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http://benttronics.blogspot.com/2009/05/audio-brea...

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Audio breakout cable I made.

http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/03/automatic...

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via Make: Online : Automatic album art with a little help from Flick-ipedia

I ran across this seller on eBay selling lots of vintage DIY plans. He sometimes includes personal experience building the items. Some examples of items inlcude:

Jet engine


Build a 90 mpg Car


Light duty drill press

I finally found a good service for selling large downloads.

You can now buy a downloadable version of my Circuit Bending for Beginners video here:

With all the pics I've been taking, I've been looking into getting a Portable Photo Studio. Depending on the make/model they can cost from $50-$100 (way too much for me). And where to store it all? I made my own for less than $20, and it'd be cheaper/free if you already have parts on hand.

Here's my parts list:
plastic storage bin
2 desk lamps
construction paper
tape

Make sure the bin is translucent, not transparent. This is for proper diffusion of the light. This can be hard to find. Mine has transparent middles near the handles, but it still works fine. Alternately you could line a transparent bin with white tissue paper to make it translucent.

I used tape to keep the construction paper in place.

I set this up on the edge of my kitchen table so I could use a regular size tripod and not have to buy one of those mini tripods.

When you're done, everything can be stored in the box!

Recently I bought myself a Utili-Key for about $12. I loved the idea, but after a week, it had fallen off many times, and there was no good way to modify/fix it to solve the problem. The feature I used the most was the knife blade (pretty much the only useful feature).

So I decided to make my own. I bought a blank LED style key from the hardware store for less than $4 w/tax, and filed down the top edge to be mildly sharp (use some common sense).

I've carried it on my key chain for a couple months now, with no holes in my pockets, cut fingers, etc., and used it to open boxes, mail, cut/strip wire, light my way in the dark (it's surprisingly bright), etc.

You could do this for less than $2 without the LED, but I figured I might as well have a 2-in-1 tool. Also, you might be able to cut out a bottle opener shape on the under side, or file the tip flat to have a screw driver?

Found my vids from Maker Faire Austin '07

Part 1





Part 2

Video of the ammo box synth/sequencer I built.