Homemade hovercraft
David has a great resource for building your own homemade hovercraft, including how to make a wall sucking robot version – Link. It’s a Geocities site, so it will likely be down right after this is posted.
DIY Projects
Homemade Yellow Jacket trap
Grandpa Kipp’s Sure-Fire Yellow Jacket Trap! – “My grandpa turned me onto this sure-fire yellow jacket eliminator about 50 years ago when I was just a youngster. I’ve observed its efficiency in removing all the yellow jackets from our campsite in a matter of a single day and before the week was over the entire […]
HOW TO – Make a RunnerDuck Gizzie (Sun Tracker)
Here’s how to make a device to record the path of the sun by burning a track onto a piece of paper – Thanks Bf5man! Link.
Pong pens
Brian writes – “One of my favorite projects from 2004 was the making of my Pong cabinet. After making the cabinet, I was left with some great red oak strips that were used as blocking to hold the pong together. I finally decided to use that wood to make a few wooden ink pens. This […]
DIY Nerf rifle
Pr0fess0r writes – “I’m in the habit of taking my NERF Maverick to work. It’s a nice little sidearm and it gives me the upper hand in meetings. Lately however, a particular co-worker has made a suit of armor which darts fired from the Maverick simply can’t pierce. (Cardboard is the kevlar of the nerf […]
Supa-Cheap LEDs
Looking for super cheap LEDs for your next light up project? ABCtronics has most common colors for pennies a piece. If you have other favorite places to get LEDs, post’em up in the comments – Link. Related: Tons of LED projects – Link.
Renuzit trumpet mute
Bill sent in this DIY trumpet muting device made from an air freshener, he writes – “I recently found out that Yamaha makes a “silent brass system” with a mute that nearly silences your brass instrument, and a microphone/amp/headphone circuit so you can hear yourself play. Wow, I thought, until I saw what people were […]