Do not look at LED MEGALIGHT with remaining eye… – “This is a homemade LED flashlight with a PVC body that is easily bright enough to blind you, and uses only one special LED (a Luxeon V). The light projected is a smooth, clear white illumination with no “rings” in the projected light like those […]
Dr. Solomon’s DIY solder fume extractor – “I finally got tired of breathing solder fumes and made an ultra-low tech solder fume extractor. “Professional” versions of this device can be had for ~$100-$200 (for example). I decided this was too much money, and built one for $3.” – Link.
Nobody just wears a t-shirt these days. You’ve got to “mod” them. To get you started on your first t-shirt for the summer, artist Karyl Newman took a regular looking large crew neck t-shirt and created this cute halter tee. The complete step-by-step is up on Instructables. Link. Related: New craft book alert! Tease: Inspired […]
Here’s a template and instructions for building a reflector/diffuser for your camera’s flash. The downloadable template fits Nikon’s SB-600 but is easily adapted for other flashes – Thanks Matt! Link.
Ian writes – “This is a simple bike light which can be contructed with a minimum of tools. It is bright enough to be useful as a headlight, is fairly robust, and cheap to construct. It’s perfect for commuting and does a surprisingly good job for mountain biking too. The whole thing, including rechargeable batteries, […]
Prometheus writes – “…Instructions on how to break the seal on modular power supplies to fix the common problem of fatigue breaks in the cord, repair the internals, or salvage for other uses. This will violate warrantees so do this only for equipment not covered by one.” – Link.
3D King writes – “Saw the MAKE 6 article on using a Sandisk photo album board, had a suitable lcd in the junk box, Ebayd a few years ago, and found the photo album on offer at Best buy. Built a simple wooden box which fits the frame in picture 4. The Sandisk needs 5v, […]
