Safebreaking – is a concise history of British safes and safe cracking – “This is a condensed history of the British safe, the development of which came about mainly as the safemaker’s response to the Victorian cracksmen whose skill and ingenuity with basic handmade tools was quite admirable. By the turn of the Century, as […]
InterFlight studio has an incredible collection of coffee tables made from jet engines, wings, bombs, wings and other aviation parts – pictured here, the F4 phantom table! [via] – Link. Related: DIY Jet engine mirror – Link.
Check out this mystery mesh VW [via] – Link. Related: Make made transportation – Link. Mod Your Rod: A collection of car hacks and mods – Link.
Artist Alexander Laner has a couple neat transportation-playing-art pieces, this motor was slowed down to play a record (33 rpm) mounted to the engine block, and this bicycle plays a record too! [via] – Link. Related: Papercone record player – Link. HOW TO – Copy a vinyl record – Link. Walk that vinyl – Link.
This short article in the Scotsman says it’s good to scream… – “WORK-RELATED stress can be cut by up to a quarter by letting out a loud scream, according to new research revealed today…Many of those questioned said they were too inhibited to scream.” – Link. When I travel, I really want to scream, a […]
Eric writes – “I invented and built the first Guitar Machine in Tucson in 1994 and since then have built three more versions, each time making it more playable and more portable (for playing on the street, in subways, etc…). The machine, often compared to a Rube Goldberg sculpture, consists of an acoustic guitar, a […]
Rob sent in this sweet nixie clock, he writes – “If you’ve built a nixie clock, and are looking around for your next challenge, and happen to have an atomic clock sitting there doing nothing, then get busy. “ – Link. Glowie: HOW TO – Powering Nixie Tubes… – Link. Maker of the day – […]
