Nerdipedia documented a 3D printer build, called Huey: This is not a general purpose 3D printer. It is the size of a small chest freezer and has a expected build volume over 200 litres. It uses eight drive motors and may require a lot of setting up compared to printrbot or similar. The parts […]
Category Archives: DIY
DIY solder paste dispenser
Geir Andersen over at LetsMakeRobots has designed and built this cool solder paste dispenser: As I’m doing SMD prototypes I wanted to do reflow soldering instead of hand soldering and needed a solder paste dispenser. The professional ones are not that expensive but you need an air compressor and I was trying to avoid that extra […]
A cheap and simple Laser Power Meter LPM for small power source
Here’s a cheap and simple Laser Power Meter LPM for small power source, based on “MarioMaster LPM meter” by Davide Gironi: This type of meter uses a ThermoElectric Cooling module (TEC) to measure the power of a laser. The TEC will absorb the laser light, and transform the heat generated by the laser beam to an […]
DIY Wacom Cintiq project using the LCD panel
Chocochan is working on a DIY Wacom Cintiq project using the LCD panel that is used in the Microsoft Surface Pro tablet: I wanted something small and portable that wouldn’t take up much space and be light to hold. I don’t have a large desk and I don’t traditionally draw on much that is bigger than […]
DIY cardboard laser piano
Here’s a cool DIY cardboard laser piano by ElecFreaks: Hi Guys, today, ElecFreaks will show you a guide how to make a cardboard laser piano by yourself. By this way, I think you do not only could make piano , you can transform a table , a window or a wall to be a Laser Piano or a […]
High Altitude Glider
Check out this cool High Altitude Glider project that House4Hack and HABEX made: On 14 June 2014, team HAG from House4Hack teamed up with HABEX. We released our High Altitude Glider on weather balloons into the atmosphere. After our glider reached the CAA approved height, kilometres up in the atmosphere, we released the glider from […]
ThrAxis DIY CNC mill
Eric has posted details on his build of a CNC mill from scratch. The ThrAxis (Three-Axis) is a vertical milling machine made mostly from materials from hardware stores. The spindle is a Harbor Freight rotary tool and the motors and controllers are surplus and eBay finds. We made it during lots of late evenings using […]
Yet another DIY diode laser engraver
John1a wrote this Instructable detailing the build of his DIY diode laser engraver: Only recently I got comfortable with the parts and knowledge needed to built a CNC. I really needed a kind of plotter for my work. As you know a Commercial Laser Engraver is really pricey and a good one is simply out of reach… To […]
Analog synth project
MikelRoi over at DorkbotPDX writes: Here is a pix of my synth project. The top panel has artwork that will get applied to the panel. Lots of holes drilled…whew! Below is the bottom panel with applied artwork and holes ready for mounting controls! I spent many hours getting the artwork right. That would dictate where the […]
DIY fingerprint scanning garage door opener
Nodcah made this Instructables detailing the build of his DIY fingerprint scanning garage door opener: As a person without a car, I don’t need to carry keys around everywhere I go. Because of this, I’ve been locked out of my own house several times. It’s a pain to wait for someone with a key, so I thought I […]
Gesture based security lock project
Alan Parekh writes: Instead of using keys and codes for security this device that Ankur Thakkar, Darshan Shah and Saisrinivasan Mohankumar built as part of their ece4760 Final Project uses gestures to grant access. The system uses IR sensors to determine the movement of a persons hand within the detection area, after you train the […]
Laser cut Mitre joints
Martin Raynsford of Just Add Sharks writes: Here at Just Add Sharks, we’ve been running some experiments using these cutting jigs and the results are pretty promising. The first and arguably most useful jig holds the material at 45 degrees to the laser beam. The panels that make up the box were cut to size […]
Pocket-sized ultrasonic ruler
Bergerab made this Instructables detailing the build of his DIY pocket-sized ultrasonic ruler: Today everything is digitalized. Most of us don’t bother to waste our time using maps, going to the record store, or even going to the DVD store anymore. So… why are so many people using tape-measures and rulers? Yes, they are reliable, but they […]
USB to RS485 adapter
Brian Dorey made this DIY USB to RS485 adapter, that is available at Github: We looked for a full-duplex ready-made adapter but all the ones we found are only half duplex devices and as we needed to be able to supply 12 volts via the RJ45 connectors on the slave boards we decided to make our […]
DIY CNC pendant
A DIY CNC pendant made by Bob Davis. He wrote a post on his blog detailing it’s assembly: Last night I finished building my DIY CNC pendant and tested it out. I still need to add a manual jogger to it someday. It is made out of an old Zenith TV remote control. The key is […]
LED VU Meter with LM3916
xristost has written an article about his latest project LED VU meter with LM3916: This was finished months ago and just now I had time to finish the article. LM3916 is a dedicated IC for VU LED meter. Unlike LM3915 which have 3dB step between voltage levels, the LM3916 have nonlinear steps: -20, -10, -7, -5, -3, -1, 0, […]
Mechanical ball clock
In this video Turnvater Janosch demonstrates his homemade mechanical ball clock: The clock runs for 12 hours, driven by a weight of 2.5 kg sinking approx. 1 meter during that time..Every minute a marble is lifted up and goes down a marble run with three flipping traps that count marbles for minutes, five-minute-steps and hours. The timekeeping […]
ATtiny85 POV display
Vishalapr made this Instructables detailing the build of his DIY POV Display based on ATtiny85: The first time I saw a POV (Persistence Of Vision) display was on a show called FAQ on TV. The POV display consisted of an oscillating shaft with 6 LED’s mounted on the end of the shaft. Since then I have always wanted to make […]
Chipstomp assembly – Analogue side
We previously covered Catmacey’s Chipstomp digital side. Now he built the Chipstomp’s analogue side: It’s done. I’ve assembled the analogue side of the Chipstomp and finally have a fully working device. There were no errors to fix this time which was a nice surprise. Just lots of fiddly 0805 surface mount components to place. Check out the video after […]
TinyPrime project based on ATTiny13A
Spacewrench over at Dorkbotpdx writes: This is a rebuild of the TeensyPrime project I built a while ago, using a separate breadboard that’s almost too small (I had to use magnet wire to fit some of the connections) and a microcontroller that’s almost too small. The ATTiny13A is a neat chip: AVR with 1K of flash, […]