How-To: Skate box
If you skate park is too crowded or you don’t have one at all, try following Instructables user nonoodlez’s guide to making a light, easy skate box.
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Mini joystick from ballpoint pen
Got a few switches and a pen? You can make a joystick, and if it’s a clicker-type pen, you can make a “fire” button atop the joystick as well!
Instructables build night tonight in San Francisco!
Randy at Instructables writes: I am thrilled to announce that Instructables Build Nights have returned with a vengeance. And our amazing new friends at The reMake Lounge are going to help host them and a host of upcoming Instructables workshops. We invite one and all to come and bring whatever it is you are working […]
Contest produces cardboard furniture, trebuchet
Check out the winners in the Instructables Gorilla Glue contest, including a cardboard kayak, marble roller coaster, nightstand and trebuchet. Impressive!
Make a Cardboard Dragon
I love this elaborate cardboard dragon posted by Creativeman on Instructables.
Foam walk-along glider
This instructable shows you how to make a walkalong glider by thermoforming a styrofoam sheet. The foam sheet used here was obtained from the Owens Corning Raft-R-Mate product available in the insulation department of most home building supply stores.
How-To: Upgun your power drill battery pack
Instructables user BrianH replaced the nickel-cadmium (NiCd) factory cells in his cordless drill with nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) cells. He reports much longer useful lifetime for the drill between charges after the upgrade.
