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Rachel @ CRAFT points us to this drawer set with graduated boxes for proper and easy hardware storage, what a neat idea!
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INCREDIBLE PROJECT! SMEEON writes…
Finally got around to adding together some video clips I took. I had a lot of people asking about what it does and how, so here is a little walk through.
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When Bill Morris from I Heart Robotics decided he wanted a cleanroom, he did what any self-respecting maker would do — he built one from scratch. I asked him what you could use it for and he said:
…it would definitely make opening hard drives much safer. It could also be really useful for the diybio crowd. I need to use if for opening up laser scanners and cameras and avoid
contaminating the optics. I am also planning on using it for applying touch screen protectors without getting motes of dust caught between them and the screen.
First, he put together a budget lab bench/enclosure from heavy-duty MDF shelving.
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Everyone and their grandmamas are building cool clocks these days, and Viacheslav Slavinsky’s “Strobeshnik” is another example. Viacheslav etched stenciled numerals into a HDD platter and strobed LEDs behind the platter to show the time.
Strobeshnik uses stroboscopic effect to create the illusion of persistent numeric display. The hard drive platter has 10 digits, colon and dash marks, cut all the way through it. Behind the platter, in the HDD chassis, there is a PCB with groups of diffused LED’s. Groups of LED’s in each character position can be strobed independently at any given time. By careful timing of the light strobes, an illusion of still-standing numbers can be created.
See the project description for schematics, Eagle files and source code.
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Instructables user marc.cryan made this remote controlled crane arm, useful for turning your house into one giant pluckable toy pit. Watch in the video how even a small child can operate it, for maximum adorability. Now you can get back all the satisfaction lost from years of unsuccessful arcade claw games.
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From the MAKE Flickr pool:
Check out Dave’s excellent prototyping box built from a child’s lap desk.
I frequently work on projects in the living room in front of the TV while sitting on the couch soldering away hunched over a disarray of wires, parts, wires, speakers, cords, breadboards, and tools. Whenever I want to work from the couch I have to go into the studio and make 15 trips up and down the stairs, cables, toolbox, parts boxes, soldering iron, etc. It’s always a major hassle. Then, when I’ve finally completed mocking something up on the breadboard and I want to test it I need speakers, headphones, a sound source and I have to connect it all with alligator clips. It’s really inefficient and makes me less apt to start a project because all I can think about is the huge mess it’s going to make.
Dave’s project write-up includes a great description of the build process as well as wiring diagrams. Awesome!
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Latest GadgetFreak is up over at Design News…
Several of William Grill’s designs have included pulse-width modulator (PWM) circuits that control LEDs. But what about the control of line-powered lamps and fixtures? You can find several commercial PWM controllers, but build one yourself, save money and learn how to implement a microcontroller-based design. This circuit is no flash in the pan.
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Randy Sarafan made this work table geared towards making DIY projects and documenting them:
I set out to make a simple work table for my home studio so that I could have a surface upon which to work and document projects. I tried to keep the design as simple as possible as I only have a limited arsenal of power tools, a small vehicle for transporting materials and little patience for woodworking.
This design proved to be successful in accounting for all of these requirements.
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One my students, Danny Geiger, has a Sorenson videophone for communicating using sign language, and it’s designed to sit on top of your TV. The problem is that it doesn’t work work well with flat screens, so he made a laser-cut stand to support it. He provides the Illustrator file to make your own, which is easily modifiable for your model with just a few measurements.
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Here’s a neat Instructable for making a wood-and-rope-only camping chair, looks comfy! I can almost smell the campfire.
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