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Comment: Been doing this for a long time now, it's a great for re-use and hardly anyone knows ab…
Comment: I was just about to post the same reuse question myself!
Comment: I hate to say it, i'm surprised I didn't think of that. Thanks!
Comment: Can this remove the glossy stuff that builds up on the keys that makes it shiny and sli…
Comment: So why doesn't the magnet hurt the phone, espeically the SD card?
Comment: Where did you get the soldering iron?
Comment: Oddly enough these ram sticks are pretty good at cutting open boxes, probably could do …
Comment: I discovered that vinegar works really well for cleaning mine.
Comment: Ear plugs should provide a pretty decent tight fit and I can only imagine the sound qua…
Comment: Can you show it being used to cut something, like a piece of metal (but thicker than a…
Comment: I can now attest that it can also kill Tinea/Ringworm. Tried it last night and after a …
Comment: I read somewhere that it's also good for the itchy bug bites, and sun burns.
Comment: I'm having trouble understanding why anyone would want to do this. USB2 is 480mbps, and…
Comment: Dumb question, can you build a USB version (is it worth it)?
Comment: Your Youtube video is set to private and I cannot view it. This makes me wonder as yo…
Comment: This is what I used as a reference. It doesn't matter which wires you use as long as th…
Comment: I'm still learning but will a 1k resistor drop 52.6 volts down to 1.5 to charge the bat…
Comment: Get Alpha 2 http://www.blender.org/development/release-logs/blender-250/ Oh and you do…
Comment: Stupid question but why doesn't the LED blow from the high voltage alone?
Comment: Off topic question, are you allowed to put copyrighted images up on this site? All thes…
Comment: Thank you, I salvaged it from a dollar store light. So I do not know where you can pick…
Comment: Do you have a way to store the power like in a capacitor?
Comment: I can't wait for 2.5 to come out!
Comment: "So the amperage can be boosted as the voltage is dropped." How in the world is this p…
Comment: Don't most home circuits only supply 15 amps?
Comment: How to Cool your Wireless Network "Router" and make it faster
Comment: 15- Lunchables Snack Lunch Nice.
Comment: How much cooler does this make a small room?
Comment: It sits on top and is just strong enough to keep it from sliding around. Doesn't affect…
Comment: And noisy thus nullifying the need for the tent to sleep in.
Comment: I'm going to order a bunch of these suckers. I have a couple of these lights and they s…
Comment: I'll give you that, there are none exactly like it. There's just a lot of Alcohol Stove…
Comment: How is this different from the bunch already on the site?
Comment: Only if you start with a SATA enclosure. But that's my two cents. Good instructable ove…
Comment: I'd put the word "IDE" in the intro to the Instructable.
Comment: Long shot here, but do you have a diagram of how that would work?
Comment: Nice idea!
Comment: Looks nice. Most of my friends and my parents use the LEDs which I like but I have to s…
Comment: It's plenty bright to read by if your near it. Again it's the LEDs I used, regular LEDs…
Comment: Super bright, no. They came from a string of LED Christmas lights and they have built i…
Comment: At the place I last rented we were going to throw out a bunch of these lights. I ended …
Comment: What kind of amperage does this use?
Comment: What applications can I use these for?
Comment: Dumb question, I picked up 2N3906 pack of transistors (expecting to make several of the…
Comment: Dumb question, but how does the capacitor filter the connection when it's in parallel t…
Comment: I like the recycling of junk like this. I wonder if any of the parts from the old board…
Comment: Thanks for catching that!
Comment: I'm trying to delete images that were associated with a Instructable that I deleted/rem…
Comment: I've been doing this since I got my dremil. Good to see someone make a tutorial for it.
Comment: I'm all for building a laptop myself if and only if it's cost effective. Saying that I …
Comment: I use zip ties and it works pretty well.
Comment: Didn't knwo about the Make Seamless tool, very handy.
Comment: I've been thinking of working with putty/epoxy and making molds for some time now. Mayb…
Comment: My girlfriend dropped her phone in the toilet one day (was clean) and pulled it out rea…
Comment: Very nice.
Comment: Then I would suggest going with the software method (Audacity).http://audacity.sourcefo…
Comment: You could use a male-to-male cable and connect the out to microphone ports but then you…
Comment: I tried this once but it's the long way and you loose quality. Install Audacity and hav…
Comment: I like this. Makes use of something being thrown out all too often (see them on Craigsl…
Comment: Poor Australia : (
Comment: I had a feeling, thanks for the quick replies!
Comment: Slow enough to run something like a light off of it in case of an emergency.
Comment: Is it possible to drain the current slowly from a source that big?
Comment: What kind of voltage can be achieved by this?
Comment: How much current does this use, would it draw too much from a PC power supply to fry it?
Comment: Can someone please explain how the the shape and size affects things? I'm new to EM Waves.
Comment: LEDs are great.
Comment: How many ohms is that resistor?
Comment: I had one of these I had thought of doing the same thing with but... am too lazy and st…
Comment: How heavy is the final product?
