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April 23, 2007
HOW TO - Make your own soda on the cheap
Juggler writes -
So I like carbonated beverages. Soda, Beer (especially beer), Champagne, whatever bubbly. So I found this Lindsay Press deal about how to make your own soda.
- There are three options
- Spend a lot of money and buy a commercial soda fountain or it's parts. Expect to pay at least $200 even on ebay for a carbonator unit (a pump and a chamber probably without regulators)
- Ferment. Take sugar water, add yeast and wait. This is definitely the lowest cost solution, but I don't like to wait.
OK There is a fourth option: Buy the premade stuff (but hey, this is "instructables" right? We like to Do it ourselves.
So Stuff you will need: CO2 canister - If you can't afford one (or don't drink enough beer to have a kegerator) then troll the streets. Restaurants often leave these out in back to be exchanged with new ones. Choose a large chain restaurant to steal from. No, don't steal. CO2 is useful for other projects. Buy a cylinder. They last a long time (essentially forever) You will need to buy a regulator. $40. buy a new one.instructables : HOW TO - Make your own soda on the cheap - Link.
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Apr 23, 2007 05:00 AM
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Blue Heron kayaks
Ross writes -
For me, creating wood strip kayaks has become an engaging and fufilling pastime. There is an inexplicable magical quality to wooden boats; not only in the finished craft, but in the building process itself. Perhaps it has something to do with the fluid, organic lines, but there is something eminently satisfying about building a kayak, something that is not experienced when building a piece of furniture. Of course, it's possible that the reason is much less mystical and intangible; maybe its simply that I stink at building furniture.Blue Heron Kayaks - Link.Over time, my interest in building kayaks expanded to include designing kayaks. I developed KayakFoundry, a Windows-based kayak CAD program that is tailored to designing strip-built kayaks. The Whiptail (shown above) was designed using KayakFoundry.
This site is a photo-journal of each of my kayak projects.
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Apr 23, 2007 04:00 AM
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Blinkybug (Maker Faire version)
Obeyken shows you how to make Blinkybugs -
Blinkybugs are small, eletro-mechanical insects that respond to stimulus such as movement, vibration, and air currents by blinking there LED eyes. They're incredibly simple, yet have a certain lifelike quality.I've been making variations of these for a while now, and showing others how to make them at museums, fairs, workshops, etc. It isn't rocket science, but there's some tricky soldering involved, and they usually take a person at least an hour to put together for the first time.
I wanted to come up with a simpler version for the workshop I'm running at the upcoming 2007 Maker Faire (May 19 + 20 in San Mateo, CA). So after a bit of experimenting, I came up with this solder-free design that, with a bit of prep work, I think most folks should be able to put together in 10 minutes or so.
I'd like to share this new design here first and I'd love to hear any feedback... give it a try!
If you're going to be at Maker Faire this year, drop by my workshop and make a bug! If you aren't... why not?! :)
instructables : Blinkybug (Maker Faire version) - Link.
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Apr 23, 2007 01:00 AM
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April 22, 2007
Recycled greenhouse
Chris writes -
Here's a quick and easy project to celebrate Earth Day. Recycle an old lightbulb and coffee cup into a mini greenhouse for your favorite tiny plants.
RecycledGreenhouse / Projects / TWiki - Link.
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Apr 22, 2007 12:00 PM
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April 20, 2007
HOW TO - Double the range of your TV-B-Gone
Mitch writes -
Double the Range of Your TV-B-GoneWith a handful of parts, a solder iron, and about an hour, you can double the range of your TV-B-Gone (R) universal remote control.
TV-B-Gone remotes work great to turn off TVs anywhere you go. But they work even better when they have more power.
We will be adding one more IR emitter to a TV-B-Gone remote, and powering the resultant two IR emitters with larger batteries than the small coin cell battery in the stock TV-B-Gone.
instructables : Double the Range of Your TV-B-Gone - Link.
