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- The Most Useless Machine EVER!
- Old Dog, New Tricks: Mod a Linksys WRT54G-series Router
- 3 Axis CNC Router - 60"x60"x5" - JunkBot
- Hearing Protection Headphone Conversion for iPod
- How To Rewind an Alternator
- Servicing / repairing Shimano Sora Shifters
- Woven paracord bracelet/watchband
- Genuine chainmaille from pop tabs
- Mini Charcoal Furnace
- IKEA TABLESCAPE
- U-Disp - The Digg (tm) display (Open Source)
- Power Over Ethernet Router Conversion
- A gas-powered vacuum cleaner for use in gold prospecting
- I MADE IT!! Potatobot (Well, I like "Potatoborg")
- DIY Camera Rig
- Rebuild a bicycle rear hub
- Wii Fit Balance Board Riser
- Snail Painting
- DIY- homemade projector
- Strong and Tough Platform Bed DIY
- Build a 15,000 rpm Tesla Turbine using hard drive platters
- Wii Nunchuck as general purpose controller via Arduino board
| The Most Useless Machine EVER! Posted: 29 Dec 2009 05:21 PM PST  And yet everyone wants one!!!? Background After seeing a video of such a machine I just had to have one of my own. According to Wikipedia, Claude E. Shannon built the first “Ultimate Machine” based on an idea by Marvin Minsky. The only design I could find uses a ...By: SaskView Continue Reading » |
| Old Dog, New Tricks: Mod a Linksys WRT54G-series Router Posted: 03 Jul 2007 04:53 PM PDT  Take a plain, ordinary (read: boring, with limited functionality) $60 wireless router and supercharge it with cool features and lots more functionality, control, and diagnostics. There's much more under the hood of these devices than is accessible with the vendor's default firmware versions. Even ...By: GeeDeeKay Continue Reading » |
| 3 Axis CNC Router - 60"x60"x5" - JunkBot Posted: 01 Jan 2008 11:56 PM PST  This Instructable is the first in a series documenting the construction of a DIY 3 axis CNC router. This is also my entry for the Universal Laser Cutter Contest. The goal of this Instructable is not to show a full step by step progression but rather to pass along my experiences with making my own ...By: russaanderson Continue Reading » |
| Hearing Protection Headphone Conversion for iPod Posted: 08 Jun 2010 04:07 PM PDT  Listen to audio books or music in the shop for cheap. Folks sell fancy safety headphones with radio/electronics in them, but you can convert a normal set of headphones into musical ones for free (or under $20 if you need to buy the safety headphones/grommets.) All you need is an existing cheap p...By: kurt.schaefer Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:25 PM PDT  This will cover rewinding of an alternator stator for use in a wind turbine generator . Traditionally, the use of car alternators is discouraged in favor of homemade slow running axial flux generators. However I bought a small Hitachi alternator for 1/3 of the price of one rare earth N35 Neody...By: petercd Continue Reading » |
| Servicing / repairing Shimano Sora Shifters Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:39 PM PDT  Integrated shifters are probably the best thing since sliced bread, this instructable aims to show you how to dis-assemble and re-assemble Shimano Sora shifters. The return spring snapped on this shifter, so I thought I'd go against the many warnings not to bother disassembling these and make an ins...By: reukpower Continue Reading » |
| Woven paracord bracelet/watchband Posted: 12 Jul 2008 01:48 AM PDT  This tutorial will show how to make a paracord bracelet or watch band using a weaving method. More knot work with releated links and resources can be seen on my blog page, Stormdrane's Blog . Supplies For this project, you'll need approximately 10 feet of paracord, scissors, lighter, tape meas...By: Stormdrane Continue Reading » |
| Genuine chainmaille from pop tabs Posted: 28 Aug 2009 11:21 AM PDT  Constructing a genuine European 4 in 1 chainmaille weave using only pop tabs. Turns out this is very easy and makes a really great looking piece of maille, and as an added bonus you don't have to worry about having a quarter mile of wire on hand to attach them together. Assemble your supplies O...By: quixotiCfluX Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 27 May 2010 02:49 PM PDT  This is the first charcoal furnace that I built its purpose melting small amounts of aluminium into ingots or sand castings for small objects. I don't predict a long "shelf life" for my furnace before it will start cracking but I will get a few melts before I scrap it, This is just a prototype and ...By: paracord-projects Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2010 02:11 PM PDT  This one is for IKEA Hackers with big families who love coming around for birthdays, weddings, funerals & reunions. It could also function as a setting for an Instructables Restaurant . Ingredients This is what you need: - An evening prior to the event, and enough space to play around a...By: arne hendriks Continue Reading » |