Comment: I've always seen a secondary use to pallets yet never had time/space to experiment. I'l…
Comment: Yeah, I can imagine the noise when you disconnect the desktop speakers. If I were to do…
Comment: Almost everything came from my random parts box in my closet. The jack from a dead set …
Comment: I love tihs, recycling something you'd normally toss.
Comment: That is awesome! I love those movies.
Comment: Nice Joule Thief. How long does it last though?
Comment: http://www.slitaz.org/en/Even smaller, I believe it said 25mb when I downloaded it last…
Comment: Yes, that is what I designed it for mainly.
Comment: Updated.
Comment: I found that using my Dremel worked great for doing just this when I did it a couple mo…
Comment: Yeah I scared some networking guys at work a couple weeks ago when I (as I do often) sw…
Comment: Ditto, I'm ambidextrous myself. there's almost nothing I can't do with both hands accep…
Comment: I took a microphone off of a dead pair of headphones (gamer ones) and added it to a len…
Comment: I like the idea but what if you need to move it? You'd end up ruining it right?
Comment: Would this work for distanced photography? I'm not sure if i'm using the right terms.
Comment: The last time I burned myself with a soldering iron I immediatly put some aloe on it fr…
Comment: Preach on brother, I started keeping them and have like 10 spares at my desk now for fu…
Comment: Cool I didn't think about that (auto-login). A friend of mine helped me set up a x11vnc…
Comment: If you force it to reboot (say remotely) will you have to physically login before you c…
Comment: Interesting, I wonder if a power drill would work for the screw.
Comment: This uses a peltier right?
Comment: Robocopy is a separate program that is run from the command prompt. You'd need to obtai…
Comment: Robocopy is designed for reliable mirroring of directories or directory trees. It has f…
Comment: Very creative uses, I like them all. Honestly though I like the smaller sized ones for …
Comment: This lady at work has a tray of peppermints that I steal from, I add one or two to my b…
Comment: I've been using robocopy for a while now, I was looking for an alternative to rsync in …
Comment: Stupid question, but could this type of a thing be applied as a pocket welder, I often …
Comment: I like this, I plan on doing something just like this with the two strands of Christmas…
Comment: Good idea, wish I had known before buying two. If I make any more I'll keep that in min…
Comment: I ripped out two diodes a while back when I first read this, and just now getting to th…
Comment: It's burned out, how long did you run it for before turning it off?
Comment: I assume it would re-grow, i'm going to try this this weekend.
Comment: While I don't plan on doing this soon, I like that I can see what's involved. Thanks!
Comment: Thanks for the info.
Comment: Do you really have to put a resistor on each LED? Or couldn't you just do a couple in s…
Comment: How do you test to see if the capacitors are bad?
Comment: I'm still learning electronics but I have a question. How can a capacitor go up to 300v…
Comment: I had a couple scanners laying around so I took out the inverter boards and lights. I d…
Comment: Is it possible to recharge the discharging battery while being still being used to powe…
Comment: Whats the longest amount of time you've been able to run this setup?
Comment: I downloaded this yesterday and like it. It's like VLC with playlists. But the one feat…
Comment: Can someone give me the full length this should be? The plans miss measuring the coil p…
Comment: Can someone explain what the coil's maximum (theoretical) limit it will reach with a si…
Comment: This is a great idea. I think i'm going to also remake the helping hands one I did usin…
Comment: I made a thin can into a incent burner, thinking of making an instructable for it as I …
Comment: I'm starting to like the uses of these little tin cans. Thinking of going out to get a …
Comment: Very cool, I read about Google hosting pages but never heard about it again. Is it diff…
Comment: It looks like a process for making a shell or object from a base object. You lay down t…
Comment: Also does anyone know of a way to make it portable (my roomate tossed me the idea for f…
Comment: Any thoughts on using one of these but with usb power? Since i'd be using it at my desk…
Comment: +1 for diy recycling.
Comment: +1 for using and open-source program.
Comment: Just so I can wrap my head around it (others can hopefully help me out), the cell phone…
Comment: Am I assuming that for this to work the solar cell output would need to match the volta…
Comment: How well does this work?
Comment: I have the inverter that is attached to the black box that holds the light, I don't hav…
Comment: What can I do if I can't find the wall converter?
Comment: I think I agree, i'd like to see it for Linux, perhaps Ubuntu or Suse.
Comment: Do you know if they have these for laser printers?
Comment: Rated +1 for doing something for V.
Comment: Thanks, i'll see if it works and report back soon.
Comment: How hard would it be to mod this to use a couple LEDs?
Comment: It's similar to when you use a magnifying glass and the Sun to set stuff on fire.
Comment: Isn't $40 is a bit expensive for one diode?
Comment: Very nice!
Comment: That's Ubuntu Linux.
Comment: Last I checked PS2s don't have burners in them, so that means it doesn't have the burne…
Comment: Can you do a string of lights with this idea??
Comment: Anyone out there know where I can purchase only the diodes online?
Comment: Where can you buy the DVD diodes online? I've been looking everywhere, just not in the …
Comment: I use them for up/down volume in Ubuntu.
Comment: Added the photo to the last page of the tutorial.
Comment: My thoughts exactly.