DIY easel-workstation
From the MAKE Flickr photo pool Judy made what looks to be an ideal workstation for drawing and painting. Check out her site for all the details. – DIY Easel – Cheap, Easy and Versatile – DIY Easel-Work Station on Flickr
DIY Projects
Slide rule clock prototype
Mitch writes in about Greg Blonder, who made this prototype slide rule clock with LEGO Mindstorms. The positioning of the two rules makes up the hours and minutes. I like the idea of sketching in a platform like Mindstorms; it sure beats building an entire custom circuit just for a proof-of-concept prototype.
HOW To – Build a digital wall harp
The My Home 2.0 crew seems pretty amped about their MIDI wall harp project – implemented here as a sort of musical kid’s room enhancement, the design requires quite a few ingredients before enabling you to ‘play the wall’ as it were. Relevant setup instructions could serve as a good starting point for those interested […]
Don’t just play Guitar Hero, build your own
This project shows you how to hack a standard computer keyboard to build your own Guitar Hero-Like controller for “Frets on Fire”, the free, open source Guitar Hero clone from Finalnd. Really nice build pics here with step-by-step instructions to get you rocking in no time. Hacking a toy guitar to make a “Frets on […]
HOW TO – Old battery simulator/power supply for guitar pedals
For most circumstances, an old battery exhibiting ‘voltage sag’ is a bad thing – but many fuzz pedal aficionados take interest in an aging 9-volt’s effect on a circuit’s tone and behavior. The very excellent Geofex guitar-DIY site shows you how to make a pedal board supply that allows the user to dial in that […]
Breathalyzer microphone
My friend Randy at the fffffatlab made this breathalyzer microphone: The breathalyzer microphone is a system for the inconscpicuous collection of blood-alcohol content level data sets. In other words, you can measure a person’s sobriety with a device, that for all intents and purposes, looks no different than a standard microphone. He has also created […]
DIY: Electric Cub Cadet Tractor
Frank from TheWorkshop sent in this electric conversion of an old International Harvester Cub-Cadet tractor. He was able to scavenge the electrical system from a 1950’s industrial personal transport unit. Sounds like a Segway doesn’t it? Read more about the Electric Cub Cadet Tractor