The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
While pong clocks are a dime a dozen, Ottowa, ON, maker Andrew O’Malley’s super slick DOTKLOK raises the bar. DOTKLOK is an open-source, hackable, Arduino-based digital clock that displays a series of unique time-telling animations. The passing of time is depicted with numbers and abstract/geometric patterns such as Morse code and minimal analog clock faces, […]
“You mean organized?”
“Organezized. Organezized. It’s a joke. O-R-G-A-N-E-Z-I-Z-E-D…”
“Oh, you mean organezized.”
Recently, Stephanie from All about Ami made a really cute Chinese New Year amigurumi doll which I posted about last week. Now she’s made this cute amigurumi Valentine Teddy to celebrate Valentine’s Day! I love seeing her step-by-step process in her detailed photos. Stephanie says the patterns for both dolls will be up soon on […]
Love this project by YouTube user wpavalko. Also see its assembly video. [Via The NXT Step]
This summer I realized that you don’t need a driver to run your el wire if you’re putting it on a bike. I hooked a stepper motor up to a transformer from an old cell phone charger and it ramped up the voltage enough to light up my bike in real-time. It even fades on […]
The NXTBee from dexter industries lets you connect to multiple NXTs and other devices using standard XBee radios. Now your NXT can talk to another NXT or an entire swarm.
From Home Gunsmith Forum user rhmc24: Using chambers cut off 12 ga. scrap barrels and a new $10 bbl for an Italian auto shotgun, the only other gun part is a scrapped hammer from a 1857 Remington perc revolver. Loads like a SAA Colt but underlever rotates and cocks it. Blow-by is negligible, hardly noticeable […]
