Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
We just love a good DIY tool project, and more so when it’s something that we can actually use cobbled together from stuff in our closet, or hacked out of …read more Continue reading Hacker Tools, Hacked Tools
Category Archives: diy
Tis the Season
’Tis the season for soldering! At least at my house. My son and I made some fairly LED-laden gifts for the immediate relatives last year, and he’s got the blinky …read more Continue reading Tis the Season
A Beautifully Illustrated Guide to Making
If you’ve ever been wondering what you should make next, it can be a daunting task to decide with the firehose of inspiration coming straight from the series of tubes …read more Continue reading A Beautifully Illustrated Guide to Making
DIY Core Rope Memory Z80 Demonstrator Generating a Fibonacci Sequence
We’ve seen a few retro products using core rope memory, such as telephone autodiallers. Obviously, we’ve covered the Apollo program computers, but we don’t think we’ve seen a complete and …read more Continue reading DIY Core Rope Memory Z80 Demonstrator Generating a Fibonacci Sequence
Where is the End of DIY?
Al and I were talking on the podcast about Dan Maloney’s recent piece on how lead and silver are refined and about the possibility of anyone fully understanding a modern …read more Continue reading Where is the End of DIY?
Building a 3D Printed Scanning Tunneling Microscope
YouTuber [MechPanda] has recreated a DIY STM hack we covered about ten years ago, updating it to be primarily 3D-printed, using modern electronics, making it much more accessible to many …read more Continue reading Building a 3D Printed Scanning Tunneling Microscope
Shoot Smooth Video From Your Phone With the Syringe Slider
We love the idea [Btoretsukuru] shared that uses a simple setup called the Syringe Slider to take smoothly-tracked video footage of small scenes like model trains in action. The post …read more Continue reading Shoot Smooth Video From Your Phone With the Syringe Slider
Making A Split-Anode Magnetron
YouTuber The Science Furry has been attempting to make a split-anode magnetron and, after earlier failures, is having another crack at it. This also failed, but they’ve learned where to focus their efforts for the …read more Continue reading Making A Split-Anode Magnetron
Watch: Kickstarting a 1,700cc single-cylinder chopper ain’t easy
Based on a Wright R-975 Whirlwind radial engine, the Hackel-Wright Chopper is unlike any motorcycle you’ve seen before. It borrows components from Harley and Toyota and is built by a guy named Al Hackel.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportT… Continue reading Watch: Kickstarting a 1,700cc single-cylinder chopper ain’t easy
An Espresso Machine for the DIY Crowd
Want to build your own espresso machine, complete with open-source software to drive it? The diyPresso might be right up your alley. It might not be the cheapest road to …read more Continue reading An Espresso Machine for the DIY Crowd