20 Bikes You Can Make Yourself
Sick of your plain and boring bike? Have a couple of old bikes just waiting to be turned into a glorious bike monster you can make yourself? We've got you covered. This guide will help get you inspired...
View ArticleDIY Music Projects
"DIY Music Projects" gives you the complete step-by-step instructions for 11 different fun music inspired projects. Make musical underwear, a musical greeting card, a sound bracelet and much more. All...
View ArticleMake a Steampunk Keyboard - Win Guy Style!
~ An entry The Winner in the Steampunk Weekly Challenge! See it here: (Link) ~ Greetings, my kind fellows, and Welcome to my brief (Sarcasm alert!) tutorial on how to construct a Steampunk Keyboard -...
View ArticleHow to make your own magnetic construction set
You love Lego? You like Knex? You love Bucky Balls? You like barbecue bamboo sticks? Well put that all together and you get "magnetic construction set" made with sugru! The idea is very simple : add a...
View ArticleSafety pin Bracelet!!!!
To make this u'll need: large safety pins - 70 (approx) lots of small beads elastic cords - 2 By: Nicole_DavidContinue Reading »
View ArticleCarpenter Bee Trap, Large Version
These traps catch carpenter bees that want to attack my wooden house. The first photo shows the assembled trap, the second shows the trap in place with a bee in the capture jar. To see my related...
View ArticleParacord Monkey Fist
The Monkey Fist knot has a long history since 1800's, main purpose as a weight at the end of a rope or just for decorative use. The monkey fist was also used as a melee weapon among sailors and...
View ArticleMaking sound (noise) machines
As a part of being an artist in residence at Instructables, I took it upon myself to build of couple of noise machines / music boxes. My interest lies in designing objects that would enable people to...
View ArticleMatrix sound machine: Generative music with a particle system
This project is a part of experiments done while doing an artist in residence at Instructables. You can see the other projects here. Creating emergent patterns that can be converted into sounds...
View ArticleThermoelectric Fan Powered by a Candle
A Thermoelectric generator powered by a tealight. It started as an experiment of how much power I could get from one candle. But I liked the idea and it worked really well so I built this...
View ArticleDIY Wood Stove Fan for under $50
So I bought an EcoFan for a friend and decided that it was a cool concept and built one from scratch. The fan gets its power from a peltier element that is used in reverse, i.e. it is generating...
View ArticleBike Taxidermy Wall Hangers.
Here is how I made some bike taxidermy wall hooks from dead bike parts and wood. I am now aware that Picasso made it first thanks to it being pointed out to me several times, I am sure he wouldn't mind...
View ArticleBike seat chain lock (that doesn't look stupid)
I've seen lots of bike seat locks made from bike chains that look stupid - they're giant loops of bike chain haphazardly looped around the seat rail and the bike frame that flap in the wind....
View ArticleDIY 0$ Bike Fender
Hello!! It's my 1st instructable. Every part and tool for this instructable I've found at home. That's why it cost 0$. By: StasinGContinue Reading »
View ArticleHow to make a "high-rider" Tall Bike
Tall Bikes are a form of modified transportation that can be personalized by your choice of assemblage and bicycle selection. This particular style we call the "high-rider" for it's large front fork...
View ArticleBike Turn Signal & Brake Light Handlebars
This project was inspired by a very cool kickstarter called Helios Bars. Essentially what this project does, is put an arduino, LEDs, and buttons into your bike handlebars. The LEDs can be used as turn...
View Articlerefurbish a bike saddle with leather
Oddly if you want an hard bike saddle you have to spend more money than for a soft one... also leather saddles are very expensive. In this instructable I'll show you how to refurbish an old saddle into...
View ArticleApartment PVC Bike Rack
For my apartment I needed a rack to keep my bike upright and off the walls. Nothing can be permanent in my apartment so I built a portable rack from PVCBy: fuego316Continue Reading »
View ArticleDIY Bike Fenders
For the most part, I enjoy fiddling with bikes more than riding them. I'm really a big baby and I hate riding up hills. That being said, a bike is a great thing to have when you need to get across...
View ArticleMagnetic Bike Chain Bracelet
This is a great looking bracelet made out of Bicycle Chain that serves a dual purpose! It has tiny magnets glued to it so that you can use it as a parts holder. Never loose those little parts again!...
View ArticlePVC Bike Repair Stand
A simple to build, easy to use, inexpensive, sturdy bike stand. Can be made with a few tools you probably already own. Parts can be purchased at any home supply or hardware store. My parts at Home...
View ArticleCreate your own Y-Parametric table - More artistic furnishings!
This is my second single sheet plywood furniture instructable! If you missed the first, the Fishbone chair, please check it out! This too I made at the Techshop! This was another instance of me...
View ArticleMake a Thumb Piano (Mbira)
This is a basic guide for building a Thumb Piano, or Mbira. They have been made for centuries all over Africa (and a few other places) and vary a lot in shape, size and sound. They belong to a group of...
View ArticlePipe table lamp with cement base
Based on a few other designs I've seen, I made this table lamp out of galvanized pipe, with a cement base and an embedded switch. The shade is also homemade from a couple of wooden embroidery hoops...
View ArticleDIY Wall Pop Art
Do you have a big wall in your house that could use a POP of ART?How about one that can be changed to say whatever you want it to?You can make your own wall-sized, customizable pop art by following the...
View ArticleRec-liner long wheel base recumbent
This is my first Instructable so we'll see how it goes. I want to document the construction of my recumbent bicycle, herein after referred to as the Rec-liner, or more probably just the bike. The bike...
View ArticleFoldable bike cart (carrito plegable para bici)
Hace un tiempo, durante mis paseos en bicicleta para quemar glucosa, se me ocurrió que me vendría bien tener un remolque para poder levantar algunas cosas que suelo encontrar tiradas en la calle. Por...
View ArticleVisualizing Sound With Fluids
After a brief foray into the realm of visualizing sound through fire I decided to head in the other direction and watch vibrations propagate through some different kinds of fluids. I used water and a...
View ArticleHow to Listen to Light
The human eye cannot discern flicker with a frequency greater than roughly 30 Hz. A light turning on and off faster than this does not appear to be turning on and off. Instead it appears to have a...
View ArticleBuilding the Blinquencer- a light controlled random music box
This Instructable will show you how to build a Blinquencer- a semi-random optical melody generator that uses three blinking LEDs shining on a pair of light dependent resistors to control the pitch of...
View ArticleFreeform Mini CRT Sculpture
Camcorders (those bulky things that dads used for recording birthdays in the '80s and '90s) are all but obsolete these days thanks to smart phones. That doesn't mean they're totally useless though....
View ArticleBinary Clock V1.0
Everybody loves binary clocks, especially the nerdy makers like me. In this instructable I will show you, how you can make your own binary clock using off-the-shelf and perfboard modules.I was not...
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