DIY Projects

EL wire eye candy

EL wire eye candy

Guerroloco’s EL Wirte project is now up on Instructables, he writes – “This project uses electroluminescent wire (a.k.a. “EL wire”) to create a glowing, flashing, spinning piece of eye candy that could be used as decoration, a disco light for a dance party, or just for taking cool photos. This is definitely a work in […]

Homemade PC Tech Station

Homemade PC Tech Station

Christophe writes “After reading your article “Work on your PC -fast- HighSpeed PC tech station“, I decided to build my own. It is great for testing components. As you can see, no high tech materials here: mainly from scrap laminate boards, wood and aluminium profile and even a Tic Tac box ! It can be […]

Simple Laptop Stand

Simple Laptop Stand

Nospleen writes “I always use my laptop on my lap, and it tends to get really hot. I looked online for some kind of stand, but they were all really expensive. I made my own out of a scrap of plywood and some rubber. Now the laptop sits nicely on my lap and still has […]

HOW TO – Print color images on to wood

HOW TO – Print color images on to wood

Radiorental writes “Based on the letter tiles instructable you can make any number of objects from key fobs, jigsaw puzzles. Most applications require nothing more than sealing the image with some varnish which also helps the colours stand out. However in this instructable I show an alternative method of ‘printing’ an image on to wood […]