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May 16, 2007
DIY Speaker stands
Chris writes -
I've recently been building out my home theater system. One thing that's always difficult, especially in an apartment without a dedicated TV or home theater room, is where to place your speakers.Traditionally you'll wall-mount them or put them on speaker stands. But wall mounting isn't a good option for me, since all the "good walls" are too far away or obscured by doors or bookshelves. And stands are out, because they're prohibitively expensive ($40-100 each) and generally too short to stick up above the back of my couch. Plus I have an overactive cat who gets her thrills by bouncing off of and knocking over things, so normal speaker stands generally aren't stable enough to withstand her abuse.
So I decided to build my own.
chrismetcalf.net - blog ยป How-To: Dirt-Cheap Speaker Stands - [via] Link.
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May 16, 2007 07:00 AM
DIY Projects, Home Entertainment |
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The Retractable alarm clock
Colleen and Vincent's AVR based alarm clock (source included) --
Alarm clocks are essential in almost everyone's daily life. For most of us, we start our day to the sweet noise of our alarms. While some people wake up instantaneously to the first chirp of an alarm, some struggle everyday to get out of the bed. The Retractable Alarm Clock is the next generation alarm clock that combines both active alarm feature and penalty system that trains the users to wake up to the alarm over time. The clock in this projects consists of a head unit that is to be hanged on the ceiling above the bed and has a retractable snooze button which hangs to reachable height above the bed. When the user snooze the alarm, the snooze button moves up, promoting the user to physically get up and to snooze the next time.
ECE 476 Final Project - [via] Link.
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May 16, 2007 03:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gadgets |
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May 15, 2007
Maker Faire: Mousey the Junkbot
Gareth writes -
The Maker Faire is only a few days away (May 19, 20). Yay! (and) Holy crap, I've got a lot of stuff to do! I'm going to be running "Building Mousey the Junkbot" workshops. Actually what most people will likely be building is "My Mousey the Car" (shown here), a quicker, simpler version, with two DC motors, a battery/batt snap, and a toggle switch. There's going to be a zillion things going on at the Faire. I suspect a lot of people won't want to take up all their time at this one event. So, they can build the car version there and then add the brains and sensors at home. We'll have two parts bundles available, a car kit, and one with the parts to make the full Mousey.We'll have plenty of dead computer mice on hand, but to further save time, I strongly suggest that folks bring an already prepped mouse. To help with that, I've created this brief tutorial. With an already gutted, prepared mouse, all you'll have to do is solder in the electronics
Mousey the Junkbot at the Maker Faire - Link.
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May 15, 2007 10:00 AM
DIY Projects, Gadgets |
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Solder management
Homemade 'solder un-spooler' handy for soldering on big jobs from MAKE Flickr photo pool member Simple Simon - Link.
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May 15, 2007 04:00 AM
Crafts, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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May 14, 2007
The Afghan Lathe - Improvised Wood Lathe
Here's how to turn wood on a lathe made with a power drill-
Some parts of the RepRap project (http://reprap.org) particularly while prototyping some of the parts we can't automatically fabricate yet, require the use of a lathe. If you've not got a lathe, do not despair. It is possible to make one from other tools in a non-destructive way.
Thanks Dug - Link.
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May 14, 2007 12:00 PM
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Maker Faire: YBox in 60 Seconds
The Ybox is an open hardware and software spec for an IP-enabled set-top box in a candy tin. Josh and Tarikh will give away 80 Ybox kits and lead 4 free workshops teaching folks how to build them. Josh Rooke-Ley and Tarikh Korula are the founders of Uncommon Projects, an interactive design studio based in Brooklyn, NY. They created the YBox for Yahoo's Hackday 2006 where it placed 2nd. Yahoo has sponsored them to gift their project to Maker's Faire attendees through free kits and workshops - Link.
Photo by Kent Brewster.
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May 14, 2007 09:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gadgets, Maker Faire |
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Temporary bicycle trailer
Benno sent in a simple temporary bicycle trailer you can build...
This a Temporary Bicycle Trailer I made, out of a sled, a kick scooter and some junk. It's temporary because it's easy to dismount the sled and the wheels to go sledding or to ride your kick scooter, storing the tiny frame of the trailer anywhere.
Temporary Bicycle Trailer - Link.
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May 14, 2007 07:40 AM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Stage lights on the cheap
Carpespasm writes in -
The goal of this project was to help out a friend's band by making a lighting kit for their shows that didn't cost the $150+ dollars that a normal light kit costs. It also helps out a lot when I record their concerts to make sure the lighting isn't too dim. The setup I wound up with has three dimmable color lights that can be clamped onto whatever stand you wish. You could easily expand out this setup to use however many lights you need though.
Build the BandBlinder - Stage lights on the cheap - Link.
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May 14, 2007 06:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Make a rotate / pivot lcd monitor
Odrarek writes -
This fixture is very usefull for rotate 90 degrees the monitor in order to see o read documents in in a portrait fashion, there are drivers for video card that support this modes, in my case i use it to read pdfs.
instructables : rotate or pivot lcd monitor - Link.
