Collaborate Disseminate
When you set out to build a 60,000-volt power supply and find out that it “only” delivers a measly 50,000 volts, you naturally have to dive in and see where …read more Continue reading Lessons Learned from a High-Voltage Power Supply
Pneumatic actuators can be powerful and fast, making them very useful for all kinds of mechanical jobs. [Michael Rechtin] decided that while he could buy them off-the-shelf, he preferred to …read more Continue reading DIY Pneumatic Actuator Does Great In Action
Any good flyswatter ought to be able to break through a hefty piece of wood. At least, that is how [Finn] explains the design philosophy behind this enormous, overpowered flyswatter. …read more Continue reading Gas-Powered Fly Swatter Slightly Over-Engineered
Never underestimate the power of fandom to obsess over the smallest details of its chosen canon. We say that with all due respect, of course, as some of the builds …read more Continue reading Imagining a Dune-accurate Fremen Thumper
When you’ve gone to the trouble of building your own backyard railway, chances are pretty good that at some point, you’re going to want to add a locomotive of some …read more Continue reading Powering a Backyard Railway With Compressed Air
We’ve noticed a couple of things about the “Widget from a Single Bolt” genre of metalworking videos. The first thing is that almost all of them need to use a …read more Continue reading Tiny Pneumatic Tool Made from a Single(-ish) Bolt
Did you ever see one of those videos that causes you to look at an everyday object in a new light? This is one of those videos (embedded below). And …read more Continue reading Impressive Hack Turns Bolt Into Pneumatic Engraver
Pneumatics are a great solution for all kinds of actuators, and can even be used for logic operations if you’re so inclined. Typically, such actuators rely on nicely machined metal …read more Continue reading Pneumatic Actuator Made Out Of Lasercut Plastic
[James Bruton]’s impressive portfolio of robots has always used conventional rigid components, so he decided to take a bit of a detour and try his hand at a soft robot. Using a couple of few inflatable pool noodles for quick …read more
Continue reading Pool Noodle Robot Shines A Light On The Pros and Cons Of Soft Robots
A lot of us have nostalgia for our childhood toys, and as long as they’re not something like lawn darts that nostalgia often leads to fun upgrades since some of us are adults with industrial-sized air compressors. Classics like Super …read more