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Applying a Mirror Finish (by hand)
How to apply a high-gloss finish by hand, using abrasive polishing. This technique works for just about anything--furniture, automobiles, guitars, etc. For large projects (cars), power sanders and...
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Third Hand++: A multi-use helping hand for electronics and other delicate work.
In the past I've used the third hands/helping hands available at chain electronics shops and have been frustrated with their usability. I could never get the clips exactly where I wanted them or it...
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5 Hour External Battery for DV camera
This project turned into an easy way to extend my DV Camera's battery life. The battery that came with my Canon Optura 60 lasts for about 40 minutes or so minutes on a full charge. I got a BIG battery...
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Portrait Gourds Grown in Molds
Here's how to grow gourds in a mold to create any shape you want.Even portrait sculptures. It's an ancient technique from China.This method also works for other vegetables. Portrait pickles anyone?Jim...
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How to Make Playdough (Play-doh)
Playdough (aka Play-doh) is easy to make at home, and fun for kids of all ages. Here's how to make your own non-toxic toy with custom colors and fragrances. This is the classic method that involves a...
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Superior post-surgical feline & canine appliance. (Or: Dump the cone!)
I took our 2 young cats to the veterinarian for necessary surgery (an incision in the abdomen requiring stitches). After the operation the vet supplied the usual plastic head cones which stop the...
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How to mount a power strip (and power bricks) under your desk
I was tired of looking at the nasty tangle of power cables and power strip under my desk. So after much deliberation I decided to mount as much as I could to the bottom of the desk. In a nutshell I...
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Fakola (cola clone)
Cola isn't actually kola nut flavored. As far as I can tell, it's mostly vanilla and cinnamon. Here's a formulation I'm currently working on. It uses ingredients found in most grocery stores. No exotic...
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Build a Variable High Voltage Power Supply
I needed a variable 0 to 50KV high voltage power supply for my high voltage experiments that wouldn't break the bank, so I built my own. With just a few parts from old microwave ovens, TV sets, and an...
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Geometric Cut Paper Table Lamp
I've been making cut and folded paper lamps for a while now and get a lot of pleasure from designing, building and enjoying them. I was thinking that I've gotten so much from Instructables I would give...
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Ultimate Guide to Making a Cheap but Effective Aluminium Forge.
There are many guides and many ideas I've collected and, being that I completed this (the first one... I made a completely new setup just for this instructible... you should feel special.) within two...
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Crystallization of homemade sodium acetate
(Updated - see end, below)If you've ever wanted to play around with sodium acetate, but you're too much of a nerd to simply go online and buy some from a chemical supply house - noooo, that'd be too...
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Variable DC Power Supply for
Variable DC power supplies are critical to many electronics projects. You'll never have to go out and buy dozens of different single-voltage power supplies or battery configurations with this new unit....
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The Stirling Engine, absorb energy from candles, coffee, and more!
There's energy all around us that's just waiting to be tapped into. Whether it's hot coffee on a cold day, light from the sun, scented candles, waste heat from electronics... there's power to be had!...
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Pump with no moving parts uses river power
The video shows parts of the pump, which operates on heads as low as 0.5 meter and suggests different uses for it.By: gaiatechnicianContinue Reading »
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Hack mac laptop to be a mac tablet in 15 minutes or DIY Cintiq
I've had lots of questions from places where this has popped up:1. yes it is pressure sensitive2. it only works where my wacom sensor is... basically that white block in the video.3. i used the g4...
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Wooden Gear Clock
I've added video of the clock. I will be working on carving out windows in the face of the clock. I will upload pictures and/or a video of that when I am done.I've been into woodworking for a few years...
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Hydroponics - at Home and for Beginners
I am pushing this project early. I want to clear out my unpublished projects so this is now public. Hopefully it will force me to finish sometime soon (all I need to do now is buy plants)If you've...
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1UP Cakes
Make cakes that look like 1UPs from Super Mario Bros.Bonus!These ones look like they were made by a five year old. I am 27, and have no excuse. YMMV.By: NachimirContinue Reading »
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How to write kids poems.
I think joy comes from listening, reading and seeing joy in othersand i very nice way to show this is poems.Poems come in many different styles some not-so happy and some over-happy and contrary to...
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Stop using Ferric Chloride etchant! (A better etching solution.)
Ferric chloride is a traditional home-use circuit board etchant. It's easy enough to come by, and the Ferric by itself is no big environmental problem. However, once you've etched a board with it,...
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make a 3d looking image
i will show you how to make a 3d image without having to use those annoying blue and red glasses, theyre just annoying look at this instructibull too pleese clicky hereITS NOT BRAIN SCIENCE!...
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$1 Camera Image Stabilizer
Add image stabilization to any camera. Works with video and still cameras and costs less than $1.I have demonstrated the building process and use of the stabilizer in this video. Here's a cool little...
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The Manta Drive: proof-of-concept for an ROV propulsion system.
Every submersible vehicle has weaknesses. Everything that pierces the hull (door, cable) is a potential leak, and if something must both pierce the hull and move at the same time, the potential for...
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Electroforming an Iris Seed Pod
How to electroform an organic object (iris seed pod). Commonly referred to as "dipping" in metal, think bronze baby shoes!By: MaggieJsContinue Reading »
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The Lucid Dream Machine
This is part of both the "let it glow" challenge and the robot challenge, so please vote for either/or category that you see fitting if you enjoyed/liked this instructable. Remember, voting is...
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How to control a DC motor to run in both directions
Those H-bridges are very useful and smart, but if you just want to control the direction of the motor with a switch (manually), there is a much simpler and cheaper alternative.This little circuit is...
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Sprouting your own Sprouts
A diet of seeds will give you scurvy. A diet of sprouted seeds will give you better nutrition than you have now. Yachties, survivalists, and Mormons count on sprouts as a way to thrive on cheap stored...
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Naff Movie into 'DVD Spectra'
Everyone has at least one DVD they are ashamed of buying. You know, the DVD that was 'a good idea at the time', was watched half way through and then consigned to the back of the DVD rack, 'hidden'...
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