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May 14, 2007 01:04 AM
Computers, DIY Projects |
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HOW TO - Supercharge a paper airplane
Dave at Pop Sci has a fun motorized paper airplane you can build, he writes -
The single-sheet paper airplanes you made when you were a kid (or perhaps last week in your cubicle) were, well, kid stuff compared to this beefed-up paper craft, which uses an electric motor from an old pager or toy powered by a big electrolytic capacitor. Known as a "Gold Cap" and made by Panasonic, the capacitor charges from a battery pack and then metes out a steady flow of power to keep your propeller whirring for about 10 seconds--just long enough to send the flyer airborne and carry it between 30 and 100 feet. (You can also add a gearing system to squeeze out even more flight time.) We've created plans for an eAT-6 "Texan" airplane and put them here and here to get you started. Just think twice before blindly launching this one soaring over the wall of your cube.
Supercharge a Paper Airplane - Link & instructions.
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May 14, 2007 12:03 AM
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May 13, 2007
Maker Faire: Steam turbine tank
The future, powered by steam, and at Maker Faire with Crabfu-
So what do you do after you've made a bunch of steam powered r/c tanks? Well you try making a steam turbine tank of course! Making a steam turbine r/c machine has sort of been one of my Holy Grails, but there are many issues with steam turbines, that made it difficult for me to tackle on the project.
steam turbine tank - Link.
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May 13, 2007 12:00 AM
Arts, DIY Projects, Gadgets, Maker Faire |
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May 12, 2007
Stool you can make from coat hangers
Here's a nice stool you can make from coat hangers - Link.
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May 12, 2007 03:00 AM
DIY Projects, Modern Mechanix, Retro |
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May 11, 2007
Batt-Mon (battery monitor)
Mark made a really nice battery monitor, he writes -
This mini-project came about from building a garden shed. I wanted to use an old UPS battery and some spare halogen downlighters for illumination. As I researched lead-acid technology, I decided that I needed more than a simple switch if I wanted the batteries to survive.One of the biggest problems is deep discharge - in other words allowing the terminal voltage to drop too low. A Yuasa data sheet (for a NP10-6 battery) specifies the expected number of cycles verses the depth-of-discharge - for 100% DOD, you get 250 cycles, for 30% DOD, you get 1200. Unfortunately, the data sheet doesn't expand on the full meaning of DOD, but it essentially translates to terminal voltage.
Batt-Mon - Link & check out his work shop pages too!
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May 11, 2007 08:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics |
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Reimagined DIY thumb pianos, amplified, electrified, and with faux fur
Peter writes-
Bob Collier has been reimagining thumb pianos, making his own instruments into unusual cases (camera and jewelry cases), adding fake fur, and integrating features like "self-sampling" voice recorders, amps, and speakers. With some light effects, the instruments take on entirely new characters, and he's worked up a mind-boggling number of variations on the theme.He explains a bit about what when into the design, including some inspiration from people using their thumbs on Blackberries and cell
phones...
Reimagined DIY thumb pianos, amplified, electrified, and with faux fur - Link.
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May 11, 2007 06:00 AM
Arts, DIY Projects, Music |
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HOW TO - Instant hammock
Tim's back with a new KnowHow show - how to make a hammock Link.
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May 11, 2007 05:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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HOW TO - Make Clip-on metal framed reading glasses
Chris writes in -
As a service to those Makers, like me, who are gradually becoming less and less young, here is a hack to make a pair of reading glasses that you can wear over your "normal" glasses (assuming nearsightedness is normal for you).
instructables : Clip-On Metal Framed Reading Glasses - Link.
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May 11, 2007 02:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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May 10, 2007
555 timer - five boro bike tour time lapse
Phil mounted an old digital camera to his handlebars and then created a simple 555-timer based circuit to take pictures every 10 seconds, and put the pictures together for a video... Link.
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May 10, 2007 12:00 PM
Bicycles, DIY Projects, Electronics, Imaging |
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USB foot keyboard - The footboard
Marc made a really clever foot keyboard, that's right a keyboard you use with your feet... Link.
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May 10, 2007 08:00 AM
Computers, DIY Projects, Electronics |
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DIY Simple,c heap, CO2 regulator
Dandeman321 writes -
This simple CO2 regulator is used to slowly release CO2 gases from the fermentation process of wine or beer using water and a few parts that can be found quite easily. It works by allowing CO2 to get out of the fermenter without permitting oxygen to enter. If oxygen was to get into the fermenter, it would stop the yeast from making that delicious ethanol alcohol.
instructables : Simple, Cheap, CO2 Regulator - Link.
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May 10, 2007 06:00 AM
DIY Projects, Instructables |
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Solid freeform fabrication: DIY, on the cheap, and made of pure sugar
Jeez, I was -playing- around with some 3D sugar modeling and Evil Mad Scientist just totally demolished me in the sweetest way possible...
In February we gave a sneak preview of our project to construct a home-built three dimensional fabricator. Our design goals were (1) a low cost design leveraging recycled components (2) large printable volume emphasized over high resolution, and (3) ability to use low-cost printing media including granulated sugar. We are extremely pleased to be able to report that it has been a success: Our three dimensional fabricator is now fully operational and we have used it to print several large, low-resolution, objects out of pure sugar.
Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories - Solid freeform fabrication: DIY, on the cheap, and made of pure sugar - Link & photos.
The CandyFab 4000 will be at Maker Faire, of course.
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May 10, 2007 04:00 AM
DIY Projects, Electronics, Gadgets, MAKE Video |
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