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    <description><![CDATA[You will need a very powerful magnet such as a small neodymium magnet.Mount on this  a card and research &quot;grey scale&quot; to see how to read position.Other wise you could trail a caster wheel behind - this will rotate when the robot turns you can measure that rotation either by counting pulses from a ca...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Any-ideas-on-how-to-make-a-kind-of-rotatory-sensor/?comments=all#CUJONOVHGH6JKC2">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
    <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 09:29:29 PDT</pubDate>
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    <description><![CDATA[OK.  The formulae may well be right. Putting in the figures for my electric car - here -  I get roughly the HP we used - the motor was quoted as 250 watts continuous&nbsp; at 20 amps 3000 RPM  We ran them at up to 60 amps giving us nominally 500 watts - this would propel a 100 KG car at around 30 MPH (50...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Treadmill-DC-Motor-For-Electric-Vehicle-Project/?comments=all#CQJEKINHGH71NI0">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[This is only my opinion:  1. Enjoy what your doing, if it isn't challenging enough - look for ways to stretch your skills and ability.  2. Strive to be at the top.  3. Plan where your going to be in 5 years, 10 years, 15 years.  4. Plan now to make a million+ $  5. Having made your millions plan on ...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/I-feel-like-Im-not-using-my-talents-Help/?comments=all#CT64HVXHG85C6XN">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[You only really have 2 options1. Make the distance to the screen longer2. Use a suitable lens - To spread the image over a short distance this should be a concave  lens and may be difficult to source a suitable unit. Your convex lens you have tried will focus the image and magnify but in general you...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-I-enlarge-an-image-thats-been-projected-on/?comments=all#CJZ1TEGHFSHFCRG">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[For once this is something you can ex[eriment with.Get a ferrite core (possibly from an old AM radio) It's a long black rod.If you get it from an old radio it will have a coil on it you can try that.Wind on around 50 - 100 turns of thin enamelled covered wire in a single layer.Wind on 2 to 10 turns ...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Can-any-one-tell-me-how-to-make-this-inductor/?comments=all#CM7RRCKHFBKEOQ9">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Assuming the issue to be lack of:wrinklesStainsFaded coloursTry in order.Wet and scrub between hands to wrinkle - Allow to dry tightly bound up with string or runner bandsStain with old tea bags, coffee - for some reason stains always seem to be brown.  Also wrap some nails in the sail when wet to p...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-can-I-age-new-fabric-which-is-glued-to-an-old-/?comments=all#CJNB5J8HF243BUG">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[http://www.vintageprojects.com/boats/bicycle-boat.html  Plans here<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/how-to-make-bicycle-amphibious-MGS-10/?comments=all#CUVG7J5HEXSMODJ">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[You can try painting the fence with old engine oil.!. Paint may well not stick2. It won't rot.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Anti-Graffiti-Coatings/?comments=all#CKFRBVHHEBNAT7X">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[AFAIK Eatable bananas are sterile and do not contain viable seed.The commercial banana is grown from cuttings after the bananas are picked then fern dies.In actual fact your biggest enemy is the climate - bananas need a hot wet climate to grow and fruit.  You can easily buy banana plants in a garden...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/how-do-i-grow-bananas-from-seed/?comments=all#CHES1DWHEBNHNDN">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[You can't see it, you can't touch it, you can't feel it or sense it other than remotely.There are many ways to solve the problems thrown up by the simplest system, when you  get to complex systems the options become vast and selecting to optimum one is a real skill.Having said that If you can rise t...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Whats-so-hard-about-electrical-engineering/?comments=all#CQ9D9G3HE7D2BBE">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Normally a boat is made inside a mould. (often made from wood.Spray on a release agent to make sure the GRP will come out.Apply a gel coat this is the smooth surface you will see on the out side and has NO glass in it at all. It may be coloured. The gel coat will not set but will remain slightly sti...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Can-fiberglass-coat-take-shape-before-applying-res/?comments=all#C1Y4G57HDXMA7YU">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A door bell and a switch would do. Or do you need it to be automatic, in which case buy a smoke alarm they are cheap enough<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/how-to-make-a-simple-homemade-fire-alarm/?comments=all#CW3HWC0HD4VMVS4">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Yes the if Will use a small amount of energy regardless of the load or not.