Look to inspire. How To Make Your Own Sugru Substitute. Pic2 shows a 2"x2"x2" solid silicone cube that cured enough in two hours to be removed from its plastic box form.
For years I have been looking for an inexpensive way to create a flexible skin covering for robots and electronic circuits. I have tried several kinds of casting urethane rubber and silicone rubber. They all have their difficulties and either set up to fast or too slow. They are too thin or they are too thick. They are also very expensive in small quantities. I and many others have tried using the inexpensive silicone caulk that is readily available from hardware stores. So I wanted to add a catalyst that would help the silicone to cure from the inside out rather than just from the outside in. As I understand it, 100% silicone caulk works by the moisture in the air initiating the polymerization of the silicone.
Get Drunk LOTR Style: How to Make Your Own Medieval Gimli Beer Helmet « Beer. Not a sports fan, but still want to get your hands-free drink on?
Instructables user DucttapeNinja has just the thing for you—a beer helmet inspired by Gimli from Lord of the Rings. So, now you can double the time between trips to the fridge during your next LOTR marathon. One helmet to intoxicate them all! You'll need a cheap drink helmet (with straws already attached), two matching tankards or steins, some craft foam, and acrylic paint. The "metal" components are cut out of craft foam and glued onto the helmet. All the pieces are painted to match Gimli's helmet, and zip ties hold the whole thing together. How to make a scratch off lottery ticket?
You probably know the scratch off lottery tickets?
Ever wondered how to make them? Well, they are very fun & easy to make.I used to make greeting cards from them but now I'm going to use this technique as a promotional tool.I made 25 scratch off tickets and will include 1 ticket with every order I ship.On one of those tickets, there is a coupon code and a value of 25 dollars to spend in my shop on Etsy.
Waaaahhh, exciting! :) Here is what you need:cardboard, a print-out of your lottery ticket, glue stick, sticky back plastic (contact paper), metallic acrylic paint (preferably silver) and washing liquid.I prepared the paper cutting beforehand so I'll skip that part in the tutorial. :) NUI Group - Natural User Interface Group. DIY Rocket Propellant! How to Cook Solid Rocket Fuels Using Common Household Ingredients. Cooking isn't something that interests me much, unless it results in a fast burning fuel and a successful rocket launch!
WARNING: Ignition of an incendiary or explosive material may not be legal in your area, so check local laws before attempting. Use of this video content is at your own risk. Using some kitchen chemistry and a few common household items, I tested a few different methods for DIY rocket fuel. The main components of this composition are a brand of stump remover, which is 100% potassium nitrate (KNO3), and plain white table sugar.
When mixed together in ratios of 60/40 by weight, and placed on medium heat, they melt into a creamy brown liquid. When it's runny enough, it can be poured into a casing to cool down and solidify. I tried some more batches with other ingredients added, like water, corn syrup and even a little home made rust powder. 634902982020579671.jpg (JPEG Image, 857 × 2047 pixels) How to Make a Christmas Cracker. If you have a bunch of spare toilet paper tubes lying around, you're in luck this holiday season.
With wrapping paper, a couple trinkets, and a pack of cracker snaps, you can make your very own Christmas crackers. Traditionally used in holiday celebrations in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries, Christmas crackers are party favors that when pulled apart, produce a snapping sound and contain small trinkets such as candy, a deck of cards, toys, slips of paper with jokes written on them, paper Christmas crowns, and other small knickknacks. Usually, two people pull on opposite ends of the cracker. If you're in a big holiday gathering, you can simultaneously pull your Christmas crackers apart in a big circle, with everyone crossing their arms and holding his or her own cracker in the left hand and the adjacent person's cracker in the right hand. Click on image to enlarge. Wireless light switch or bust. I stumbled upon the website lightobject.com while looking for an affordable thermocouple for the immersion circulator I’m planning on building.
Turn Any Wall Portrait into Your Own Personal Scooby Dooish "Eye" Spy Surveillance System. Remember how the bad guys in Scooby Doo would always use cut-out portraits to spy on people through walls?
Well, unless your landlord is super cool, you probably shouldn't start cutting holes in your wall just yet, but you can make a higher tech version, thanks to NASA employee Mark Rober. Mark used a cheap picture frame and a portrait with the eyes cut out to make the "Scoob Cam," which also doubles as a surveillance device.
He used an iPhone and an iPad to start a FaceTime chat, then taped the iPhone to the back of the picture frame (where the eyes in the portrait are). The iPad is used as the surveillance aspect, so when you watch the feed, it records your eyes and displays them on the iPhone in the portrait, so wherever you look is where the portrait seems to be looking. Check out the video for details on the setup. For a similar, but cheaper prank, try this creepy motion-sensing portrait with glowing red eyes that light up when someone gets close.