It’s summer. It’s hot. Your big ol’ box fan is ailing. Time to buy a new fan CLEAN IT! After only one season a fan may be covered in enough gunk to give the illusion that the ‘motor’ is worn out, when really all that is needed is a good cleaning to keep it running […]
Instructables user Mockfish writes: My grandma has trouble walking these days and I was going to build her a ramp. After examining code requirements, etc, I realized that a full sized ramp would take up a lot of space and be very expensive. I had to figure something out that would help grandma and my […]
Here’s another creative entry for our Make a Cylon contest – MST3K’s Crow T. Robot re-envisioned as a member of the Cylon army. Hmmmm … wonder if he retained that charming sense of humor. If you’re still planning to enter, make it snappy! Submissions will be accepted up until end of day Friday 6/13. To […]
Teach your kids a little engineering history with this fun fountain project.
I am working on a project where I need to create a vacuum. After searching the Internet I found this really nice solution. It most likely isn’t as easy as converting a bike pump, but it could be fun project to make. Learn hot to make your own Vacuum pump Related: DIY: Manual vacuum pump
Jason @ HACKS writes: We filter our drinking water at home, though it’s not because there’s a risk of giardia or heavy metals in the tap water where we live. Personally, I just like the taste of water that’s been run through activated carbon. If your own water is safe from heavy metals, but you […]
This is just the beginning of a project that aims to display video via a homemade electron gun. So far the gun is operational in a vacuum bell jar and it is able to produce scanner line. [Thanks Noah!] The aim of this experiment was to construct an electron gun completely from scratch. The ultimate […]
