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Wallet made from a computer keyboard

Wallet made from a computer keyboard
In all likelihood there is a keyboard within a few feet of you. Inside that keyboard there probably is a circuit sheet that makes for a surprisingly durable and thin material for making a wallet. Any mention of this project must provide a link to www.zieak.com with credit to Ryan McFarland. Why? In taking apart electronics i find uses for most of the parts. You'll need:A desktop computer keyboard (for the circuit sheet and a metal piece as a straight edge)A screwdriver to open the keyboardA ruler or tape measureA cutting board or cutting matA razor knifeSharp scissorsA roll of clear packing tape The fine folks at HowCast have made a video from my Instructable...

Circuit Bending Synth DIY David M. just sent us useful information on how to add internal pitch controls for both Kaossilator and the Kaoss Pad, below are his words of wisdom… After reading about the GetLoFi Tutorial for 1799 oscillator circuit mod on the KORG Mini KP/KO and with a few of the LTC Modules on hand I decided to give it a go on a brand new Kaossilator. The conversion took about 45 minutes to do, but the results just blew me away. Looking over the comments at the GETLOFI site, it seems that nobody found a good place for potentiometer placement, all being too big. Mouser ended up with the goods (digikey has a 16mm Panasonic pot in their latest catalog, but it is not available.) You will need to fab a piece of thin metal, then bend and solder it to the pot in-order to mount it securely. The piece of metal I used was from shielding of an old stereo, cut into an 8×45 mm strip. The hole for the roller is 1.5×13mm and the top of the hole is flush with the inner front-side of the case. by David M.

Clothing Small Notebook Made by Using Repurposed Floppy Disks Sponsored Links This is a small notebook which comes with two repurposed floppy disks that serve as the book’s outer covers/pad. Includes 50 sheets of 24# bright white paper, and they (including the disks) are bundled together by wire binding. Available in 5 different colors (see the last photo) Credit: PipingHotPapers Etsy Shop (Buy – $5.50) Plastic Bags Paper basket (make a newspaper basket) Paper basket (Make newspaper baskets). Our guest blogger shares a tutorial to make paper basket using newspapers today. A great project to make usable paper baskets out of recyclable newspapers, magazines, paper and so much more. Paper basket A warm hello to all lovely Craftionary readers! I’m so excited to be writing my first guest post and sharing one of my projects here with you today! I would like to share how to make a paper basket out of old newspaper with you today. Make newspaper basket Old newspaper (finally a purpose for free junk mail)Bobby pins, clothespins, paper clips or whatever you find to keep the paper togetherStaplesStrings or threadScissors (even better if you have rotary cutter and cutting mat) Use old newspaper.Cut into 20 strips. Finished Paper Basket Paper basket with staples Paper basket without staples I ended up not liking the staples in my basket and took them out again. Thanks Vanessa for this creative tutorial. You May Also Like: DIY bottle cap crafts DIY Snow globes

Rope made from plastic shopping bags It takes about 4 regular sized shopping bags to make a foot of rope. I've scavenged most of mine from the grocery store recycle bins. choose stronger bags if you can find them. Bigger bags don't work as well with this method. If you can't get a good supply of bags with the seams on the side try poking a hole in the side, near bottom of the bag instead of cutting them down the middle. If you're not using your chain to make rope right away wrap in in a spool around a stick to keep it from getting tangled.

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