We’re slowly getting more of our kit documentation up on Instructables, here’s the MiniPOV kit – this is an inexpensive Persistence of Vision (POV) toy, which is designed for beginners in electronics. You swing this little thing around to reveal a customizable message or image through it’s 8 red LEDs. It has 4 holes for […]
Here’s a kit (and how to make) a no-friction bike light dynamo. Learn about electromagnetic induction and make a bike light! – Thanks Hone Link.
Spluch writes – Mitsuoka Motor, a Japanese company, has just unveiled a micro kit car “K-4”, equipped with a 50cc engine on its classical tested sports car body, developed for the do-it-yourself customers in Tokyo. It is composed of more than 500 parts and takes approximately 40 hours to assemble. The Kit-Car measures just under […]
Here’s the latest this week in tools from Chuck! This week we looked at a double-thick aluminum framing square – light like plastic, strong like steel – as well as a couple of tools you might think about making yourself: a 50-gallon drum dolly with a curved side that easily rocks the drum into a […]
This is really neat, if you live in Berkeley you can check out tools, read the list there are some pretty impressive tools – like cement mixers and demolition hammers! The Tool Library is restricted to Berkeley residents and to people who own property in Berkeley. To use the Tool Library, bring with you a […]
Here’s another week in tools from Chuck! This week we looked at a portable high-pressure CO2 rig designed to power low-volume pneumatic tools – like nailers – without a compressor; Toolmonger readers responded with some great DIY versions based on SCUBA gear. We tested a set of demolition screwdrivers designed to do all the things […]
Shawn sent in a neat video from a radio hobbyist in Toronto, Canada, who’s put together a Gakken regenerative radio kit he ordered from Japan. “It’s a vacuum tube regenerative receiver for the AM broadcast band. Even though the instructions are only in Japanese, the illustrations in the instruction manual make it easy enough to […]
