Mar 31st, 2010

Multi-Color Paracord Can Koozie

Posted by Blogsnapper at 04:03 pm

Ah, Paracord!  The manliest of cordage.  So compact and
tough that it’s the cord of choice for nuts who like jumping out of
airplanes. Looking at the guides available, though, you might start
to think it’s only useful for lanyards and fobs.  Today I’ll show
you the steps to turn it into a …
By: craftydan

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Mar 31st, 2010

Easy Lemon Ginger Marmalade

Posted by Blogsnapper at 04:03 pm

Wendolonia shares her recipe and fantastic photo tutorial to make easy lemon ginger marmalade. When you are finished, you can use her free printable marmalade canning labels. (Thanks Diane!)

Marmaladelabels Wendolonia

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Mar 31st, 2010

Arduino 4 led madness

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

 In this instructables you will learn how to wire 4 LED’S and make
them flash 10 times. This is a great Starter project!! what you will
need… 1: arduino (I am using an Duemilanove) 1: breadboard 4:
LED’s 10-15: jumper wires 3: resistors Adding the LED’s and
Resistors1  First put t…
By: e-revo

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Mar 31st, 2010

Wool/Yarn Spindles and Feed

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

 Hello there~ I recently made up a bunch of spindles for my yarn,
along with a holder for these spindles, so that when I crochet the yarn
comes smoothly and consistently. I thought I would share how to make a
similar one. If you have any questions, just post, I’ll try my best
to clear it up for …
By: ekobor

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Mar 31st, 2010

Profile of master bladesmith Bob Kramer

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

Jerry Bowen, of CBS’s Sunday Morning, visits master bladesmith Bob Kramer. Kramer is one of allegedly only 114 master bladesmiths in the world.

Kramer Knives

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Mar 31st, 2010

How-To: Make a piece of translucent concrete

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This tutorial by Instructables user nepheron shows you how to embed ordered optical fibers in cast cement to produce a small lump of concrete that will transmit light. It’s based on Litracon, a commercial architectural material that, I believe, invented the concept. I’ve been considering a very similar “cast your own translucent cinder-block” type tutorial for the Make: Projects series for some time.

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Mar 31st, 2010

How to Trade Penny Stocks

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

Wondering how to trade penny stocks ? Read this Free Article! In
case you are searching for penny stocks to spend money on, it’s a must
to make some very huge decisions. These are speculative stocks, and if
you happen to make the wrong move on the unsuitable time, you’ll take a
big monetary hit….
By: tradepennystock

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Mar 31st, 2010

DIY bellows to protect your CNC leadscrews

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

Keeping dust and metal shavings out of your CNC machine is vital to it’s proper operation, and what better way to do so then with some homemade bellows? In this video (from way back in 2007!), iXen Yeo explains how to cut and fold your own bellows to make a leadscrew cover for your Sherline mill. The provided templates were designed to fit a Sherline mill, however they should be easy to modify to work with a different machine. [via hackerspaces soup]

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Mar 31st, 2010

April fools prank: a shoey surprise

Posted by Blogsnapper at 03:03 pm

 here’s a prank with 2 different versions that makes a person have
to take more time in the morning changing their socks or buying a new
pair and finding a different pair of shoes or buying some new ones
online and waiting for them to arrive. Materials  the materials
for making persons day go sou…
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Mar 31st, 2010

Free promotional plastic resin sampler puzzle

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I don’t often blog promotional giveaways, but this one is pretty sweet: Minnesota’s Proto Labs offers injection molding in a bunch of different plastics. The really cool part is, if you’re in North America and you register at their site, they’ll send you a free 4×4x4 unit polycube puzzle, with nine pieces, each molded in a different color and from a different polymer resin. There’s green HDPE, white polypropylene, mauve ABS, clear polycarbonate, yellow polycarbonate/ABS blend, orange polyoxymethylene, red polyester, blue nylon, and black glass-filled nylon. And purple horseshoes! I already snagged mine!

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