Saturday, March 13, 2010

DIY Festival


(Picture from here.)

Today, it's all links, all the time.

These are a bunch of DIY links and interesting things people have done. No commentary. No Wall of Idiots. Just fun stuff, subdivided for your amusement.

And you thought I was just ticked off all the time.

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People Doing Things
Plastic plywood substitute
1984 300 lbs 1 ton lifting hexapod
Biomechanical steampunk taxidermy
V: The City at Night is Made of Light
V: Stop Motion Animation Software
V: Television Pixelbots
Letters from the Fab Academy: Part 4
V: Wire Trees
Underfull tablecloth

General Fun Ideas and Projects
Magic lanterns
Crumb disposing cutting board
Cleanroom
Paper/Plastic Table
Reusable teabags and coffee filters
Bubble push pins
Old window picture frames
Wooden ring
Building an aquarium
Stained glass heart
V: World's best and cheapest writing pen
Cast aluminum entwined hearts
Sofa bed
Coconut bowl
Roll up card game surface
Earbud replacement covers
Chalkboard table
Cigar box guitar
Wooden airplane
PVC laundry sorter
Custom candles
Compass table
Edge lit desktop nameplate
Teleidoscope (kaleidoscope of sorts)
Walnut kalimba necklace
Collapsible bed frame

Tools and Techniques
Wood whittling 101
Lockring pliers
Drilling glass
Adjustable hotwire foam cutter with fence
Substitute cylinder micrometer
Fit the Watch Band
Scratch holograms
Black epoxy

Outside
Camper
Ski sled
Roof rack
V: Backyard shackitecture: The Hickshaw
Cold frame
How to move a tree
Clone a tomato plant
Sand fire garden

Cloth
Fingerless glove mittens
Couch scarf and flapper hat
Fold a T-shirt
Storm proof messenger bag
Snuggley dog bed
Fabric flower hair clip
Arm warmers/ponytail holders
Heated cuddle buddy and here
Slipper sock
Gloves
Shearling hat
Crazy hats

Paper
V: Seven flowers popup card
Heart popup post-it note
Soft leather sketchbook
Softcover pamphlet
Quick book cover
Popup cube card
Handmade greeting card "factory"
Binding repair
Scratch off business cards

Computer/Electrical
Removing & rehousing your Apple hard drive (data saving)
LED cube night light
LED Car Headlights
Wearable 3D glowing heart
Membrane matrix keypad
Oscilloscope
Color changing digital PC fan controller
Bubble mailer for laptop sleeve
Light switches
Steampunk 4 gig USB drive
Parallel port CNC driver
Digital micrometer comparator

Food
Fruit bouquet
Sprouted wheat berry bread
Guacomole
Cincinnati chili
Cranberry cookies
Jasmine tea truffles
Vegan "beef" stew
Jelly donuts
Olive oil wheat crackers
Crackers
Lox
Tofu jerky
Rocky road cookies
Emergency breakfast cake

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