I needed a way to tune monitor a washtub bass around other instruments and the mic on my tuner kept picking up the other instruments because they were louder than the bass. Plus, I wanted a way to record from a ukulele that didn’t have a pickup. So, I built a pickup from a piezo transducer. It was pretty easy, didn’t cost very much, and works surprisingly well. Read on…
Updated: 13 December 2011
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I have made and used a few pinhole cameras that used photo paper as “film” but I wanted to try m hand at using real, negative film. Recently, someone gave me a 35mm film developing jar and so I decided now was the time to try my hand at negative film. I have several old Canon 35mm SLR cameras which all take FD lenses so I decided to make a pinhole “lens” for them. Read on…
I got into pinhole photography recently because I like the idea of building my own camera, taking photographs with that camera, and developing my own film and prints. I was wandering the aisles at Ax-Man and came across some 1 quart metal cans. They looked like an ideal shape, material, and price to be made into pinhole cameras so, I bought half a dozen. It was quite easy to turn these cans into very usable pinhole cameras. Read on…
I make homebrewed beer and have been doing partial mash brewing lately. The processes involves steeping malted barely in a 2 gallon beverage cooler then transferring, via the spout on the cooler, this wort to a brew pot to boil. The spout on my beverage cooler didn’t have good flow and I had to keep the little button depressed while the hot wort flowed out and burned my finger. Here’s how I fixed the problem. Read on…
I recently got into pinhole photography and needed a light meter to calculate exposure times. Light meter are ridiculously expensive and I figured there had to be a way to make one myself and it turns out, I was right. I will walk you through how to make a light meter from a cheap battery tester and a solar cell ripped from a calculator. You should be able to make one yourself for significantly less than $10. Read on…
Here is how to quickly and easily drill holes in glass. In fact, you can drill a 1″ hole in a 10 gallon aquarium in under 3 minutes from start to finish! I’ve tried several methods and the method I describe is by far the fastest and easiest. All you need is an electric drill, some cheap modeling clay, and diamond drill bit. I’ve also included a how-to video! Read on…
Updated: 7 Nov. 2010
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I needed a new belt and had an old bike tire laying around so I decided to turn that tire into a “new” belt. All I needed was a an old bicycle tire, a box cutter, a rubber mallet, a punch set, a rivet set, a belt buckle, and some rivets. The belt looks great, performs well, and ended up being very inexpensive. Plus, reusing materials is always a good thing. A win-win-win! Read on…
