This week in tools from Chuck! This week we tested one of the first available 10.8V Impact drivers from Bosch. We pitted this tiny, 800 in-lb capable monster against a much larger 14.4V driver with spectacular results. We also checked out a sub-$300 26-gallon air compressor that ships with six air tools – a great […]
Here’s another one of our kits with instructions, up on Instructables – This is an updated version of the detailed instructable by this device’s inventor, Ladyada. The updated version has some extra components. Also if you’re having trouble be sure to read the extra section in step 4 about modifying the MintyBoost to work with […]
mp4|mov|3gp|3g2|itunes In this podcast I show how to make this little kit which is a hardware version of a computer program. In this game, little lights die if they are crowded or lonely and new ones come to life if there is the right amount of parents around it!
We’re slowly getting more of our kit documentation up on Instructables, here’s the MiniPOV kit – this is an inexpensive Persistence of Vision (POV) toy, which is designed for beginners in electronics. You swing this little thing around to reveal a customizable message or image through it’s 8 red LEDs. It has 4 holes for […]
Here’s a kit (and how to make) a no-friction bike light dynamo. Learn about electromagnetic induction and make a bike light! – Thanks Hone Link.
Spluch writes – Mitsuoka Motor, a Japanese company, has just unveiled a micro kit car “K-4”, equipped with a 50cc engine on its classical tested sports car body, developed for the do-it-yourself customers in Tokyo. It is composed of more than 500 parts and takes approximately 40 hours to assemble. The Kit-Car measures just under […]
Here’s the latest this week in tools from Chuck! This week we looked at a double-thick aluminum framing square – light like plastic, strong like steel – as well as a couple of tools you might think about making yourself: a 50-gallon drum dolly with a curved side that easily rocks the drum into a […]
