Abbabibble2 writes – “I’ve come up with a project that i’ve been contemplating for a long time. It’s a flash grenade made from a disposable camera circuit and a part of a pringles can.” – Link. Previous: Build your own Brain Assailant – Link. HOW TO – Make a sonic grenade – Link.
Neil writes – “Here is an inexpensive way to create a three dimensional pointing device. Take a working mechanical wheel mouse (the type with a scrolling wheel). Remove the ball. Drill some holes in the sides and run a string into the mouse, around the horizontal roller, and out the other side. Reroute the sensors […]
Jay writes – “For those of you unfamiliar, Thinkgeek sells a device called the “mind molestor”. the idea is simple. You hide the device in the home of someone you loathe. It then emits a beep once every 3 minutes until the battery dies or the victim burns their house down to stop the relentless […]
MAKE reader Jeremy may have made the lightest carbon fiber brakes for a bike, here’s how he did it – “The carbon fiber that I used is 6 K 10.9 oz/sq yd and I used 5 plies of it. After the carbon is laid down over the “mold”, I laid some nylon release peel ply […]
OK, so it was street legal in 1962, so 1.) Build a time machine. 2.) Travel back with this “street legal kart”, Modern Mechanix has all the pages up so you can make your own go kart – Link. Related: HOW TO – Make your own go kart – Link. More cart-like projects – Link.
Ian writes – “Goal/purpose: Mr. E.Z. Tube is a cheap vacuum tube audio platform without the ‘iron’: no power transformer, no output transformer(s). A tube amplifier will typically have several heavy, expensive transformers: output transformers that protect speakers from high voltages in the tube, and power transformers that provide high voltage by rectifying mains (AC) […]
A few Makers sent in links about building their own KITT cars from Knight Rider & here are some great dashboard recreations…. Juha writes – “The images are presented in reverse chronological order…the drawings from 2002/2004 are the most accurate – dare I say, the ultimate – reproductions of the original dashboard. Note that in […]
