Last thing you made? [Archive]

13579

02-07-2009, 08:30 PM

As the title states, what was the last (Few?) thing(s) you have made/half-assed together?

Last thing I did was attach a piece of plexi-glass to the tilt/stand of a broken LCD monitor, then attached a P4 motherboard to it. Tis' now sitting on my desk, acting as a test/linux machine.

Mantikore

02-09-2009, 03:24 AM

i modified my N64 joystick to last longer

Razor

02-09-2009, 05:09 AM

Just sewed my pants back together with dental floss and combined the two halves of my former belt with cable ties. :)

RDProgrammer

02-09-2009, 06:28 AM

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02-09-2009, 06:29 AM

made a clock:)

13579

02-09-2009, 07:38 AM

Made lots of little thins like power testers for PSUs. Love taking stuff apart and re purposing the parts. Although my DIY might not be hitting many huge projects, I am always tweaking the things I have

RDP

Reminds me, I need to make one of those PSU testers on your website. At school I had to hook up and test 30+ of them, and about 1/3 were dead.

MunkeyQ

02-09-2009, 09:21 AM

I haven't made anything at uni yet as right now I don't have the time, and there's better things to do. Like drunkeness.

Anyway, the last thing I made was a pair of Gainclone monoblock amps with snubberised power supplies. Nice and cheap, with a good amount of power and transparency for a simple chip-amp.

My current DIY "project" is a faulty Citronic PA amp for a friend's band, which just quit working in the middle of a gig. Always bring a backup amp! It's got a triac on the output to crowbar the thing when it kicks out too much DC. I tested the triac and it was faulty, so I replaced it...and it blew again. I'm thinking one transistor blew and the waterfall effect took out the rest. The fan's thermostat is meant to close at 60C, but it seems intermittent so my guess is that the 'stat didn't click on, the heatsink overheated, the weakest transistor blew, the rest of the output devices blew to the strain and then the triac crowbarred the output to prevent the speakers from smokin'.

HLC

02-12-2009, 05:22 AM

made me a river-runner

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/house1.jpg

Also made me a new GIF

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/HLCGif1.gif

I'm working on a briefcase computer, but aint got no pics.

Mantikore

02-12-2009, 06:49 AM

I'm working on a briefcase computer, but aint got no pics.

you should try making a laptop gun :)

NaiveMonarch

02-12-2009, 07:22 AM

Modified a crack lighter to make a cool foot long flame.
Ran out of butane and took the piezo crystal out to zap people with.
No drugs, so bored.

Irukanji

02-12-2009, 07:46 AM

Working on nigger rigging an old power supply as a bench power supply, to test fans from old computers, etc, etc.

cacman

02-12-2009, 09:01 AM

blow gun smoke bombs fuse paper condom ballon

MunkeyQ

02-12-2009, 09:16 AM

Working on nigger rigging an old power supply as a bench power supply, to test fans from old computers, etc, etc.
This is good. Computer power supplies are dead handy.

However, if it's a cheaper unit, make sure you put a load resistor across the 5v line. Switching power supplies can go into runaway without a load and blow up their regulation circuit.

HLC

02-12-2009, 04:57 PM

briefcase computer pics:

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/DSCF0098labeledweb.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/DSCF0099largerweb.jpg

The PSU cover is off so I can drill holes through the bottom for securing to the bottom of the briefcase. It will be reinstalled later.
After cutting the DVD/HD cage, the lid will close.
I need to cut holes in the sides for socket access (ps/2 , USB, power cord) etc.
It's pretty simple to do.
Along the lines of the guy who made a computer in his desk drawer.

Yeah, I know it's a ghetto laptop, but I need to use up some of my extra computer parts someway.

HLC

BreadAndButter

02-15-2009, 07:00 AM

i modified my N64 joystick to last longer

go on.....

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/DSCF0098labeledweb.jpg

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/DSCF0099largerweb.jpg

Also that's the most ghetto thing I think I may have ever seen...

Ford Prefect

02-15-2009, 10:46 AM

made me a river-runner

http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g266/totse006/house1.jpg

Fuck, that's awesome. Do you live in it?

HLC

02-17-2009, 03:54 AM

Fuck, that's awesome. Do you live in it?

Of course.

and yes, I know it looks like the ideal lifestyle, but on the down side, it makes posting timely responses on zoklet tough, as I have to happen upon a wifi hot spot for internet access.

Ford Prefect

02-17-2009, 06:30 AM

Of course.

and yes, I know it looks like the ideal lifestyle, but on the down side, it makes posting timely responses on zoklet tough, as I have to happen upon a wifi hot spot for internet access.

Shiiit, you've inspired me. I've always planned on living in a boat but I frankly never thought to build my own.

Summer project fo sho.

graphite

02-17-2009, 11:29 PM

Made a cupholder for my bike out of a water bottle and zip ties.

Modified a green laser from ebay and subsequently damaged it.

Modified my xbox 360 cable to be a VGA cable, not quite complete it's ugly as hell.

A few years ago I took a usb game controller and arcade buttons and joystick, did some soldering and mapped it all to the point of the board of the controller and threw it in a box for a mamecade. It all works, though I have been meaning to build a smaller, better looking (as in not 3/4" MDF scraps) box for it for ages.

