Tag: diy

January 15, 2015 at 10:35 am

Artist Hacks Power Glove Into Coolest Stop Motion Animation Tool Ever

Artist Hacks Power Glove Into Coolest Stop Motion Animation Tool Ever

Dillon Markey, an animator for Robot Chicken and PES, modified a Nintendo Power Glove into the most awesome animation tool ever. Markey also reminisces about the first time he ever saw the Power Glove as a child and the impact it had on him. See below for the classic scene from The Wizard. …

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January 8, 2015 at 3:13 pm

Guy Makes Tron Car Using Reflective Vinyl Tape

Guy Makes Tron Car Using Reflective Vinyl Tape

Reddit user Swagpac_Shakur turned his 2014 Scion FR-S (also known as a Toyota 86 or Subaru BRZ) into a Tron-inspired vehicle using reflective vinyl tape on the car’s lines. The 20-year-old driver says a lot of people in his area of Queensland, Australia have the same car so he wanted to differentiate his from…

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December 30, 2014 at 4:29 pm

Artist Uses PVC Pipes to Knit a Giant Blanket

Artist Uses PVC Pipes to Knit a Giant Blanket

After finding three giant bags of wool at a garage sale, Imgur user and knitter Otterknot decided to make a gigantic knitted blanket, using two huge pieces of PVC pipe for knitting needles. She posted the step-by-step process to Imgur which you can see below. [via Laughing Squid] 1. Getting the right thickness…

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December 22, 2014 at 10:25 am

Master Carver Makes Wooden Pliers with 10 Cuts from a Single Block of Wood

Master Carver Makes Wooden Pliers with 10 Cuts from a Single Block of Wood

David Warther, son of the world’s renown master carver Ernest “Mooney” Warther, shows us how to carve (in 10 cuts!) the famous pliers they give away to all the visiting children to the Warther Museum.

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December 12, 2014 at 2:56 pm

Basement Reno Timelapse: Unfinished to Finished in 60 Seconds

Basement Reno Timelapse: Unfinished to Finished in 60 Seconds

Awesome animated timelapse compresses 2 months of work into 60 seconds. Over 1000 Photoshop layers were cut from 27 panoramic photographs and then compiled and animated in After Effects to create this fascinating project overview.

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December 11, 2014 at 1:40 pm

Glow-in-the-Dark Dining Table Timelapse

Glow-in-the-Dark Dining Table Timelapse

Light up your next dinner party with a table that glows in the dark! You can find the complete step-by-step instructions at Instructables. Photoluminescent (glow) powder mixed with clear casting resin fills the naturally formed voids in this Pecky Cypress hardwood, creating a unique and stunning table. The glow powder charges up in sunlight…

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December 4, 2014 at 6:40 pm

Remove Dents from Wood with an Iron

Remove Dents from Wood with an Iron

Trev25 at Instructables.com has a great step-by-step guide for getting dents out of wood using an iron. Judging from the 100+ comments the life hack is a hit and really works! You can find a summary below. Be sure to check out the original post to read all the tips and feedback from the…

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November 30, 2014 at 5:54 pm

How To Make the World’s Simplest Electric Train

How To Make the World's Simplest Electric Train

All you need is some copper wire, a few magnets a battery and voila! A simple electric train you can make at home. However the best part of this video doesn’t happen until the very end… Best URL ever! Alternatively, you can subscribe to “AmazingScience 君” here.

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November 24, 2014 at 9:36 am

How To Cut Rope Without Scissors or a Knife

How To Cut Rope Without Scissors or a Knife

Learn how to cut rope or string in a pinch when you don’t have any scissors or knives handy. A great life hack trick to help you in an emergency! If you enjoyed this video, you can see many more from Dave Hax on YouTube.

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November 20, 2014 at 3:49 pm

Artist Transforms Kids Drawings Into Plush Toys

Artist Transforms Kids Drawings Into Plush Toys

Wendy Tsao brings kids drawings to life by transforming them into amazing plush toys. Wendy made her first toy (which she calls ‘softies’) back in 2007, based on a self-portrait her 4-year-old son had drawn. On her website Wendy explains: “I am an artist, and I value creativity in all walks of life, including…

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