Daily DIY

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I don’t know if I would want to take this thing out in the rain too much, but done right a wooden bike sure could be made to look pretty damn nice with some hardwood, stain and varnish!
“Needed: two 20″ wheels (plans may be adjusted for other size wheels); wood: clear straight […]

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Via make comes a great HOWTO for a DIY Telephone FM Transmitter:
“This project is taken from www.electronics-lab.com.
With some modification, I create my own version of FM Telephone bug complete with stripboard layout.
Theortically, the frequency range is from 88MHz to 94MHz but you may experiment with the coil structure to tune it”
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Instructables has a mod on the usual LED Throwie to support MORSE CODE! Now you can talk to the 0.01% of the population that actually knows morse code with your LED Throwie:
“During the 2006 Maker Fair the Graffiti Research Lab was demoing their LED Throwies and Pat & Ward Cunningham were demonstrating […]

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Instructables has a another great guide. This time for some DIY Ferrofluid:
“Using magnetic ink and any oil lying around your house, make a substance that’s liquid when it’s sitting around, but turn solid in the presence of a magnetic field”
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Instructables has a great tutorial on a DIY BFO Metal Detector:
“BFO ( beat frequency oscillator ) metal detectors use two oscillators, each of which produces a radio frequency. One of these oscillators uses a coil of wire that we call the search loop. The second oscillator uses a much smaller coil of […]

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Another great one via make, a DIY Creepy Doll Robot!
“I’ve been following with much interest these robo-one style robots. The servo powered little humanoids with amazing capabilities. I saw a few video clips of the KHR-1 humanoid and decided I wanted it.
Then I saw the price. Around ,200. Then i decided i […]

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Via make comes a DIY for a workbench done in Google SketchUp,
“Michael writes - Here are free workbench plans created in Google’s new 3D design software Sketchup.
Sketchup is free - Link.”
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Found this while browsing youtube. Its more video of the DIY Helicopter posted a few days back.
Enjoy,

Having spent many a day back in grad school agonizing over our burned fingers because we were too dumb to learn how to hold the soldering tool properly, we thought ColdHeat’s quick to heat, quick to cool Soldering Tool was a great idea when it came out, even if it was two years too late to spare us our injuries. OhGizmo’s Andrew Liszewski recently took their new Cordless Glue Gun out for a spin and says:

While you may think being battery dependent would hinder the Freestyle’s performance that’s definitely not the case. In fact ColdHeat has managed to make a cordless glue gun that actually performs better than any of the corded versions I’ve used in the past. When fully charged I’ve found the heatup time to be less than a minute and battery life to be more than adequate for any project. The insulated tip and lower voltage of the Freestyle also makes it a lot safer to use than a corded version.

The ColdHeat Freestyle Glue Gun is currently available at the special introductory price of $29.95, ten dollars off the MSRP. If your mom’s the crafty sort, this would make a useful and therefore thoughtful Mother’s Day present next month.

Review: ColdHeat Freestyle Glue Gun [OhGizmo!]
Freestyle Cordless Glue Gun [ColdHeat]

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[via] Check out Sketchup; a free 3D Modeling application put out by Google.
“Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program whose few simple tools enable you to create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. You can add details, textures and glass to your […]