Save 20% Build your own Wifi radio. The internet hosts lots and lots of online radiostreams, most of them with a certain theme, ranging from old time classics to Tibetian riverdancing.
I must admit that I love to listen to them while I'm building stuff, as I can choose the music I like without listening to the same cd's over and over again. The only problem is that I always needed to have a computer neaby to get an internet connection. So I looked around to buy one, but they are quite expensive and besides that, it is a lot more fun to make your own. As I had no clue at all about how to do the wifi and internet part of the project, I searched the net for clues and I stumbled upon www.mightyohm.com. This site belongs to Jeff Keyzer and he has an excellent step by step tutorial on it for hacking a wifi router into a wifi radio.
I really wanted this project to look as nice as possible, so I invested a lot of time in designing and building the case. How to Make Your Own Manly Bar of Soap. “A paste of lye and water can burn through an aluminum pan.
A solution of lye and water will dissolve a wooden spoon. Combined with water, lye heats to over two hundred degrees, and as it heats it burns into the back of my hand…on the lap of my bloodstained pants…”-Passage from Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk If you’ve ever seen the movie or read the book Fight Club, then you know what a potentially volatile endeavor the making of soap can be. If you are careless with the sodium hydroxide (lye), a poisonous, caustic substance, you risk burning holes in your flesh, blinding yourself, and endangering others. But if you’re conscientious in your work, DIY soap-making can be a great hobby. Today we’ll discuss how to make your own manly bar of soap. Coffee Grounds: Interestingly enough, the inclusion of coffee grounds makes for a powerfully deodorizing soap.
Walnuts: The walnut is a relatively soft nut and acts as a nice counter exfoliate to the slightly sharper, harder grounds of the coffee. DIY Electric Bike Conversion. Here is the kit used in the conversions.
You have a rear wheel motor, controller, thumb operated throttle, on/off switch, brake levers with kill switches (not used), and battery to control cable. The motor in this kit is a 500 watt continuous, 1200 watt peak power geared motor especially suited for hills. This motor requires a 22 Amp continuous controller. The brake levers had kill switches on them. Since the throttle is thumb operated, the kill switches and extra wires did not seem necessary.
The kits also came with nylon battery bags. How to build a 72Volt electric motorcycle. I only work 3 miles from home but with gas prices getting out of control, I thought it would be great to have an electric vehicle.
I've always wanted a motorcycle and decided that making an electric motorcycle would be a good EV project, keeping costs down, and be fun to ride. This project took about 3 months of research and development (not counting waiting for parts to come in or help from a friend with the welding). All in all, it cost about $3000 to buy and build. This may take a long time to pay off in gas savings, but if you add the fun of building and all of the environmental benefits, it was well worth the effort. With a top speed of over 70 mph and 10 miles per charge, this vehicle is perfect for me.
One Touch Photo Dialer.