Do you have a bike lover on your shopping list? If so the bike chair might be something to keep in mind. ” The Milano Lounge Chair is the closest relative to the original Bike Furniture Design created in 1991. It is constructed of chromed steel bicycle rims and is available with inner-tube upholstery or with cushions made with a wide choice of fabrics. The rims that serve as arm
If you have one of those Talking Douglas Fir trees here is a cool talking skull idea. “I took him out to the garage and disconnected his eye and mouth motors from the main post. I then used 2 – 2″ screws and attached the jaw to the motor of the douglas talking fir(DTS now) I used hot glue and sealed the screws to the mouth to insure no
If you have a tree in your front yard and some time to kill before Halloween this Hangman project that would be worth some consideration. Merlin used a Singing Santa board to control the unit however a small microcontroller or a 555 timer and a handful of components should do the trick. “Wires were soldered to the relay to power the wiper motor that will run the hangman. The
Scary Terry has come up with a Flaming LED Skull project that would be good to greet all your guests on Halloween. Terry also links to this site as a good flaming skull resource. “I came up with my version of the Flaming Bucky. Instead of mounting the fan inside the head, I use a 4″ fan mounted near the ground and PVC pipe to direct the air into the
Old hard drives can be fun, here is another reason not to simply chuck them in the garbage! “Fun with an old hard drive. Took the platters out of many hard drives and put them into one drive. Spin it up to speed and give it a nudge, then watch the fun.”
I guess I lead a sheltered life since I didn’t know about the “cornstarch reaction“. Make sure you watch the end of the first video. The last video is cute… “Due to its dilatant behavior, cornstarch suspended in water is not a good analog for modeling a Newtonian lower crust. However, workers have suggested that crystal-rich magmas behave in a dilatant manner (Smith, 1997; 2000), as evidenced by brittle
Looking for something to do with the pile of old floppy disks you have? Why not make a bag out of them… “This is a bag I made from floppy disks. I found scads of floppy disks in a dumpster and wanted to make plate mail armor out of it (that is my next floppy project) I found out that a bag would be a great proof of concept project.
