Man Projects

[kEn_sct]

You're brave

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flamethrower#Private_ownership

yeh probably wasnt too safe. had made it so the flame so it couldnt travel back up the pipe tough. otherwise it would have been more of a bomb.

 

[Stretch]

In 1998, a South African inventor brought the Blaster car mounted flamethrower to market as a security device to defend against carjackers. It has since been discontinued, with the inventor moving on to pocket-sized self-defence flamethrowers.

It's a natural progression

 

[Skeeter]

Cider Press

 

[easyrider]

Home Cinema room?

Car PC?

Phase Change unit?

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

PC radiator/case.

 

[Glaucus]

PC radiator/case.

Hurry up and post some updates..

 

[Monkey Puzzle]

Hurry up and post some updates..

Can't I'm afraid - not working on it atm - will hopefully finish it over two weeks at the end of september.

 

[Mark A]

Built a shed out of a stack of old crates. Recently finished giving my bathroom a full makeover.

 

[Happy]

Can't I'm afraid - not working on it atm - will hopefully finish it over two weeks at the end of september.

Dam... quite a while then

 

[D D Danneh]

How building somethig like this?

That is AWESOME!

 

[p4radox]

I made a potato cannon, and I'm planning an even bigger, better one.

 

[Amp34]

Trebuchet! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thiTa8wfZsc

I was going to suggest one of those. Made one a few years ago (however it was only about 2 ft high) and it's pretty easy, managed to throw a bit of gravel about 12 ft....

Not as manly as Johnny69 and his pulse jet.

But built radio controlled boats and several desks. Oh and a rocket using those model solid rocket fuel motors.
Also designed a rc plane and a computer inside a desk. But funds are a bit low to make them.

Think we should have an OcUK scrapheap challenge team.

How fast were your boats? I built one a few years ago as well out of fibreglass and an electric motor, it wasn't too fast, or particularly stable (no keel). I keep meaning to get a nitro engine and making one around that!

 

[Glaucus]

How fast were your boats? I built one a few years ago as well out of fibreglass and an electric motor,

pretty slow made out of balsa wood. Although a fan powered thing with wings in the water worked pretty well till it flipped.

 

[Zom]

Not really a gadget but how about a pizza oven?

 

[Glaucus]

Not really a gadget but how about a pizza oven?

and a tandoori oven.. If you own a house and if you have a garden. That would be awesome. Or and a self build huge bbq, with lid and spit thingy.

 

[Amp34]

pretty slow made out of balsa wood. Although a fan powered thing with wings in the water worked pretty well till it flipped.

So a cross between a hydrofoil and hovercraft? Sounds interesting, always wanted to build a hovercraft.

All this is making me want to get some built, unfortunately I have the time but no money...

 

[Glaucus]

So a cross between a hydrofoil and hovercraft? Sounds interesting, always wanted to build a hovercraft.

Very much so.
Not the most stable thing though.

 

[RobH]

There are a few websites out there that cater to this sort of thing which I visit daily:

http://blog.makezine.com
http://hackaday.com
http://adafruit.com/blog
http://www.evilmadscientist.com

Videos:

http://makezine.com/tv
http://revision3.com/systm (Discontinued but old episodes are worth checking out)

Also if you like making/building stuff then you'll probably enjoy Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel (and D-MAX), they are quite well known these days.

 

[ShaolinDreams]

build a stairway to heaven and let me know when youre done.

canny think of something to build, erm how about a 'custom manly command centre desk'

 

[Kreeeee]

I do a lot of projects in my free time, such as this:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17994446