The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for bikes, rockets, R/C vehicles, toys and other diversions.
The Soopa Coin-Up Bros. DIY vinyl model is a blank arcade machine sculpture intended for creative customization. A recent exhibition of artists’ examples showcases some great examples. You may recall Doktor A’s excellent Pac-Gentleman incarnation. – esc-toy’s photostream – Soopa Coin-Up Bros.
If you need an excuse to switch to biking as your primary means of transportation, check out this video from Austin’s Yellow Bike Project, as they move 4500 square feet of bike parts from one shop to another. Particularly amazing starting at 3:30: Doesn’t your commute seem a bit mild in comparison?
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Check out this nifty LEGO NXT printer, a “needle plotter” with a …er… prickable area of 90 x 70mm at 33 pricks per inch. NXT pin-plotter III [via Hack-a-Day]
Jenny @ CRAFT points us to this easy scrabble lazy susan using a bracket, some illustration board, and fuzzy furniture feet.
This site shows a step-by-step mod to get your Nintendo Wiimote to flash an LED when it rumbles. Ingredients for this mod include a Triwing screwdriver, a 0603 LED, copper circuit tape, and some wire strippers. Pretty simple mod that will definitely add some bling to your game. LED Rumble
Dot at Dabbled posted a tutorial her husband Dameion made for this handy bus for toting finger puppets around. Great for fuzzy field trips.
