The Nellie Bly Smoker
Make a hot/cold food smoker from a 55-gallon steel drum.
Posted by William Gurstelle
Categories: Food & Beverage, Home | 1 Comment
Screwdriver Projects
VHS Cassette Yarn Dispenser!
Making a yarn dispenser from your favorite VHS cassette takes only 5 minutes with this guide from Skeined Productions.
Posted by Matthew
Categories: Craft, Home | No Comments
Lord Kelvin’s Thunderstorm
Create high-voltage sparks using nothing more than falling water as the source of energy.
Posted by Matthew Gryczan
Categories: Science | 2 Comments
True Mirror
See yourself as others see you with a true mirror.
Posted by Charles Platt
Categories: Science | No Comments
Pop-Pop Steamboat
When you picture a steam engine, you likely imagine a giant cast-iron contraption festooned with knobs, valves, gauges, linkages, and wheels. This steam-powered toy boat has no moving parts and...
Posted by William Abernathy
Categories: Science, Kids & Family | 6 Comments
EZ-EL Wire Skateboard
This guide will teach you how to make your very own EZ-EL Wire Skateboard! For more cool ideas check out https://ez-el.com/tutorials! The EZ-EL Wire Kit you will need for this...
Posted by EZELWire
Categories: Art & Design | No Comments
MonoBox Powered Speaker
MonoBox is a small, inexpensive powered speaker that amplifies the output of your headphone music player. It’s little but it’s loud! All the circuit parts are available from RadioShack. The...
Posted by Ross Hershberger
Categories: Electronics, Music | 65 Comments
Solar LED Outdoor Lighting
Solar lights are great applications for a remote application, like your back yard. You can make your own more powerful solar lights using LEDs. You can get the gear you...
Posted by Matthew Heideman
Categories: Energy | No Comments
Optical Tremolo Box
Plug your guitar into light-programmable waveforms with this unique effects box.
Posted by Sean Michael Ragan
Categories: Art & Design, Music | 18 Comments
Make: Compressed Air Rockets Kit
Building this rocket launcher is a breeze, and folks are always amazed at how it shoots reusable paper rockets 200–300 feet high. The launcher is made from PVC pipe. You...
Posted by Rick Schertle
Categories: Fun & Games | 3 Comments
Lumia Lunchbox Laser
Back in the 1970s, my friend Wayne Gillis and I used to do light shows at science fiction conventions. We had the usual panoply of overhead, slide, and custom-made projectors,...
Posted by Jake Spurlock
Categories: Music, Home | No Comments
The Electronic Nag
Build a Notification Alert Generator that pesters you to do your chores.
Posted by George Tempesta
