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Pin Router for a Sears Radial Arm Saw by Phil B
There are times when a pin router would be handy, and a radial arm saw provides a handy platform with its a…

First Ever Real Gingerbread Autonomous Robot (… by iculus
Two engineers should not be left alone during a snow storm with gingerbread and a microcontroller. The fol…

Make any sweater an ugly Christmas sweater

zieak
If you've ever tried to find an ugly Christmas sweater at the last minute for the increasingly popular "Ugl…

Modeled from Historical Home in Norman, OK by GrmaChaCha
Modeled from Historical Home in Norman, OK

Puzzle Bobble Christmas Stockings

alittlestranger
These Puzzle Bobbles stockings make a colourful addition to any Christmas decor. This instructable shows yo…

Personalized Guess Who

randofo
My girlfriend and I were playing Guess Who one afternoon and I thought to myself how great it would be if a…

@tweet_tree: Twitter controlled Christmas tree by ian
@tweet_tree is a Christmas tree that everyone can control from Twitter. Just tweet a color to @tweet_tree. …

szaloncukor chupa chup christmas decorations by alialexander
When I was a child my Grandmother would buy us Hungarian sweets to decorate the Christmas tree. I found out…

Lathed Gingerbread Tower by marc.cryan
Turn gingerbread on a lathe, in your kitchen. It is fun! The gingerbread was cooked in a soda can for abo…

sundial, compass, spirit level. All-in-one time… by EGiR
Who wouldn't want to have a wearable sun-dial as part of a time traveller's outfit? My sister and I always …

A garden inside a ball - Christmas time by florablog
How to create a garden inside a plastic trasparent Christmas tree ball what you need what you nee…

Christmas Bow / Flower from Floppy Disks by Gaddian
I've got a lot of floppy disks sitting around. I finally decided they were never going to be used because I…

RAISED vegetable bed with storage underneath by pippa5
How to make a "raised up" raised vegetable bed with storage underneath . In a small garden, space is alwa…

Decoder Buisness Card - QR Coded Secret Message

lamedust
Having a good business card can help you maintain contacts, promote yourself and your business, and make fr…

THE GINGER-BOT by flanimal
One day the instructables robot and a gingerbread woman named ginger got married... 9 months later the gin…

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Developed by the Graffiti Research Lab a division of the Eyebeam R&D OpenLab, LED Throwies are an inexpensi…

Tea Light Lamps (an Easy Last-Second Gift)

laxap
Make a last-second gift, with long drink glasses (possibly used ones), tracing paper (or inkjet transparenc…

Use an LCD Monitor as a TV Without a Computer by atomic16
LCD TVs have come down in price, but not enough. If you have a cable box, than your tv tuner is in the that…

How To Make Paper Roses

Creativeman
Who doesn't love roses? Following the directions in this instructable, you can make one, three or a dozen …

Quick-Open Wrapping, or How I Learned to Love t… by kqrpnb
Merry Christmas everyone! I came up with this neat wrapping idea Christmas '05, and my gift recipients real…

Literary Clock by mdhaworth
Super easy project, make a book into a clock. Perfect for a child's bedroom--use a storybook. Or the kitch…

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…a simple idea with an even simpler approach… ~THE STORY~ I live in a small apartment and I own several s…

How to Make a Dali Style Melting Clock

fungus amungus
I don't listen to any of my old records, but I really like to have them around. Luckily enough, so do my fr…

freehand glass etching by Robyntheslug
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noahw
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Earbud cord wrapper in 5 minutes or less! by spacematters
Love your shiny new iphone, but sick of tangling up that darn cord on your earbuds? Grab an old credit car…