You can spend thousands on high end record players, they look very exotic when compared to the typical plain box type record player. Nandor Szabo from Hungary created this Record Player by starting with a Dual 701 as the guts of the unit. The new housing was built using hand power tools and some [...]
Remember the first Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction? John Austin is back at it with a new version of the book called Mini Weapons of Mass Destruction 2 – Build a Secret Agent Arsenal. This book boasts over 250 pages of fun builds. The projects are well laid out as usual, there are lots [...]
Thanks to Dieter Sturm for sending in his latest jet powered creation. He is putting the final touches on this Tiny Jet Powered Monster Truck. They are looking for sponsors, so if you are looking to have your name on the side of something cool I suggest you give Dieter a call right away! [...]
If you like music and microcontroller check out this Arduino controlled DrummerBot that Steffest built. It uses an Arduino to control a bunch of bits and pieces of spare parts. ”The Arduino receives the string, unpacks it back to a pattern and simple loops over the steps controlling each servo. I’m specifically fond of [...]
Check out this cool Self-Balancing Robot Build that Kerry Wong shared with us. He has used some very inexpensive parts to get this thing built. To read through the build process have a look at part 1, part 2 and part 3 of the build. “I used a LPY450AL for the gyroscope and [...]
If you are looking for a cool project have a look at this Open Source Hardware Sentry Gun Controller. The board you see above is a new version that has mainly surface mount parts to make the board much smaller than the older version which used lots of through hole components. The board has [...]
Check out this Spooky Animatronic Hand Carved Wooden Head that rosemarybeetle made. I am not sure I could have this on my side table because I would always be staring at the spooky face. The face carving is very well done, it looks like it should be a museum piece! “I did not [...]
Voltage measurement is something that is very handy. There will come a time when you need more than one meter to monitor the project that you are putting together. This DIY Digital Volt Meter Project will let you build your second Digital Volt Meter so you can monitor a voltage source while your hand [...]
If you want the most accurate DIY clock possible have a look at this DIY Atomic Clock Synced LED Clock build. This clock is built to use the DCF77 which stands for D=Deutschland (Germany), C=long wave signal, F=Frankfurt, 77=frequency: 77.5 kHz. Via: LED Projects “The 77.5 kHz carrier signal is generated from local atomic clocks that are [...]