I had some spare industrial lamp shades which were in rough shape and missing their insulators… they were practically begging to be turned into chicken food shelters! This should all be very self-explanatory! Obviously we need a groove in the bottom eye so that we can hook the feeder into something. Then just tighten the…
I’m currently incubating some bantam chicken eggs and wanted a candler so that I can see how the chicks are progressing. It’s dead simple to build, all you need is a miniature Osram LED globe, an old power cord, and a miniature on/off switch. I scrounged all of my bits from throw-outs, with the exception…
I decided to print myself a unique Halloween costume this year after being inspired by pictures of deep sea angler fish. I wanted to make something quirky yet still a little bit terrifying in a good way. What I ended up with was an angler fish helmet painted in fluro UV paints with very scary…
This is the long awaited 6×6 120 version of my tiny pinhole camera. This is the long awaited 6×6 120 version of my tiny pinhole camera. The assembly instructions are exactly the same as the tiny pinhole camera except for the added film number viewer at the back. This film viewer is just a simple blade…
This is a very simple yet effective pinhole camera that I came up with out of necessity. I wanted something small, tripod mountable, and very quick to make and reload. The lid simply snaps on and off without needing complex clip mechanisms, and the exposed film winds into a second reverse mounted film canister to…
Halloween was approaching, now I’m not one for celebrating american traditions, but I’ve been invited to a few parties so needed to come up with something. Somehow the idea of a blowfly seemed appealing as I’d never seen a mask like that before, and making something with large compound eyes seemed like a blast. The…
Since extending the Z-axis on my wanhao i3 printer I discovered that there was a small amount of ringing toward the middle of the axis when printing at high speeds. To alleviate this I decided to use the feed screw to provide extra support. I did this by putting a small bearing block at the…
WANHAO Duplicator i3 Z-Axis extension Decided to extend the Z axis on my Wanhao i3 printer as it was wanting to print some rather tall teardrop lampshades. The whole process is very simple and only requires about $40 worth of parts, you will need: 1.5 meters of 60 x 3mm equal mill aluminium angle. This…
This mechanical weight clock has been designed with ease of printing and construction in mind. The design uses a minimum of specialized parts, requiring just 2x paper clips, 4x 12mm countersunk head timber screws, some epoxy glue, 4x M20 stuctural nuts and 9x M14 nuts. All other parts are printed. All the gear and mechanical…
This basic direct current electric motor has been designed with simplicity and ease of construct in mind, as such there are a minimum of parts and requires no soldering. This makes it an ideal classroom or children’s project. The project consists of only 3 printed parts, four 2x10mm neodymium magnets, 2 C cell batteries…