Take a look at my upgraded Stirling Engine with its new gas burner and flywheel! Click here for the full blog post! If you take a look at my previous post you’ll see how I built a 3D printed holder for my Stirling Engine kit. Since I needed a constant heat source I added a small gas burner salvaged from […]
3D printed Stirling Engine Gas Burner Upgrade
3D Printed Stirling Engine Holder
In this article I will show you how I built a 3D printed holder to upgrade my wooden Stirling engine kit. Click here for the full article! I got this Stirling motor set from banggood.com and it costs about 15$. Use this link if you want to take a look! The video above will show you how to assemble the […]
DIY Bluetooth Construction Site Lantern Boombox
This article shows how I built a custom made boombox from an old construction site lantern! Click here for the full post! Let’s start with all the components: One seven segment voltage meter for checking the boombox’s battery (can be found here). One ultra bright 5V 6~8V LED to be added to the lantern’s existing lighting (can be found here). […]
USB LED indicator Power Bank from Laptop Battery
A situation many can relate to: an empty smartphone battery and no outlet around! That’s exactly why I recycled an old laptop battery into an USB power bank. Follow the link for the full article with close ups of the electronics and insights into the building process. This article will show you the basic powerbank circuit consisting of Lithium cell […]
Automated Firecracker Slingshot
Who doesn’t like celebrating new years eve with firecrackers?! But no more numb thumbs from fumbling around with a silly lighter in the cold – the automated firecracker slingshot comes to help! Click here for more. This was a project born out of a long afternoon, spare parts and the will to build something useless but fun: The feeder on […]
Homemade Candy Catapult
In this post I will show you how to build a fun candy catapult! Click here for the tutorial. This project requires basic woodworking skills, so parents help your kids! The first step is gathering all the needed components, tools and materials. You will need the following pieces of wood (all of them have a profile of 48mm*24mm): 4x 44cm […]