Tag Archives: instructables

Lamp made from translucent 45 records

♦ July 26, 2009 ♦ Leave Your Comment

I have a few thousand 45s.  I estimate 200-2500ish.  Earl and i went through them and we picked out the better music to keep.  I’d like a jukebox that can play about 100 45s.  When we were cherry picking them we also pulled a bunch of colored translucent albums.  I thought i would make a …

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I won a tape measure

♦ November 26, 2008 ♦ Leave Your Comment

I won a caption contest at Instructables and earned a “patch” on my profile page as well as a tape measure from DIY Network.  It looks like it is a Komelon SS Gripper.

Instructables continues to deliver

♦ August 27, 2008 ♦ Leave Your Comment

One of my least popular Instructables has been an entry for the “Fridge Magnet Challenge” on how to reuse cheap fridge magnets.  The contest was over a year ago and my Instructable only has 2,600 views.  (Compared to the cart-bike with 66,000 views, Kevin’s and my t-shirt printing press with 49,000 views, or my geek …

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Another project selected for the Instructables book

♦ August 26, 2008 ♦ Leave Your Comment

It seems that i might end up with two projects in the Instructables book.  I didn’t even enter this one in the book contest so this one has been selected purely by the editors and not because of popularity. Hi Ryan, It looks like we are considering a second instructable of yours, the “Stool made …

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Instructables Book Contest winner

♦ August 6, 2008 ♦ Leave Your Comment

Despite the fact that the “Instructables Book Contest” that will be produced by O’Reilly (“The Best of Instructables Volume I” on Amazon.) is not yet closed it looks like one of my projects has been picked as a potential for the book. Here’s the email I received: I’m part of the editorial team working on …

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