We get a lot of emails and IMs about oscilloscopes so here’s a link from Doctronics here for everyone – “An oscilloscope is easily the most useful instrument available for testing circuits because it allows you to see the signals at different points in the circuit. The best way of investigating an electronic system is […]
Lennyb writes – “here is a little tutorial about improvised guitar pickups made from easy to find junk” – Link. Related: Other guitar projects – Link.
Mindaugasu writes – “One of more advanced PCB manufacturing methods is exposing laminate copper boards covered by photo resistive layer through mask. Using UV light in manufacturing PCB’s has many benefits according to other methods: you can get thin tracks like 0.2mm. You couldn’t do this by using other home techniques like laser printers or […]
Here’s a listing of all the free TV you can get with a satellite dish in the USA [via] – Link. Related: Free-to-air (FTA) – Link. Use your PC to record satellite TV – Link. Legal And Free Digital Satellite TV. Use a long-obsolete Primestar dish to pull in a wide world of programming. MAKE […]
They’re selling the plans for $15 – “The P.A.C. 6. Xinventions is proud to have designed this first ever easy to build, semi-auto air cannon. This cannon is totally portable due to the CO2 hook up! The auto loading system means that you never have to muzzle load a projectile, it does it for you. […]
Pat Rose built a $100 rebreather – it scrubs the air you breath out, and also adds oxygen in so you can breath back in [via] – Link. Related: What is a “Rebreather”? – Link.
DoctaBu writes in with another iPod book-case – “A nice little case I made for my iPod using the book A Handbook of Theological Terms by Van A. Harvey. The top part of the book is held together thanks to a couple slits in it filled with tacky glue. The bottom is cut out as […]
