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Power Wheels Hacks
Everything I've done to an inherited Power Wheels ATV - an 18V drill battery, a PVC trailer hitch, bike tire treads, and a parade float.
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Functional Circuit Board Art
While cleaning up, I came across some hardware that I was sure I wouldn't use in any project. So I decided to make my own bit of circuit board art. My first version was just a simple design that resembled a clock. Which gave me an idea, but I had to find some clock parts to make it work. While I did find a clock that wasn't in use the mechanism was just a tad too big, but I made it work. I think it turned out well. Now it is functional art!
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Office Busy Signal Stoplight
Rebuilding my Dad's old office stoplight with LEDs and an ESP8266, so the kids can tell when I'm busy working from home.
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LED Desk Lamp Hack
Converting a 40W incandescent desk lamp to run on a grid of eight bright white LEDs, using a salvaged transformer.
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Creative Fatal1ty Gaming Headset Hack
I've been using this headset with my Xbox 360 for a while, but running an extension from the end of its cable to my controller was cumbersome.
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My First Car
1980 Mercedes-Benz 300D It was one of those cars you buy from your parents because you don't have any money. Since it was such an old car, it was a collector's item. If only it had been in mint condition, I could have sold or traded it for half the price of a new car. Aside from that, I was fixing this car every week for the first two months I owned it. I really didn't know much about auto repair other than what I learned in my small-engines class in high school. But to me, mechanical systems have a sense of order, and I can generally figure things out. It just takes me longer than someone who has the know-how. Most of the repairs were relatively small, such as leaking vacuum lines and starter problems, among other things. Eventually, it was able to go for a month or two...
