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Use the Velveting Technique When Stir-Frying Meat. ArduRoller balance bot. Self Balancing Scooter Ver 2.0. 100-Yard Paper Rocket Launcher. How-To: Motors. Before we can really begin addressing how a motor works, lets focus on what a motor does. A motor uses electromagnetism to create motion, converting electrical energy into mechanical energy. Magnetic fields produce physical force that can move things. Every magnet has a magnetic field with a north pole and a south pole.

If you try to push the north poles of two magnets together, they will repel each other. The same thing happens if you try to push two south poles together. An electric motor uses the attraction and repelling properties of magnets to create motion. In an electric motor, the electromagnet is placed on an axle so it can spin freely inside the magnetic field of a permanent magnet.

Motors are classified by having the following properties: How to Make a Full Auto Airsoft Minigun [Halo Inspired Mobile Turret] This is a type of cloud airsoft gun - named so because of how the pellets are blown around the reservoir before being fired out the barrel.

How to Make a Full Auto Airsoft Minigun [Halo Inspired Mobile Turret]

Since there is nothing mechanical to get in the way of the workings of this gun the rate of fire is extremely high, an estimated 50 rounds per second. It would make a great airsoft turret to be mounted on the defensive wall of a home base. The price of materials is just over $50 assuming the builder already has PVC primer and cement.

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Replica HALO First Aid Kit Actually Is One. Shawn Thorsson’s HALO First Aid Kit is cooler than merely a replica — it actually serves as a first aid kit.

Replica HALO First Aid Kit Actually Is One

So the other day (which was a Wednesday in this case) I was suffering from some time alone with my macabre imagination and decided that I needed my first aid kit to be more visible and readily accessible. Maybe even have a couple of them hanging on the wall(s) in the workshop so that, in the heat of the moment, a panic-stricken person within inches of death can see their salvation shining back at them and know that everything will be okay. Shawn formed the body out of vacu-formed plastic for a mass-produced feel.

Excellent! John Baichtal My interests include writing, electronics, RPGs, scifi, hackers & hackerspaces, 3D printing, building sets & toys. Related. $3 adds sweet tunes to your project. How to Teleport! Free 3D Scanning and Cheap 3D Printing! Teleportation is awesome.

How to Teleport! Free 3D Scanning and Cheap 3D Printing!

Transporting material instantly from once location to another will change the world. Local bands will have global tours, truck drivers will not have jobs, food wont spoil on shelves while others go hungry, and fewer people will listen to podcasts on their way into work. Many cultures have their own stories of lightning speed travel, teleportation and apparition. Muslims have the concept of Tay Al Ard, which comes from the words for folding of the earth, to excite them. Hand Bowl. The first step was to model and pose a hand to act as the bowl's base.

Hand Bowl

For this, I used a piece of software called Poser by Smith Micro. Poser is a 3D modeling package that specializes in modeling and animating human bodies. It comes with a library of basic figures that can be easily posed using a very intuitive and beginner-friendly interface. I used one of Poser's default hand models.

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A Bandsaw box KIDS can make. I've tried all sorts of box projects with kids.

A Bandsaw box KIDS can make

Some are pretty good, some not. What most kids want is a small box with drawers in it. The bandsaw is perfect for this but most designs I've tried are really tough for kids to do. One of the main limitations I've found is that the box designs require sharp corners which most kids find really tricky because they're inclined to just TURN the piece rather than push and turn. How to Build Your Own Acoustic Panels (DIY) How to Build Your Own Acoustic Panels (DIY) Last Updated on Sunday, 10 November 2013 12:40 Written by AcousticsFREQ Thursday, 13 October 2011 08:41 Make Cheap, Easy, Attractive DIY Sound Absorption Wall Panels Also Check out our Complete Guide to Home Theater Acoustics for more information, including where to place your acoustic panels.

How to Build Your Own Acoustic Panels (DIY)

Sound absorption panels trap acoustical energy (sound) and prevent it from reflecting off of the surfaces they cover. The panels are used to eliminate echoes and reflections that muddle or color amplified music and speech. *Note that choral music, piano, orchestral instruments, group singing, and pipe organ benefit from reasonably reverberant acoustics, with many reflective surfaces.

Suitable applications for sound absorption panels include: Open Source Soldering Iron Driver. How-To: Theater or studio acoustic treatments. Have you been yelled at for watching your latest Superbit DVD "too loud" by your mom / dad / child / spouse / neighbor?

How-To: Theater or studio acoustic treatments

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