Dremel Stylus – it’s nice
My Dremel Stylus came in, I really like it, etching little skulls on Corona bottles has never been easier. Previous: Dremel introduces ‘Stylus’ for precision modding – $69 Link.
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Mr. McGroovy’s cardboard rivets
Mark writes – “Mr. Mc Groovy’s sells plastic rivets for connecting cardboard boxes- has plans to make some neat kid’s playhouses, a firetruck…Rivets could be used for other materials like coroplast, etc.” – Link.
Plastic you can mold in your home for DIY projects
Mike writes – “For those who don’t know, Shapelock is a polymer (plastic) similar to polypropylene except that it has a very low temperature softening point. The idea is that you heat some water to around 160 degrees F and dump some of the pellets into the water to soften them to a moldable state. […]
Design a Hologram Kit
We’ve covered this hologram kit before, and so far the Makers out there have reported limited success, but it seems like a fun project I’d like to try – “The Design a Hologram Kit has everything you need to make your own transmission holograms – up to 20 of them. Each film plate is a […]
Bitmoore drill press vise
Andy writes – “Hey guys- great site and mag! Anyway, I was piddling around in the workshop yesterday, and I wondered if my drill press could do some basic plastic and maybe wood machining with the right bit and setup. I put a flat router bit in the drill press and put some PVC pipe […]
Pre-orders for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT
LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT can be pre-ordered in a couple weeks! – “Place your orders! Beginning Saturday, April 1, you can place an advance order to guarantee receipt of one of the highly anticipated new LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT sets when they release in August. A limited quantity of NXT toolsets will be available for pre-order through […]
Review: Microbric Viper kit
Steve from Robots.net writes – “Microbric Pty Ltd of Australia offers modular robotic kits that allow the construction of a wide range of autonomous mobile robots. The modules are solderless, interconnecting parts built up on PC boards. Microbric recently sent us one of their Viper kits along with an add-on kit containing line-following sensors. The […]