Dave writes – “Here’s a cool one. Use this unconventional technique to create hardwood shavings that work far better than paper in starting a fire. (I’ve tried it – it works great!) The shavings dry out quickly and burn hotter and longer than paper.” – Link.
A Make reader writes in about “Moon Sand” – “A Canadian company is coming out with an ultimate play-doh esque product called Moon Sand. It looks and feels like sand yet it can be to molded into any shape, like dough. Once you create a sculpture just bake the sand and it will keep its […]
Csc934 writes – “This is an inspirational mod of a 93 Geo Tracker. The Tracker is an interesting platform for car hacking. They are cheap, sometimes 4 wheel drive and fuel efficient, and can be found on ebay for under $2000.” – Link. Related: Tons of car mods and hacks in our “Mod your Rod” […]
Realta writes – “Do you want to play the conga drum and are held back because of the stiff introductory purchase price attached to a commercially made “professional” conga? If you can build a bird house then you can make a conga drum–satisfaction guaranteed.” [via] Link. Related: Home-Made Cajon – Link. History of the Cajon […]
Senseless writes – “I was wondering if I could heat the water in my swimming pool using the heat in the house’s attic and I started messing about with a large heatsink. The water for my hotwater heater has to pass through it and picks up free calories which saves on the power bill quite […]
This is a great hack – “Usually, when you have to measure something and input the data into the computer, you buy a digital meter. But what do you do when you already have an old, trusty analog meter and don’t want to shell out for a new digital meter? You could just take the […]
MAKE Flickr photo pool member Vrogy made an evil robot hand/coathanger inspired by the Instructable we posted up. He writes – “It’s cut out of 1/4″ mild steel with an oxy-acetylene torch, by hand, then I bent it into shape over an old Vulcan anvil we have at the shop with a hand sledge.” – […]
