Jet engine car with twin jet engines
Wow! Here’s a jet engine car with twin jet engines on eBay, bidding starts at $30k – [via] – Link.
Transportation
HOW TO – Build a simple vibration meter
Meg writes – Here’s a guide on how to make a basic vibration meter that might be helpful for people working on cars/machines – Commercial vibration meters will typically cost $1000+, and may be more than your average hobbyist needs. The parts cost of this project is $85, and it gives you a basic vibration […]
Make a PVC laptop desk for your car
Merle made a PVC pipe laptop desk for his VW Beetle (and other vehicles) – Link. Related: DIY Laptop – GPS Car Stand – Link. DIY angle bracket laptop stand – Link. TONS of PVC projects – Link.
HOW TO – Make the ultimate 18v Bike Light!
Douglas.mauro writes – “Mountain Biking at night (or early morning) is a true blast.. Using headlamps has been the only real choice short of spending some coin on a true bike light (some of these puppies cost >$500!!). While the lack of light never stopped us from riding, the glory of having a MEAN bike […]
Mondo Spider project – Ridable Mechanospider
Created for Burning Man 2006 by Industrialus Design, this Ridable Mechanospider is freaking amazing, check out the video of it in action! [via] – Link. Related: Autotelematic spider bots (photos) – Link. Spider-wiper (Giant automated spider) – Link. Mechanical spiders! – Link.
Scooter hack
My friend I-Wei sent this one in – wow!
DIY Automotive messages book
Lots of car posts today… John writes – “Here are instructions (and pre-compiled PDF) for making an automotive message book. It fits in the glove box and has 14 standard large-font messages printed forward and reverse (for reading in mirrors) like “Your tire is flat”, “Your high beams are on” or even, simply, “Sorry.” I’ve […]
