Great list! Vendors listed on this page sell miscellaneous and surplus hardware, tools, lab supplies, motors, adhesives, Dremel bits, screws, gizmos, and whatnots. Stuff you might need for successful hardware building and hacking, stuff you’re inclined to packrat until just the right project comes along. These people aren’t your average thick-cataloged every-part-number-under-the-sun guys—they’re the other guys; the random crap purveyors of the world. Link.
An experiment in constructing an autonomous flying robot. It utilizes blimp design principles, combining a helium filled envelope with 3-channel motor control allowing it to navigate in 3 dimensions. Schematics and C Source included. Link.
Learn to cast small resin and silicone parts while converting your static car models to exciting slot racers. Any 1:32 scale model car kit like the ones available from Airfix, Lindburg, Monogram or Revell can be made into a slot car with the addition of some simple parts and fabrication. Link.
Remember Steve? He posted some time lapse videos of making a drill press and using a lathe to make a neat looking table leg out of scrap wood- now he’s posted how he does his time lapse movies on his site. We reviewed the software (Boinx iStopMoption) in issue of 02 of MAKE. Link.
Another one to add to the LEGO project list- The VCR is controlled by the Lego Mindstorms Robotics Invention System. It has a motorized top-loading deck, working tape reel drive and IR remote control.The deck accepts a cassette that holds two reels of (imaginary) tape. Beta, VHS and now Technic. Link. Source included on the site.
New episode of from the shadows is released! In anticipation of the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of The Sith, the From The Shadows Crew took a trip to the “Star Wars Line” in Hollywood. There FTS met up with Aaron Mosny Master Sabersmith of Saberology.com. Following in the tradition of the Jedi and the Lightsaber, Aaron has created the “Perfect Dueling Weapon” utilizing forms including Kendo, Kenjitsu, Iaido, Chinese Broadsword, and European fencing. Unlike shanai, boken, or fencing foils, this weapons design could be used for almost any martial form. Link.
Steve Cooley has a couple time lapse videos of building things- the first video making a table for his drill press the second video is turning some old wood in to a really neat looking table leg or something Link. Perhaps on my next project I’ll do some time lapse and see how it turns out.