Related:
Ultra TV-B-Gone - 20 IR LEDs + 9V = 90 ft range! - Link.
TV-B-Gone hat - Link.
Get a TV-B-Gone @ the Maker store! - Link.
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Apr 20, 2007 12:00 PM
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HOW TO - Make a homopolar motor
Here's how to make a homopolar motor extremely simple and TONS of fun - Link.
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Apr 20, 2007 11:00 AM
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HOW TO - PVC guitar amplifier stand
Superoxy writes -
Hey guitarists, since our ears are way up in our heads and not on our knees, its better if floor amps projected our music upwards. Here's a cheap way to make a tilted stand for your guitar amps. The measurements I made for the stand are for my Vox Cambridge Twin Reverb amp that measures 22.5inches x 9inches x 16inches. I'm pretty sure most combo amps will fit on this stand.
instructables : PVC guitar amplifier stand - Link.
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Apr 20, 2007 10:00 AM
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Modified ink printer churns out electronic circuits
I've got to try this -
A desktop printer loaded with a silver salt solution and vitamin C has been used to produce electronic circuits. The UK researchers behind the feat say their experimental device could pave the way for safer and cheaper electronics manufacturing.Being able to print out electronic components and whole circuit boards could provide an alternative to current manufacturing techniques, which are energy intensive and environmentally unfriendly.
Printing conductive polymer ink (see Goodbye wires and silicon, hello plastic chips), or pastes containing graphite or metal particles are two existing options. But researchers at Leeds University in the UK wanted to avoid the solvents needed for these processes.
Modified ink printer churns out electronic circuits - tech - 18 April 2007 - New Scientist Tech - [via] Link.
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Apr 20, 2007 08:00 AM
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Take control of your lens cap!
Here's a clever way to store your lens cap with a bit of velcro - Link.
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Apr 20, 2007 07:00 AM
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MAKE @ the 1 millionth DIGG user party! & the Digg kit!
MAKE is at the 1 millionth Digg user party in San Francisco, there's a laser cutter here etching laptops from Ghostmarking and Adafruit released the Digg button electronics kit - we have soldering stations here and Diggers are building electronics as I type this, using the instructions on an OLPC - You can get the beginner open source Digg electronics kit here - Link. $ from the kit is donated to the EFF too!
Oh, Digg it!
The Digg kit - Link.
instructables : digg Button Kit v1.0 - Link.
Top photo by Scott Beale / Laughing Squid.
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Apr 20, 2007 01:23 AM
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April 19, 2007
DIY Teatimer
Martin writes -
This is a short time timer made with an AT89C1051. It is supporting times from 1 minute to 12 minutes. You have been a lazy bone and now you have to work all night. So there is a need for strong tea. You start to make the tea, but you forget the time and it tastes: brrrr...
Teatimer - Link. Source and schematics included.
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Apr 19, 2007 08:00 PM
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Dish / Bev Jtag unit?
Techgadgetz sells all sorts of things like cheap cell phone jammers, but what really caught my eye was this JTAG programmer for satellites -- do people really hack their sat dishes with these? It unlocks free channels? Post up in he comments -
A Jtag is simply a device which communicates with your satellite receiver unit. It acts as an interface between your computer and satellite receiver. Simply unplug your satellite receiver, connect the wires to your receiver's jtag port as shown in the instructions, using either tape or just touching them with a soldering iron (recommended), clip the alligator clip to any ground point of your receiver, and plug the DB25 connector into your parallel port of your computer! It's that simple. To make it communicate with your computer, you will need the program jkeys. This will be emailed to you after your purchase.
Dish / Bev Jtag Unit - Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 12:00 PM
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Sweet line following robot
Here's a sweet line following robot, thanks Liane!
For the holidays, my local grocery store sold m&m's candy containers in the shape of a racecar. The containers are painted metal (probably steel), with a thin plastic coating on the inside. A dinky package of plain m&m's came inside, not peanut, as the yellow-color driver suggests.About this same time, the ChiBots robot club began discussing holding a robot line-following contest. Naturally, the colorful candy tin seemed like a perfect body to motorize and drive around the course.
