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Electronic Goldmine. Make Conductive Glue and Glue a Circuit: 7 Steps (with Pictures) This is an instructable on the best conductive glue I have been able to make that uses easy to obtain materials, glues well to most materials, is quite flexible and has a low resistance. Unfortunately for me, it uses a rubber or plastic mixture that I do not know the chemical composition of, so I cannot patent it.

There are many kinds of conductive epoxies, glues, and rubbers available. Unfortunately, they are for the most part quite expensive. So, for more than four years, I have been trying every possible combination of likely elements, compounds, and solvents that I could get my hands on, in order to make my own truly affordable conductive glue. While I have found several that have excellent low conductivity, they tend to be quite brittle and have a tendency to crack.

Because this glue is quite flexible and you can vary its resistance, it has potential for different kinds of paint on sensors for robots or other devices. How to Build a Treehouse: 30 Steps. Steps Part 1 Preparing to Build Your Treehouse <img alt="Image titled Build a Treehouse Step 1" src=" width="728" height="546" class="whcdn" onload="WH.performance.clearMarks('image1_rendered'); WH.performance.mark('image1_rendered');">1Choose the right tree. The health of the tree you select is absolutely crucial for building a foundation for your treehouse. If the tree is too old or too young, you won't have the support you need for your treehouse and you will be putting yourself and anyone else who goes into the treehouse in great danger. Your tree should be sturdy, healthy, mature, and living. Ideal trees for treehouse include oak, maple, fir, and apple. Part 2 Making a Detailed Plan Part 3 Building and Securing a Platform Part 4 Laying the Deck and Railing Part 5 Finishing Up Community Q&A Add New Question How about lightning protection?

Unanswered Questions. Untitled. Tangeez - Tangible Lights by Emily Webster & Mustafa Bagdatli. "Tangeez are wonderful building blocks of light. The magnetic click and the translucent colors are incredibly satisfying. They're continually offering new combinations, and they're impossible to put down. I want a whole wall of them. " These “physical pixels” create a tactile, interactive and social experience that allows you to hold and control light. Tangeez combine red, green and blue light to create a spectrum of colors that change depending on how you stack them.

The more you change and rearrange, the more colors you will see. "They've got the simple charm of a set of Dominoes and yet they're like an interactive set of Legos. -Donald Chestnut, Chief Experience Officer, SapientNitro From spaceships to skyscrapers, Christmas trees to robots, Tangeez can be combined and stacked infinitely to build glowing structures of any shape and size. Tangeez brighten up any space and are as portable and mobile as you are. "Who isn't fascinated with light? -Jim Campbell, Electronic Artist Emily Webster.

Woodbug. Solar Battery Chargers, Solar Panels, DIY Solar Kits & Small Wind Turbines. BUY A HUGE FRESNEL LENS GREEN POWER SCIENCE DAN ROJAS DENISE ROJAS SOLAR STIRLING ENGINES FRESNEL LENS PARABOLIC MIRROR. DIY Outdoor Pallet Wood Sofa | Pallet Furniture Plans.

After sometime we become more expert about home furniture items with working with pallet wood. You can design you own DIY pallet wood sofa by keeping in mind of different chair structure and size of your mattress after getting some pallet wood to achieve your desired article pallet stool bench, pallet tool box and pallet planter box and many other items of home used furniture. Pallet wood can be attained in your garage and stocks of your home. This will also solve storage problems of our home stocks and garage with which most of us suffer greatly, by taking out old pallet wood furniture commodities.

You can start your DIY pallet wood sofa by making the base first to support back and seat board of pallet on it. The measurements about your pallet sofa base can be easily made by keeping in mind the need of making it and size of your mattress. After making the desired measurements make two pallet boars for back and seat for your sofa to place mattress on it. Image source. Make a DIY Pallet Coffee Table | Pallet Furniture Plans. This easy to make rustic indoor coffee table is made from pallet wood. The pallet was dismantled and the thicker rails were used as the frame but they were slightly twisted. To straighten it was soaked with water and weighed down on a flat surface to dry.

The slats were screwed across the top of the frame then cut straight. This coffee table looks great by itself once cleaned and sanded, or it would look great with wood stain. You will enjoy its look and use for a long time to come. Submitted by Michael Tapscott! One-Pallet Chair. Make a simple stool/bench/coffee table/sideboard.