supplementary notes

for my benefit

Friday, August 21, 2009

⇒ courtesy of MAKE

Hellraiser Le Merchant box:


DIY Inclinometer:

It measures the inclination using water

Mercury fountain:

quicksilver fascinates me

Beetle shell ceiling:

take a closer look

Amputee Elephant:


one of my favorite sea creatures, in Lego form: Nautilus


Paper carving:



Detonography: Sculpting metal with explosives

"a technique for embossing thick metal plates by blasting them onto a mold with sheets of plastic explosive"

Pitch drop experiment:

need to know: bitumen, started in 1927, eight years for the first drop, about one every 11 years = eight to date

DIY trebuchet bundle:


Willow architecture:


Python in a browser

3D etch a sketch:


NY sand table challenge:


Infernal machine art:


Rare lumber


related:
Shapeways
printing in stainless steel

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