Build your own laser – 1964
Modern Mechanix has a Popular Science from 1964 that has plans and a schematic for building your own laser – Link.
DIY Projects
HOW TO – (Easily) etch images in copper
Prank writes – “Make a copper etching of any image. This takes about 1 hour, including image prep, transfer, and etching, and it works really well. “ – Link.
DIY CD jewel case photo frames
Super simple and great use for those old CD jewel cases, fill them with photos – Link. Related: DIY Plasti-Prompter – Link. Other CD/DVD jewel case projects – Link.
HOW TO – Make gameshow-style hand buzzers
Nick writes – “Here’s a a small tutorial for fabricating gameshow-style hand buzzers (in this case, used for the PC game “You Dont Know Jack”, played on an emulated arcade cabinet).” – Link.
Building an Electric Kiln
M2Crafts writes – “This set of pages diarizes the construction of my kiln. I fire to cone 6 oxydation and use an electric kiln to do so. The kiln I’ve used till now is a very old cone 1 Olympic, it is also very small, around 3 cubic feet. It definitely needs to be replaced, […]
iBook modifications
Since Apple released new Macbooks you can now pick up the old iBooks for pretty cheap, here are some mods – appearance, hard drive replacement & overclocking and screen/hinge repair. Thanks Silas! – Link.
DIY Contact printing frame with registration system
Unrealalex writes – “Here’s how to save a bunch of money by building your own alt-process contact printing frame with registration system from materials you can find at any office supply chain store.” – Link.