TEARING DOWN THE boss PHONE
poke around enough on AliExpress, Alibaba, and especially Taobao—the Chinese facing site that’s increasingly being used by Westerners to find hard to source parts—and you’ll come across some interesting things. The Long-CZ J8 is one of those, it’s 2.67 inch long and weighs just 0.63 ounces, and it’s built in the form factor of a…
TRANSPARENT 3D PRINTING?
transparent plastic is nothing new. However, 3D prints are usually opaque or–at best–translucent. [Thomas Sanladerer] wanted to print something really transparent. He noticed that Colorfabb had an article about printing transparent pieces with their HT filament. [Thomas] wanted to try doing the same thing with standard (and cheaper) PETG, which is chemically similar to the…
AMSTRAD IPOD SHUFFLE TAPE DRIVE
[sbeam] was truly thrilled about his most current acquisition: an Amstrad CPC 464. This design has a tape deck instead of a floppy drive. sbeam had no method of transferring software application on his computer to the Amstrad. He looked around as well as discovered the PlayTZX tool. PlayTZX reads a .tzx tape backup as…
THE best photo booth FOR really small stuff
[Doog] builds plastic models, and like anybody who makes really small stuff, he needed a good photo booth to show off his wares and techniques. He was working with the very common ‘poster board and work light’ setup we’ve all put together, but after photoshopping seam lines one too numerous times, he chose to upgrade…
CUBE 3D PRINTER HACK lets YOU utilize bulk FILAMENT
[Chris Nafis] crunched the numbers and found out he could get filament for his 3D printer in bulk for about one-fifth the cost of the cartridges the company sells. This led him to print a feeder for his Cube 3D printer. We’re skeptical about the Cube 3D printer’s cartridges. They include a spool of filament,…
HIGH speed photography WITH FRIGGIN’ LASERS
[Bruce] built his own high-speed photography equipment for a fraction of the price it would have cost him to purchase it. He was inspired by a pal who showed him some example images. He headed into his shop and built an Arduino-based high-speed flash controller. To capture an image like this one the cam is…