 Washing machines last a long time but when yours ends up kicking the bucket you might want to make a huge coffee roaster out of it. “The setup consists of the roaster itself, a propane gas stove, an electricity extension cord for the motor, and a big pan to rapidly cool the beans when they’re done (to prevent overroasting).”
Microwave ovens are often discarded because they are old and don’t match the look of your other kitchen appliances anymore. Have no fear, there is a good use for these ovens. You can use the MOT (Microwave Oven Transformer) found inside for some high voltage fun or simply make a pressure vessel bomb out of it. Tesla500 on Youtube has been having fun with these for years. Have a
Maxxarcade shows us how he services a Crown K1 Amplifier. Goes to show that computer motherboards are not the only thing that are plagued by dry caps. The amplifier faults out as soon as it is powered up and you can tell that Maxxarcade has a ton of experience with this equipment since he immediately knows where the problem lies. I am quite surprised with his troubleshooting technique though.
Jason Paul is known for his super human abilities but when you add a Rube Goldberg Machine on a huge scale things get very interesting! I guess danger of death makes everything more interesting and this is no exception. There is no shortage of don’t try this at home in this video. I am not sure if the entire thing was taken in a single take though since there are
Hank Dietz who is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Kentucky has built this Adapter that allows your Mirrorless Camera to be used n a Large Format Camera. This gives you more features such as tilt and shift to allow you to take pictures that would not be possible in the small frame of the original camera. “Well, first off, the unit described in
 Our friend Viktor has dusted off one of his old projects and shares the details with us. If you have been burning the candle at both ends you have no doubt fallen asleep on the couch with the TV on. When you wake up many hours later the first thing you do is turn off the TV which was working away with no one watching it. This Vintage
Colin Karpfinger who you might have seen in Wired recently (and on Hacked Gadgets before) wanted to inspire the current group of students at his old College, he told them how he started out in electronics and some of the stumbles along the way. He talks about his 555 timer project where he built a beeping countdown bomb simulation on a breadboard. Unfortunately the professor wasn’t very impressed. 🙂
