XYRONÂ smart cutting – rapid prototyping?
Tmo writes – “This is a simple XY style paper cutting tool marketed to scrapbookers. It seems ripe for hacking to rapid prototyping of parts or circuit etching.” – Link.
DIY Projects
HOW TO – Make e-Zee (little) steam engines
Rick writes – “How to make simple steap (compressed air) engines. Any one can do this without special tools.” – Link.
HOW TO – Repairing a Pocket-PC with a bad Li-ion charger
Bill writes – “I recently repaired a Pocket-PC that wouldn’t charge its battery. To do this, I built a new charger circuit and stuffed it into the Pocket-PC. I thought others might benefit from this information so I’ve documented the result.” – Link.
HOW TO – 3D (3 axis) milling
Nick writes – I wrote up a short little article showing the process of taking a 3D CAD drawing and CNC milling it, for those that want to see how the process works from start to finish. – MAKE forums & Link.
Make an all terrain board for summer and winter
Here’s how to make an all terrain board for summer and winter inspired by Howtoons – Link.
Turn a brick cell phone into a Bluetooth headset
Grooveking writes – “We are going to “Geek Out” a little here. To give you a little overview of what you will be doing, you will be taking an existing Bluetooth headset, wiring it up so it can receive charge from the existing brick phone battery (increases the talk time astronomically), and allowing the Bluetooth […]
Homemade LED slide projector
Not a lot of details here, but it looks like a pretty cool LED slide projector – [via] Link. I think it would be cool to make a LED slide projector bike light.