a mobile app. It will also perform double duty by notifying you of incoming calls.
You’ve probably caught wind of a show in the works, hosted by amazing hardware modder Ben Heckendorn. The show has finally launched, on element14, and it’s pretty cool. In this first episode, Ben builds an Xbox controller for a one-handed gamer and starts in on an Xbox 360 laptop, a “Big Build” project he’ll work […]
If you’ve got an extra WiFi access point laying around and would like to stream audio to your stereo from sites like Pandora, last.fm, and Slacker Radio, then you’ll appreciate this informative how-to video from Tinkernut. Based on work available at MightOhm, this segment will get you up to speed with installing firmware, adding USB audio, and general configuration.
Back in February, MachinistBlog contributor Mikey won an essay contest there with his post, Honest – all I ever wanted to do was make some stuff…, which is a must-read for anybody who’s thinking about getting into hobby machining. And it includes a picture of this beautifully rebuilt mower. Mikey says:
I have an old vintage tube radio and have thought about putting modern electronics in it, too. This one has some cool features, like it actually plays the MP3 and modern AM and FM tuners through the original AM tube radio, using the last two channels 340 and 307 KHz, so you get that crap… […]
