Extraordinary Projects for Ordinary People
Do-It-Yourself Ideas from the People Who Actually Do Them
Published on 21. November 2012
480 pages
978-1-5107-2018-3 (ISBN)
Description
Collected in this volume is a best-of selection from Instructables, reproduced for the first time outside of the web format, retaining all of the charm and ingenuity that make Instructables such a popular destination for internet users looking for new and fun projects designed by real people in an easy-to-digest way.
Hundreds of Instructables are included, ranging from practical projects like making a butcher block counter top or building solar panels to fun and unique ideas for realistic werewolf costumes or transportable camping hot tubs. The difficulty of the projects ranges from beginner on up, but all are guaranteed to raise a smile or a ?Why didn't I think of that??
Numerous full-color pictures accompany each project, detailing each step of the process along the way. It's an invitation to try a few yourself, and once you're done, see if you don't have a couple of ideas to share at Instructables.com.
Hundreds of Instructables are included, ranging from practical projects like making a butcher block counter top or building solar panels to fun and unique ideas for realistic werewolf costumes or transportable camping hot tubs. The difficulty of the projects ranges from beginner on up, but all are guaranteed to raise a smile or a ?Why didn't I think of that??
Numerous full-color pictures accompany each project, detailing each step of the process along the way. It's an invitation to try a few yourself, and once you're done, see if you don't have a couple of ideas to share at Instructables.com.
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Extraordinary Projects for Ordinary People
Do-It-Yourself Ideas from the People Who Actually Do Them
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Instructables.com is a bona fide Internet sensation, a web-based community of motivated do-it-yourselfers who contribute invaluable how-to guides to the site on a wide range of topics, from gardening and home repair to recipes to gadgets that defy categorization. The site hosts more than 100,000 projects. More than 15 million people visit the site each month, leaving comments and suggestions on the ever-growing list of do-it-yourself projects.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Contents
- Home Improvement
- Making a Motorized Secret Entrance
- How to Build an Earthbag Dome
- Automated Pop-up Kitchen Spice Rack
- How to Build an Octagonal Deck
- Air-Powered Star Trek Style Door
- Make a Hardwood Floor that Looks 3D from Your OWN Trees
- Tech
- Cloning Sheep
- The Droidalyzer-An Open Source, Bluetooth Alcohol Detector Accessory for Android Phones
- Candied LEDs
- Aurora 9x18 RGB LED Art
- Interactive LED Table
- Digital Window Sticker (Arduino Controlled)
- Clap-Off Bra
- Turn Signal Bike Jacket
- HDDJ: Turning an Old Hard Disk Drive into a Rotary Input Device
- 1300 Lumen Bike Light
- The Eyewriter 2.0
- Ride
- Side by Side Bicycle
- 10 HP Hovercraft
- Gravity Bike
- Drainage Luge
- Popsicle Stick Longboard Deck
- Pencil Bike
- Tall Amphibious Couchbike
- Robots
- Tree Climbing Robot
- Groovin' Grover: A Microcontroller-Based Marionette
- Build A Mobile Bar-BaR2D2
- Build an Autonomous Wall-E Robot
- Clocks
- The Wordclock Grew Up!
- Lantern Clock
- Lunchtime Clock
- Linear Clock
- Computer
- Vintage Radio Computer Tower
- Privacy Monitor Hacked from an Old LCD Monitor
- How to Build Your Own USB Keylogger
- USB Typewriter
- Mineral Oil Submerged PC
- Mouse Mouse!
- Duct Tape 20-Sided Computer Server
- Art
- Projection Bombing
- Giant Squid Sculpture
- Electro-Graf
- Spin Painting Wheel
- Building a Ship in a Bottle.
- Steampunk Goggles:
- Green
- The Algae Experiment: How to Build Your Own Algae Photo-Bioreactor
- Convert your Honda Accord to Run on Trash
- Solar Powered Trike
- Make Your Own Biodiesel Processor
- Solar Kiln
- How I Built an Electricity-Producing Wind Turbine
- Plastic Smithing: How To Make Your Own HDPE Plastic Anything (DIY Plastic Lumber)
- Building a Vertical Axis Wind Turbine ( VAWT )
- Science
- Star Map
- Homebuilt 6" F15 Refractor and Mount
- Air Quality Balloons
- Giant Fresnel Lens Deathray: An Experiment in Optics
- The Rubens' Tube: Soundwaves in Fire!
- Build a 15,000 rpm Tesla Turbine Using Hard Drive Platters
- Tools
- Pocket Laser Engraver
- Revive Old Nicad Batteries by Zapping Them with a Welder
- Mini Metal Lathe
- Make a Good, Cheap, Upgradeable Sheet Plastic Vacuum Former
- Converting an Inkjet Printer to Print PCBs
- The Smallest Workshop in the World
- Food
- Bacon Roses
- Rubik's Battenburg Cake
- Tooth Cupcakes
- Bowl of Worms, Anyone?
- Chocolate Nut Assortment
- LeGummies Brick-Shaped Gummy Candies
- Lactofermented Granola
- Quilt Cookies
- Furnish
- Rubik's Cube Chest of Drawers
- Building a Dump Truck Bed
- High Functioning Coat Hooks
- The Micro-Bus Bunk Bed and Playhouse
- Mason Jar Candle Chandeliers
- Moresque Lampe
- Adjustable Modular Furniture
- Wine Barrel Beer Table
- Bottle Cap Table with Poured Resin Surface
- Compass Table
- Tennis Ball Chair
- Pacman Pouf
- Skateboard Table
- Nine Square Chair
- Photography
- Super Awesome Digi-Cinema Camera Rigs
- Budget Launch: Aerial Video Balloon
- Time Lapse Dolly
- How to Make a Snorricam
- Digital Holga
- Laser Triggered High Speed Photography
- Crafts
- Quilted Mad Tea Party Set
- Carving a Lattice and Acanthus Pattern on an Emu Egg Shell
- Making a Custom Platinum Diamond Engagement Ring
- Conductive Fabric: Make Flexible Circuits Using An Inkjet Printer
- Identity Preserving Balaclava
- Rhino Trophy Head
- Nickel Ring/Pendant
- How to Make a Brass Bird Cage Dress
- Tatted Mask
- DIY Cufflinks
- Costumes
- Fully Functional Camera Costume
- Full-Size Power Loader Costume from Aliens
- Inspector Gadget Costume with Motorized Helicopter
- [Real Life] Big Head Mode
- Werewolf Costume
- Can Suit
- Catahedron Costume
- The Ultimate T-Rex Costume
- Games
- USB Biofeedback Game Controller
- DIY Android Ball Maze-An Introduction to the Android ADK
- LED Pinball Coffee Table
- How to Build an Arduino Powered Chess Playing Robot
- Magnetic Acrylic Rubik's Cube
- Giant NES Controller
- Fun
- Gigantic Bubble Generator
- Iron Man Model Rocket
- Magnetic Silly Putty
- Build a Net Gun
- Giant Match
- Home Snowmaker / Snowgun
- Make a Vacuum-Cleaner Bazooka
- Kinetic Marble Track
- Wood-Fired Ocean Hot Tub
- Flamethrowing Jack-O'-Lantern
- Sound
- Build Your Own Marimba and Wrap Your Own Mallets!
- The Homewrecker
- How to Build Custom Speakers
- Suitcase Picnic Table and Speaker System
- A Carbon Fibre Violin I Made from Scratch
- Building my First Bass Guitar
- Build a Fiberglass Subwoofer, Start to Finish
- Tree Speakers