| U-Disp - The Digg (tm) display (Open Source) Posted: 08 Dec 2007 02:18 AM PST  Ever wanted to know how many diggs your latest digg submission is getting? Or how many unread mails you got? Or the current load of your server? How many hits your homepage is getting? The exchange rate, gold price or your portfolio value? And you you want this on a display that's easy to read...By: matseng Continue Reading » |
| Power Over Ethernet Router Conversion Posted: 16 Feb 2008 07:45 PM PST  The idea driving this project is to turn any standard, off-the-shelf router into a Power Over Ethernet (PoE)-capable (Wikipedia Description) [] unit without buying any adapters or additional hardware. PoE is somthing fairly common in many business/office spaces. For example, many wireless access...By: lonjim2 Continue Reading » |
| A gas-powered vacuum cleaner for use in gold prospecting Posted: 09 Oct 2008 10:46 AM PDT  One of my many hobbies is recreational gold prospecting. I've been gold panning on my vacations for many years. It's a lot of fun. It's great exercise. I get to do it in really scenic locations. I have even found some gold. Gold likes to collect in cracks and crevasses and really hard to get at nook...By: mdavis19 Continue Reading » |
| I MADE IT!! Potatobot (Well, I like "Potatoborg") Posted: 08 Jun 2010 01:00 PM PDT  Scoochmaroo wrote about the Potatobots Invation: (http://www.instructables.com/community/Potatobots-Take-Paris-New-York-China-and-beyond/ ). IT'S TIME TO JOIN THE REVOLUTION!! IT'S TIME THE POTATOBOTS INVADE COLOMBIA, TOO!! So, I made my own Potatoborg: It was ...By: M.C. Langer Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 08 Jun 2010 11:14 AM PDT  Build an advanced camera mount/stabilizer rig for less than $120 from materials available around the house and the local hardware store! I am an aspiring film-maker and photographer and have over the years experimented with many ways to shoot video. My experience is that anything professional pho...By: daniel2008 Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 26 Aug 2007 11:55 PM PDT  Yes, the "bitmap-bandit" is back......This project is focused on the typical Shimano Hyperglide hub circa 1997-ish, but covers most mid-level freehubs on the market today. Designs may vary between manufacturers, but the basic principal remains amongst many others. Some information provided here ...By: Prometheus Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 06 Aug 2008 07:42 PM PDT  A month ago, my wife asked me to buy her a Wii fit. What the heck, I figured, anything to get her to work out. Well, a month has passed, and she's used it six times, meh. I on the other hand have become addicted to it and in the last 29 days have racked up 26 hours. Am I loosing a ton o...By: Tool Using Animal Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 27 May 2007 11:48 AM PDT  Fed up with snails eating you garden? Fancy a bit of artistic creativity? In this instructable we will show you how we turned a humble bunch of leaf-munching pests into colourful mobile artworks. Find your snails Snails like eating, procreating and doing absolutely nothing. During the day t...By: clockworkdoorbell Continue Reading » |
| Posted: 28 Mar 2010 09:57 AM PDT  i will show you how to make a homemade projector using mostly things you can find around the house. (remember to read the whole thing before you start because i am adding new info at the end as i learn more, im a beginner 2) what you will need you will need a large cardboard box, i used a cornfl...By: porkypinekiwi Continue Reading » |
| Strong and Tough Platform Bed DIY Posted: 02 Dec 2007 05:21 PM PST  DIY platform bed with approximately $60-$90 that definitely will last. Made with plywood, 2x6's, 4x4's, and castors (wheels). More pictures available at www.myplatformbed.com. You will need: Materials Needed: 3 - 2x6 Boards 10' feet long ...By: trz Continue Reading » |
| Build a 15,000 rpm Tesla Turbine using hard drive platters Posted: 25 May 2006 09:28 PM PDT  Here's a project that uses some of those dead hard drives you've got lying around. In the Tesla Turbine, air, steam, oil, or any other fluid is injected at the edge of a series of smooth parallel disks. The fluid spirals inwards and is exhausted through ventilation ports near the center of the di...By: sbtroy Continue Reading » |
| Wii Nunchuck as general purpose controller via Arduino board Posted: 02 May 2010 04:31 PM PDT  Background: I made a self-balancing electric skateboard which is steered using a Wii Nunchuck by either using the thumb joystick on the top or by tilting it left or right, depending on which of the two buttons on the end are being pressed. A simplified self balancing board is described in t...By: XenonJohn Continue Reading » |
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