Joshua Van Horsen says, “Ever notice the Appearance palette in Adobe Illustrator, and moments before closing it, wonder what it was used for? Well, your questions have been answered. This tutorial covers the basics of the appearance palette, and the secret powers it holds.” Link.

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Stormdrane writes -

This tutorial will show how to make a paracord bracelet with a side release buckle. When made on a larger scale, you can make this for use as a dog or cat collar as well.

Paracord bracelet with a side release buckle - Link.

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this hand gun has a 30-40 foot rang, is 11 inches long and very accurate





The Barrle



You will need

2 long gray rods

8 yellow connectors

18 white circles

1 white rod

1 orange connector

2 gray connectors







Put the 8 yellow connectors on the 2 gray rods

Then put 7 white circles on the gray rods

Then the trigger, 1 orange peace and 1 white rod

Then put 11 more white circles on the gray rods

Then put 1 gray connector at the end or the gray rods

You are finished the barrel it should look like the photo above











Handle X2



You will Need 3 yellow rods

3 Orange connectors

10 spacers

The photo above should be able to help you put it together





Firing Pin



You will need 1 gray rod

1 orange connector

1 peace of tape

The photo will help you put i…


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This is my second instructable that I learned in science class a few months ago. It is cool because after a few steps you can crush a can faster than you can blink.





Things you Need



The Things you Need.



. A can…



. A stove,or bunsen burner. (some kind of heat source that can boil water)



. Tongs (to hold the can while heating it).



.A bowl (to fill with water)



. Water (room temperature water to fill the can with, and cool water to fill the bowl with)





Let’s get Started!



Okay, here we go. First fill a bowl with cold water, then fill your can about 1/6th of the way full with room temperature water. Next, using the tongs hold the can over your heat source until you can see well defined steam rising from the drinking hole. Last step, …


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Chuck writes -

My GPS Chimes are wind chimes that are triggered by an individual’s proximity to a given location — networked via GPS, cellphone and the internet. Think of it as mile-wide radius around the wind chimes, where my networked presence and GPS location (via Mologogo) send a virtual breeze to announce my travel home.

Gravity Monkey - Link & photos.

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From Pearson’s Magazine -January 1901, notes by Ralph Grasso and Joseph Svinth -

Self-defence with a Walking-stick: The Different Methods of Defending Oneself with a Walking-Stick or Umbrella when Attacked under Unequal Conditions (PartI):

It must be understood that the new art of self-defence with a walking-stick, herewith introduced for the first time, differs essentially from single-stick or sword-play; for a man may be a champion in the use of sword or single-stick [EN2] and yet be quite unable to put a walking-stick to any effective use as a weapon of defence. The simple and sufficient reason to account for this is that both in single-stick and sword-play a cut is always taken up by the hilt of the weapon, whereas if you attempted to guard a blow with a walking-stick — which has no hilt — in the same way as you would with a sword, the blow would slide down your stick onto your hand and disable you. Therefore, in order to make a stick a real means of self-defence, it has been necessary to devise a system by which one can guard a blow in such a way as to cause it to slide away from the hand instead of toward it, and thus obviate the risk of being disarmed by being hit upon the fingers.

JNC, Barton-Wright, Self Defence with a cane part 1 - [via] Link & more.

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Jonah Brucker-Cohen is working on a project that turns your Wifi Router into a modem-sounding reminder of the 80s/90s -

Forward Compatible (FC) is a parasitic object meant to be attached to a Wi-Fi or fixed network router. The device monitors network traffic and when packets are sent, they are converted to audio, in the form of a 2400 baud modem dialing up and connecting, and played through the device’s on-board speakers. The focus of the project is to historically inform the way we think about network connectivity in public spaces by disrupting the supposed serenity of modern technology with a reminder of the past. FC is the first of several parasitic network devices I am currently working on.

:::::___coin-operated.com___::::: - Link.

Related:
Yikes, this sound gives me chills, back when SEARS was an ISP - Link.

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Chris sent in his Radio Controlled Tank that is controlled by a SparkFun BlueSmirf module. Anyone interested in the plans to build your own?
Update: Chris provided a link with more details.

“I made the chassis completely out of a sheet of brushed alu. It uses the Tamiya twin motor gearbox, a PCB of my own design, […]

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Christy of Neither Hip Nor Funky sends us her freezer paper stencil tutorial and add some of her own tips to this cool new technique. Link.

Related:

• MAKE - Make T-Shirt Stencils from Freezer Paper - Link.
• MAKE - Weekend Projects: DIY T-Shirt Designs - Link.

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Goodness, this is incredible -

How about a “Sauron’s Eye” for your car? My wooden counterweight is on fire here at the top of the coil. It’s quite safe to be in the car although my son was apprehensive. This was a hire car (as I don’t own one) and it still works. I did get extra insurance “in case”.

Tesla_coil_sparks - [via] - Link.

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