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Home-made Sun Jar
A solar-powered LED lighted cookie jar reminiscent of the Sun Jar designed by Tobias Wong."Jam jars store jam, the Sun jar collects and stores sunshine so that you can use it at night."Pass around the...
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Plastic Hanger CamelBak Dryer
After finding my CamelBak bladder rust stained from the metal coat hanger I previously used to dry it, I thought there had to be a better way. I thought I remembered a site where somebody modified a...
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RV Stabilizer Rods
I don't know if we are just abnormally heavy, or our fifth wheel trailer is built strange, or we're not setting it up correctly, but every step my wife and I took inside would rock the entire camper....
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DIY light saber for
Light Saber is retailing at s$49 in the department mall ,OG for $49.90. Replica's can be sourced at $8.90 from tom&stepanie, but the make is really flimsy. Here is my how-to's to get a light...
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Non Soldering Solar Lantern
Outdoor solar lighting has become extremely popular in the past few years, yet how many people do you know that can explain how it works? Luckily solar is a super simple power source which we can use...
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$4 Solar Battery Charger
When I got into electrical circuits and solar power, the first thing I wanted to do was build a little solar powered battery charger. Only I had a heck of a time trying to find a simple and straight...
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Replace your 1141/1156 12v Automotive/RV lights with these easy to build LED...
Incentive: Our RV uses 4 x 1141 lights for interior lighting. At ~ 18w / 1.5A each, I wanted to upgrade to energy efficient LED equivalent to prolong battery life. Here's how to make 5 for the...
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Ikea dioder expansion hack for everyone
Well i have read all the other ikea hacks involving programing boards and soldering and it looks far to complicated to achieve something i can do simply buy buying a pricier controller. however on the...
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Ikea Jansjo Lamp 12 Volt Hack
After easily converting an Ikea Dioder LED lamp to run off the 12V battery in my camper van I decided to make a return trip to Ikea to find a reading light to put above my bed. I didn't realize until I...
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LED Light
This is a KS4 Engineering project that my year 10's do (14 year olds). It gives the students choice and the opportunity to work creatively. The outcome is a quality product that works well, most...
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Build LED Glow Tubing
I love LED's and am always looking to use them in new ways. Especially for cool effects. I found a great way to couple a blue LED into 1/4 inch tubing. Then by filling the tubing with fluorescent...
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Simple squeeze led flashlight
Nearly 200 years ago Michael Faraday has discovered electromagnetic induction. A changing magnetic field produces an electric field in a coil. Today, there is a simple way to gain electricity from a...
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LED Disco Light in a Jar!
This one of my entries for the Let It Glow! Contest. Here is a nice, simple instructable for anyone just starting out with LEDs, soldering and electronics. It uses basic parts, with no mucking about...
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Make Your Own Desktop LED Lamp
Desktop lamps are very useful and present in every person's house. People use them for reading and studying. CFL lamps are the most commonly used table lamps but the problem with them is that they take...
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Powered Table For Recliner
I wanted a table on my recliner so I decided to add one to it. After I got it on I decided that i was just too inconvenient to always have to lift it up to sit down so I took it one step further with...
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Smart Thermostat
In this instructable we look at how to build a Smart Thermostat. What makes this thermostat so smart you ask? Here is a list of some of its smart features: It can be controlled by your Android device,...
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Cold Smoker from Cocktail Shaker
If you're like me, you are tall, dark and handsome, and have a thirst for bacon! Here is a quick, easy and cheap way to generate cold smoke for makin' bacon, smoked cheese, eggs, or for smoking your...
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Complete DIY Raspberry Pi Weather Station with Software
Back in late February I saw this post on the Raspberry Pi site. http://www.raspberrypi.org/school-weather-station-...They had created Raspberry Pi Weather Stations for Schools. I totally wanted one!...
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Arduino Controlled CNC / 3D Printer Hybrid
Mother Nature Makes ... We Build. BuildersBot Fuses 3D Printing & CNC Milling Into One Builder’s Dream "3dprintingindustry.com"The BuilderBot is an Open Design machine, that uses Open Software and...
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How to make a Green Lantern ring- including a glowing version!
Here's how to make your own resin cast Green Lantern ring.This a complete overhaul of my original instructable on how to make a Green Lantern ring, which previously only showed how a cast sterling...
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