DIY Projects

Create your own tiny Flickr frame

Create your own tiny Flickr frame

This project uses a Nokia 6100 LCD and breakout board along with a hacked, tiny digital picture frame and can wirelessly download mages from Flickr to display on the screen. This is a great project with some detailed instructions including circuit diagrams and parts list at the link below. Flickr images on a Nokia LCD

Quick and easy light-up bracelet

Quick and easy light-up bracelet

Instructables user craft-tech made this tutorial for making your own illuminated wrist cuff using nothing but scraps from your electronics shop floor. This is a great first project if you’re interested in conductive thread or sewing in general, and uses a mimeolight, which is a small programmable sewable LED. Given that it’s supposed to be […]

HOW TO – Light bulb oil lamp

HOW TO – Light bulb oil lamp

Instructables user bumpus was appalled at the designer pricetag on Sergio Silva‘s light bulb lamp set, and hence made instruction set for making your own oil light bulb lamp. I’d recommend against making one of these if you have small children or large dogs, but a few could make for a romantic table setting.

DIY: Rotational molding

This seems like a fairly inexpensive and easy way to get into making your own hollow cast parts. Unfortunately there isn’t a how-to, but between this video, and the “related” post below, you should be able to make your own. If there is enough interest from our readers I could always do a “Build: Your […]