Microwave ovens are a gold mine of useful parts that can be salvaged and reused in other projects. However, they also contain components that can cause serious harm if handled incorrectly. Let's safely disassemble this one I found abandoned at the side of the road and harves...
The Beetlebot is a classic DIY robot by Jérôme Demers. It doesn’t use any complicated electronics and can be built from parts you probably already have lying around. Rather than relying on transistors or integrated circuits to navigate, this design uses nothing more than a p...
After converting my old phone to run without a battery, I needed to find a use for it. Smart displays seem to be quite popular these days, so I thought I’d try and make one! Tidying it up Before I could do anything, I needed turn my setup into something more permanent. I hou...
My old Pixel 3a has been sitting in a drawer gathering dust for a while now, which feels like a bit of a shame. Yes it’s sluggish, the battery life is awful, and owning a phone with only one rear camera is crime in today's society. But it’s still a functioning computer - one...
Inspired by a video I saw over on Atomic Shrimp, I wanted to have a go at some simple metal casting. No doubt one of the easiest ways to do this is by using the lost wax method: a process that involves making a wax model of the desired object, encasing it in a material such ...
About a year ago I resolved to take a picture at the same time each day for the whole of 2022, and stitch them together into a timelapse. Setup As I didn't have a dedicated camera or any special equipment, I couldn't set up anything permanent. I simply marked out a rectangl...
Something I've always wanted is a framed butterfly to hang on my wall. I see them fairly often in antique shops, usually with eye-watering price tags attached. I simply can't take the DIY route and murder a butterfly in cold blood, so instead I've been reduced to scanning ro...