Robot Room - Sweet Line Following Robot - Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 08:00 AM
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GarageGeeks - amazing projects
GarageGeeks have a ton of amazing projects: Guitar Heronoid (we covered this one previously), Mototank, CPod, Real Pac-Man, O-Re-Ly, Geek-o-meter and many many more... Pictured here, MotoTank!
Take two motorcyles, cut them in two and connect them to a wheel. What do you get?? A tank! Each (half) motorcyle is completely independant with its own electrical and fueling system, while the streeting is common.
GarageGeeks - Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 07:00 AM
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Bicycle handlebar camera mount
Callum writes -
My friend loves to ride his bike and he takes photos all the time so for his birthday I thought a handlebar camera mount would be perfect. I managed to make it from parts I had in my spares box and some normal workshop hardware.- An old speedometer mount
- Pond Liner Scraps
- 4" Roofer
- A Nut
- A couple of washersTake the bolt out of the speedometer mount and drill the hole so the big 4" roofer will fit. Wrap the pnd liner scraps round the handlebar and then wrap the handlebar mount around them. Thread the 4" roofer through the speedometer mount drop the washers on the bolt and thread the nut on. Bingo start snapping or filming while on your bike.
Callum's Blog - Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 06:00 AM
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Cat cocoon
DJV writes -
Here's a cool cat toy, called the Cat Cocoon. It's definitely not $249.99 worth of cool though. I'm pretty certain there are some industrious Makers out there who could make this for Nearly Free out of scrapped boxes and glue.It might also make a cool waterjet cutting project!
Felinerina Cat Cocoon - [via] Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 04:00 AM
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Super 8 movie making - smallformat
James from Retrothing writes in -
I've been working on a Super 8 movie making magazine called smallformat with a bunch of dedicated Super 8 filmmakers from Europe. We're putting the finishing touches on our ninth issue this week. It's an eclectic mix of nostalgia and modern filmmaking information that introduces the 'digital generation' to the magic of film.The really cool bit? They have started to offer free downloads of their articles in pdf format.
This is a project that I've invested a lot of sweat and tears into over the past 18 months. Even though it's a tiny magazine with only a few thousand readers, we're doing everything we can to make it world-class. Who knows... perhaps part of my love of film is that I was too young to use Super 8 in its heyday during the 1970s, but it's a stunningly beautiful medium when combined with modern computer-based editing and effects software.
SMALLFORMAT ยท Aktuell - Themen der aktuellen Ausgabe - Link.
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Apr 19, 2007 02:00 AM
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April 18, 2007
HOW TO - Make an Xbox 360 laptop (part 1)
Ben Heck shows you how to make an Xbox 360, he writes -
The making-of How-To for the Xbox 360 laptop will be in three parts. In today's segment we'll discuss the parts list, stripping down an Xbox 360 motherboard, and modding / reattaching the DVD and hard drives. The next installment will cover case design, construction and hacking the LCD display, as well as wiring the video. Part 3 will then describe wiring all the separate parts together, troubleshooting, and finishing up the unit. Full design files will be including along the way. Let's take a look and prep to get started!
How-To: Make an Xbox 360 laptop (part 1) - Link.
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Apr 18, 2007 07:00 PM
Computers, DIY Projects, Gaming |
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HOW TO - Make wooden hinges
Here's a good article on making wooden hinges @ Woodcraft - [via] Link.
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Apr 18, 2007 05:00 PM
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Making the human powered vehicle
Trebuchet03 sent in the latest installment on the UCF HPV (human powered vehicle) fairing project - with more time lapse! Link.
Previous:
Large Scale Mold Making - Making the Negative "Tool" - Link.
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Apr 18, 2007 02:00 PM
DIY Projects, Transportation |
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