MAKE Flickr phot pool member JavaMoose writes – “When my wife and I got married I found out that her Late Grandfather had said to the family that, when married, I was to get my choice of all his old tools. That alone was amazing, given the excellent collection of vintage woodworking tools and special-built […]
Danamania is attempting to run Mac OS X on an old 25mhz Mac, should only take one week to boot up, nice – “The victi-WMac used for this little project is a Centris 650, with 68MB RAM, a 25MHz 68040 and 4GB drive – JUST big enough to fit my existing PearPC drive image. I […]
Here’s an easy one to re-MAKE, perhaps next summer, a garden hose attachment you can stick in your lawn for a portable shower… Popular Mechanics 1954 – Link. Related: PVC Sprinkler water toy – The KidWash! – Link.
John writes – “Here’s an interesting site about an early model of absorptive (heat driven) cooler. Some history, a little “where are they now” and includes a link to a mentioned DIY version. Caution: it seems to involve ammonia at 240psi…I wonder if a Hilch tube would be a better way to seperate the ammonia […]
25 pages of New York World’s Fair, National Geographic 1965 – Pictured here, the visible speech translator… Link.
Pentavista Digital Imaging has a fantastic gallery of early flying machines, some dating back to 1856… [via] – Link. Related: Warbird & Propliner photograph resource site – Link. Make your own airplane for $7000 – Link.
Here’s a great homemade Commodore 64 joystick made from wood! Matthias writes – “My motivation for this little hack, like many other hacks, was not so much the novelty of building one, but avoiding the expense of buying one. Having a Commodore 64, and not wanting to spend money buying a joystick, I started experimenting […]
