As we near the end of this pandemic and things start going back to normal, there are few things I’m definitely going to miss. I’ll miss staying indoors for weeks and weeks. I’ll miss not caring about how I look as no one but my immediate family gets to see me. But most of all, I’ll miss wasting mindless hours buying stuff online I don’t even need. Caught smack dab in the middle of COVID-19 last year, Bobby Duke fell into the same trap I did: Amazon online shopping. With so many cardboard boxes around and the number of activities he could do at home dwindling each day, he came…
The thing I love most about pizza is how you can literally put anything on it and it will still be a pizza. The worst thing about pizza? Making it. With no culinary expertise whatsoever, your entire pizza crust could end up as undesirable as the cornicione; not to mention the mess and the effort of assembling the pizza itself! So, it’s really a relief we have pizza delivery. Despite living in Brooklyn, New York where pizza parlors are everywhere, inventor Joseph Herscher of Joseph’s Machines decided his newest machine would be used to make everyone’s favorite Italian dish: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I85afIyu0IU With a mechanical toy train as the crux, Joseph created…
Normally when you water your plants, you sprinkle them using a garden hose or some kind of water container. That’s for sure… unless you have the time and the vigor to create a hydroelectric dam to make this task more automatic. That’s exactly what the YouTuber known as Construction General did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzG804zrDmQ By scaling down his construction skills and implementing a simple electronic setup, he was able to create a system capable of powering the lights of a (very small) bridge as well as the irrigation system for his plants. Making the Dam As mentioned, this tiny dam was made almost exactly like its bigger counterparts. Using wooden sticks as…
If you break it down to the basics, 3D printing simply involves heating filament and using a bunch of preprogrammed electronics to place it where you want. So, in theory, you can cut out all the complexities by heating the filament and manually spreading it yourself… right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aJDnpeFHaY While 3D printing pens definitely exist, the guys and girls at The King of Random wanted to see if you could repurpose a glue gun to heat up some PLA+ filament and 3D print with it. Right off the bat, you can see the biggest problem of printing with a glue gun: the filament is way too small in diameter to be…
Ah, baseball: one of America’s favorite pastimes. While it is fun tossing the ball of the same namesake around, what really gets the crowd cheering is when someone hits the said ball with a good, solid bat. Though Major League Baseball requires the use of wood bats, lower levels have allowed the aluminum bats to rise in popularity. They’re cheaper, lighter, and have a wider barrel – resulting in faster hits with more frequency. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icvfx9YxsGw But those aluminum bats are hollow. The bat made by Black Beard Projects is solid and is more suited for bludgeoning fruit than hitting a baseball. Start With a Wooden Bat Believe it or not,…
It’s always good to take apart old machinery once it has served its purpose after years of use; especially if you can make something completely new from the scrapped parts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQgkgj93Dwg In one of his videos, Neil from Pask Makes demonstrated how you can make your very own block pane from an old lawn mower blade. With a little grinding and a lot of wood shaping, you can create a tool that lets you shave off wood without the fear of cutting your fingers. Shaping the Metal First thing’s first, you have to cut the lawn mower blade down to a workable size using an angle grinder. Cut the blade…