GordsGarage Blog | I am not a professional and I try things at home How to Build a Functional Geodesic Dome Out of PVC Build an inexpensive and sturdy-as-heck structure with 150 pieces of PVC pipe and a weekend. The idea of building our own shelter fascinates us, but for the average handyman, where do you start? A geodesic dome made of PVC may be the most cost-effective method of building a structurally solid yet transportable shelter, and it’s possible to build one in a single day. At Maker Faire 2014 in New York City, the Sketchup team did just that. Why? We wanted something that was easy and fun to assemble, but it also needed to be impressive, yet duplicable by anyone with just basic tools. We’ll show you how we built ours, and how you can use Sketchup to easily design and build your own, of any size. To begin, you can see our Maker Faire domes in action here and in the video below The History of the Geodesic Dome Let’s get something out of the way: our team didn’t invent geodomes; Buckminster “Bucky” Fuller did. R. The Different Types of Geodesic Domes 3V Dome 4V Dome 5V Dome 6V Dome Getting the Right Hubs
No Dropped Calls! | GordsGarage Blog Cycling season is upon us which also means the agony of getting into riding shape has begun. When I ride my road bike I typically ride by myself. I like zoning out and riding at my own pace. This year I began using the Strava app on my phone which allows me to track more of my riding data. Since I want to have my phone visible when I ride I wanted to have it mount in a location on my handlebar stem. I spent a few sleepless hours, the night before, lying awake in bed mentally engineering the mount. The criteria were fairly basic. I started off with a section of 1.500″ x .500″ flat 6061 aluminum and began hogging out metal to form a clamp for the phone. With the middle sectioned out I started to open things up from the outside. A little more milling and I finally had something that resembled the clamp that I dreamt up the night before. I required a 6 mm thread in the center hole that would eventually provide the clamping force adjustment. Here it is just rough machined. Like this:
PVC Plans and Ideas Growing/Farming Hobby/Utility Our fittings and Snap Clamps make it possible to build any structure necessary for growing on a small or large scale. From simple backyard greenhouses to commercial growers, we've got you covered. Whether you love to create or you have a fun passtime that requires a specific structure, you can always build with PVC. Chicken Pen Arched Roof Chicken Coop (as seen in Mother Earth News) Flat Top Chicken Pen 3ft. Pitched Roof Greenhouse 6 ft. Arched Roof Greenhouse 11.5 ft. Pastured Poultry Pen Complex Portable Pastured Poulry Pen Row Cover Cover your rows of plants with pipe, Snap Clamps, and your choice of cover material. Show More Quilt frame PVC quilting frame and hand frame. Truck Cover Arched roof truck or car port. PVC Christmas Tree PVC Christmas tree from www.christmaslightshow.com Contact Darryl Brown for plans.Return to pictures of PVC projects Click to View each plan
I Build It Home Page Spirals By Steve Make your own vernier protractor accurate up to 0.1° The Vial - Another important part of this device is the level vial. Level vials are made in a wide variety of sensitivity, most carpenters levels use vials that have a sensitivity of around 38 minutes (0.63°) of arc per one tenth inch or 2.5 millimeters of movement of the bubble. How it Works - Since this protractor uses a bubble level it can only measure vertical angles. I finally settled on a vernier and degree scale with thin black lines. Spirals By Steve Use a vernier protractor, I-phone, or digital angle gauge to divide a circle into perfectly spaced increments. An old problem in woodworking geometry is to divide a circle into equal parts. This task is not too bad if the circle is to be divided into 2,4,or 8 increments, but other numbers are notoriously difficult to divide accurately. Simple protractors are good to about 1° or perhaps 1/2° if they are large enough. You can use my vernier protractor, a digital angle gauge, or even an I-phone in conjunction with the method described on this page to divide a circle accurately into any number of divisions with good accuracy. I prefer my vernier protractor not only because I made it, but it also has a scale that reads from 0 to 360° instead of the typical 0-90-0 or 0-180° used on all the digital gauges and I-phone applications I have seen.
Panhandle Rancher speaks…..Silencing Small Fueled Engines and Other Considerations Everyone knows small gasoline fueled engines are noisy and loud enough that hearing protection should be used when working with or around devices thus powered. Noise pollution is serious, especially in urban areas but little thought is generally given to the racket when out in the country. In a world without rule of law (WROL), anything that draws attention can be lethal. Engine powered generators are not only so loud that they can be heard for miles in the country and more so at night, the electricity they produce likely powers lights that can also be seen for miles and miles. Generators, arc welders, air compressors, chainsaws, hydraulic wood splitters, and almost anything powered by a diesel fueled engine produces unacceptable levels of noise for anyone wishing to lay low and by so doing not draw attention to them and their valuable resources. Noise from chainsaws is particularly vexing and their raucous two cycle engines can often be heard echoing around the countryside.
Lathe – All Articles « Blondihacks Lathe – All Articles By Quinn Dunki Lathe – Brass & Aluminum PenNew techniques, new tools, new materials, oh my! This project builds on all the previous lathe articles in this series in order to make something genuinely special. This will be [more]Lathe – Scribing ToolNew materials and new techniques. Our Top Shop Tips for 2016 Last year was a great year for tips and tricks collected and published here on Make:. So many YouTube makers are taking the time to do special videos sharing their most useful shop tips, tricks, and hacks. And then readers are sharing their tips and tricks in the comments and these often get folded back into future tips videos by the YouTubers. Here are some of the most popular and useful tips that we covered in 2016, followed by links to the original posts which contain even more indispensable tips. We did a similar best-of post for 2015. You can see that roundup here. Breadboard Battery Holder You can make a quick battery holder on a breadboard by using two two-pin headers next to each other with a coin cell battery in-between. Breadboard Circuit Tester To create a little breadboard circuit for testing output pins, solder up an LED with the proper resistor value and plug it into a two-pin female header. 45-Degree Stop Block Using Spray Paint to Mark Cut Lines Using Rubber Bands as Clamps
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Sheetmetal Brake More progress. I now have dueling projects. I need to finish this one to make the housing for the spot welder.The hinge pin is a 1/2" shoulder bolt with a 3/8" x 16 thread into the steel arm. It's designed to clamp in a vice. Makes for easy storage. Next to the paint shop!