Made a few led flashlights.

And a whole lot of shit I can't remember.

Fool's Gold Mouthpiece

02-17-2009, 11:41 PM

Steampunk lamp. I haven't done any real electronics in about a year... there's half an alarm clock lying around I should try and finish.

zuperxtreme

02-17-2009, 11:42 PM

Lots of shit.

IR sensor
Variable power supply
Simple alarm
Lots of things in Flash( here's a recent one: http://spamtheweb.com/ul/upload/170209/82917_tower_defence.php (yes, I know it's not working right)
Uh.. I don't know. Can't remember anything more right now.

cyco

02-17-2009, 11:45 PM

hmm the last thing i build was a tennis ball morter out of ducktape, 3 cans and tin snips... now my neighbors are pissed off just a bit more ;) lol

InspiredByMe

02-17-2009, 11:50 PM

i didn't make it but I burnt out the capacitor on a laser pointer and rigged it to use triple A batteries instead of those button cells i hate those things

Dr rocker

02-18-2009, 09:01 PM

A cold frame to grow plants in. Used 2x2, only had 2" screws and made it up as I went along, measuring by sight and feel. Told myself -again- to draw a rough plan and make the thing down to the mil, but it turned right in the end.

smitty

02-19-2009, 04:52 AM

A large office building.

Death Snuggle

02-22-2009, 06:58 PM

Um... The last real project was this electric spark lighter that I converted into a mini stash container. I made it out of that lighter and a pop can. It's not really anything special but quite handy when put to use in bad situations. It only looks stock upon first glance, but it just looks broken otherwise.

ytter_man

02-23-2009, 11:53 PM

I assembled some model railroad car kits.

From raw castings:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/deathshelper1/layout%20and%20trains/skeleton%20cars/IMG_0153.jpg

To painted, finished product:

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg107/deathshelper1/layout%20and%20trains/skeleton%20cars/IMG_0205.jpg

They're replicas of log hauling cars.

alex333

02-24-2009, 02:48 AM

the last thing i made was love.

seriously though, the last thing i made was an oak end table. it actually came out pretty nice. before that it was a jewelry box for my little sisters b-day present.

rustyshackleford420

02-24-2009, 02:59 AM

A bong out of a water bottle, trumpet mouthpiece, and part of the ipod headphones as the screen.

Anal Assassin

03-01-2009, 02:06 AM

Lately i've putting together ipod parts from old broken 5th generation ipods. I had a 60 gb working perfectly with rockbox last week, but it was glitching so I tried giving it another shot at fixing it one last time on sunday night and screwed up the battery cable. Yesterday I put a 30 GB battery with a fresh cable, and it worked for about an hour until it fucked up again. Now i am waiting on another two broken ipods from my friend, hoping that I will get a working 60gb battery and hopefully a new main board with a working middle button. I'm too lazy to wait on parts from ebay.

LumpySnake

03-02-2009, 12:31 AM

A Base Station Antenna for my CB radio.

I Go into more detail about it here (http://bbs.zoklet.net/showthread.php?p=198986#post198986).

mr.blunt

03-02-2009, 12:58 AM

Last big thing I made, some small shacks in the forest for woodball.

Last minor thing I made, a sandwich.

Paco

03-02-2009, 01:03 AM

a lock pick set out of 2 hair pins, a paper clip and a pen... it works but id much rather have real picks so i plan on making those ones in DIY

BananaFuck

03-02-2009, 10:54 PM

SHARP

03-10-2009, 07:04 PM

I can't remember if it was a cigarette lighter that can spray out a jet of whatever liquid you fill it with, or if it was an engraving machine, but one of those, I think...

Marijuanasaurus

03-14-2009, 06:14 PM

actually im working on a triangular firepit right now
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x2/miroba/downsized_0314091126.jpg

LumpySnake

03-15-2009, 12:31 AM

actually im working on a triangular firepit right now
http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x2/miroba/downsized_0314091126.jpg

aww man i liked the original thing you made. :p

Marijuanasaurus

03-15-2009, 06:06 PM

aww man i liked the original thing you made. :p

http://tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:-9wRsa4k0ziWcM:http://inventorspot.com/files/images/DogPoopILOVEU.img_assist_custom.jpg

psycho_8b

03-15-2009, 11:54 PM

Tore my PSP apart, sprayed it, airbrushed a design on the back, re-assembled it, works fine.

The design on the back could have been better but I was getting itchy without it so I rushed it a bit.

mr.blunt

03-16-2009, 05:19 AM

Threw this together the other day, and it hits like a champ, so I'm a little proud of it, and I'm high as hell after hitting it, so it's worth the post.

It's just made out of some dollar store st. patrick's day novelty beer cup, and we just cut a little of the top, threw on the energy drink ashcatcher and it was good to go, took twenty minutes max.

Closeup:
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/jesusmcfuck/Snapshot_20090316.jpg?t=1237181979

Farther away, next to a lighter:
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn134/jesusmcfuck/Snapshot_20090316_1.jpg?t=1237181996

Yeah they're kind of bad pictures, but it's too late to bother with that shit.