How-to: Whittle a ball-and-cage
Terry Trier has written a good tutorial on carving this classic whimsy from a single piece of wood.
DIY Projects
Sandcastle QR code
Sand castle QR code, via BBG. I love summer!
Make: Projects – Giant snow globe
What’s that you say? You don’t need an 8-inch diameter snow globe? Especially not one featuring a vignette of Al Pacino as Tony Montana in the climactic battle scene from Brian De Palma’s Scarface? I say you’re wrong: You need one of these. You need one so badly you don’t even know it yet. This […]
How-To: Bike dog walker
Instructables user 5VOLTSGC shares with us his project for a bicycle dog walker. It keeps the dog at a distance from the wheels and pedals, and has a breakaway pin to prevent doggie-induced falls, should your pup decide to stop when you’re riding down a hill.
Wallet-size LED resistance calculator!
Clever wallet-size LED resistance calculator at EMSL!
Automatic baudrate converter
Automatic baudrate converter… Sprites mods writes – If you want to go hack a microprocessor-based device, the first thing you usually do after cracking the case and identifying all the chips, is look for a serial port. Regardless of the type of device (Linux-based, running WinCE, working on some kind of RTOS, maybe even with […]
How-To: Magnetic fish tank cleaner
You can clean the inside of your fish tank with some magnets, velcro, and a plastic bottle cap. And to think, when I had fish, I usually just stuck my whole arm in there to clean it! Instructables user TNEN shows us how to fashion this convenient tank scrubber.