Brokenjoe writes – Here`s a wacky little contraption that I put together that allows me to play a beat while playing the stand up bass using a snare brush through my fingers. Lightning Chance used to use something similar back in the fifties on the Grand Old Opry shows when they wouldn`t allow drummers there. […]
Bishopthirteen writes – I’ve always loved building vehicles from found bits. I grew up at the top of a steep hill so engines were never a consideration until I moved to West Oakland (think a paved dry lake bed with stop signs). This is my first homebuilt “car” not based on a bicycle drive system. […]
Make pal I-Wei Huang, a.k.a. Crabfu, the steambots guru, was interviewed by Bonnie Burton for the Official Star Wars Blog… How do your skills as an animator help when you make these cool creations? Being an animator, you tend to see things in a different way, and can’t help but notice subtle details of how […]
The winner of Shed of the Year 2007 announced on the 4th July was a Roman Temple Shed, built by Tony in Berkshire U.K, featuring – Roman window bars / Amphora / Grape lights / Blue LED mood lighting / Alarm and CCTV / Roman cushions / Interior mural panels / Mosaic table / Two […]
Pleiadean Media has a ton of jet powered projects, here’s a jet powered Sinclair C5 – [via] Link.
Amazing “Rolling Ball Sculptures” – (marble runs) made out of bamboo skewers and garden wire, thanks Unigamer! Link.
Matt Donahoe, Jeff DeCew, and Olek Lorenc are students at Olin College trying to build a computer entirely out of K’NEX parts for their Computer Architecture class… The K’NEX calculator stands over 10 feet tall, and can perform 4 bit addition and subtraction operations in about 30 seconds. The slowest part of the operation is […]
