Bob writes – “I recently bought issue 5 of Make Magazine, and inside are articles on the electrical powered car for $7000 and a some pages later on building your own windmill to power your home. Well, would it be possible to build a car that combines the two powers? You would use the electric […]
Talking Electronics writes – “A friend of mine who runs an electronic shop wants to install an old cd-rom to be used as a stand alone cd-player in his truck. His problem was to find a suitable power supply for this purpose. A cd-rom uses 2 power supplies, 5 Volts which is used in its […]
Drew writes – “Like many people, I learned about the four stroke internal combustion engine in junior high school science class, but one look under a car’s hood makes it obvious that the pedagogical diagrams of a single cylinder left out a lot of the details. Unwilling to disassemble the motor of my daily driver, […]
Fix your own car for $7.25 / half hour – “O’garage – in Roubaix, France, near the Belgian border – is a DIY garage for car repairs. Gearheads pay by the hour or half hour to use the facility’s fully loaded space and professional-grade equipment, including car lifts. O’garage offers instructional guides, clinics and classes […]
Roger Beck’s Some Turtles Have Nice Shells is a guide to the global subculture of house trucking, including a brief instruction manual for building your own whimsical mobile home on top of an old truck or bus chassis – [via] Link.
Kevin writes – “My wife came to me one day and said something to the effect of: “I want a purse made outta seatbelts. Make me one.” Now, I had never heard of something like this much less seen one. Keeping this in mind I said I would get right on it. That first product […]
Pat sent in this week’s video from the National Association of Manufacturers – “…here’s a 6-minute video of the Westfield (Mass.) Manufacturing Company, makers of the Columbia bicycle (from the 1950’s) “bringing health and pleasure to millions of Americans.” Indeed..feel the vintage manufacturing vibe!” Link. Pictured here, a gorgeous 1950 Columbia Bicycle from the Nostalgic.net […]