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Does-a-joule-thief-consume-power-without-a-load/?comments=all#CYCIQZMHCJOGXN4">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Usually not at all. But search on YouTube for many tricks+how to do them.Magic s biggest secretsIs a good search<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/how-are-magic-tricks-secrets-revealed-/?comments=all#C8341FZHCB8HN7P">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[output for the 555 is pin 3 not pin 2Capacitor should go to ground.5 should have a small cap to ground.didn't check the value but the 1 K looks small I might expect something closer to 1 Meg ohm and 47 K rather then 1 K and 470K<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Will-this-555-circuit-for-8-leds-flashing-work/?comments=all#C02LO2IHBUZF3JA">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[http://www.ehow.com/how_8287636_bead-shamrock.html  instructions.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/how-to-bead-a-shamrock-/?comments=all#CSCOVDJHBPBROIB">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/An-ultra-violet-LED-and-a-photo-transistor/?comments=all#CVJZF82HBFFJM58"><img src="/files/deriv/F0W/PCNH/HBFFJM54/F0WPCNHHBFFJM54.SMALL.jpg" align="left" hspace="10"></a><!--dda7bd42579b4dc0937c45f979fc5c69-->It looks like your sensor is Infrared. Check the part number if it has one.In general UV sensors tend to look like the attached photograph (google images)To make things happen You need:A resistor to control the current through the emitter!A look at the data sheet for the sensor you have.A typical IR...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/An-ultra-violet-LED-and-a-photo-transistor/?comments=all#CVJZF82HBFFJM58">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[1 write your book2 publish through Amazon's ebook publishing schema3or use one of the several other ebook publishers on lineDon't expect to make a fortune though.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-you-make-an-Ebook/?comments=all#CE0UTG0HAQ32S9U">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/what-is-the-basic-way-of-using-leds-as-display-fro/?comments=all#CAZ47QYHBHGLG9I"><img src="/files/deriv/FCF/E1F2/HAQ2ZF44/FCFE1F2HAQ2ZF44.SMALL.jpg" align="left" hspace="10"></a><!--dda7bd42579b4dc0937c45f979fc5c69-->In a 2D matrix as illustrated below any horizontal line is made positive and the appropriate vertical line negative to light individual LEDs<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/what-is-the-basic-way-of-using-leds-as-display-fro/?comments=all#CAZ47QYHBHGLG9I">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most people buy them from the same place they get the mechanism They are generally moulded plastic or pressed thin metal - usually aluminium.i guess to hand make an empty soda can would be the best starting point.Card would work.Thin plastic - a cut down credit card or similar.WireA cd case topA CD<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Common-materials-for-Clock-hands/?comments=all#CNQLASCHBHGL5DF">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Do you need one that uses standard pencil leads or do you want one with a fine point say 0.5 mm.  IF the latter the go to your local wilkinsons or use their web site  They sell 0.5 mechanical pencils for 60 p for 2 work well are comfortable and so cheap if it goes wrong dump it.  I&nbsp; have severa...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/where-can-i-get-a-bic-mechanical-pen-/?comments=all#CCAOUIBHAQ37QZM">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[I think you will find all of these applicable.  In general if you want to measure the distance ultrasonics or a laser should work BUT most of the systems use a measurement of the magnetic field rather than an actual distance measurement.  On the other hand you could use invisible thread!  Some years...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Making-a-magnetically-suspended-puppet/?comments=all#CXCJ0UTHA4MBQDC">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHMxgpXYroY  http://hackaday.com/2010/04/17/zune-gets-hacked-openzdk/  http://www.popsci.com/diy/article/2007-03/hacking-zune  http://www.zuneboards.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41  How much research did YOU put in?<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/any-hacks-for-a-zuneIdeas-please/?comments=all#CF147GKHA4MKDLR">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[1 Store as logs for several years - 2. Saw into whatever planks you need3. use with appreciation and love.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_drying<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Best-way-to-process-dry-store-walnut-trees-fo/?comments=all#COC5V1TH9G12GV3">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Err why can't you?  It doesn't look too complicated.However here is a Jpeg  of the outline for you to play with.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Ace-Of-Spades-sniper-rifle-scope/?comments=all#CIH15NJH9G1706L">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[You would b better off cutting them on a band saw or taking to a local wood yard who will cut them for you (for a small Fee)The chain saw is a dangerous way to cut with the grain and very wasteful in material.Cedar will split very easily along the grain and will produce very thin boards - this is ho...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/I-need-a-way-to-hold-cedar-logs-to-cut-into-boards/?comments=all#CIBD8Y6H9G17023">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[I assume this is a homework or assignment question.  what did the lessons leading up to this tell you?  I'll offer you some reading on the subject:  One  Two   Three  There is a lot more information readily available if you ask Google the right question. No matter if this is a question from your hea...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-to-forecast-Sodium-Chloride-can-dissolve-in-wa/?comments=all#CGRYMQ9H994LM2B">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[If it is significantly light or heavy it's a fake.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Counterfeit-or-Error-coin/?comments=all#CWUIWQKH8RVDKCK">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Effectively it has 2 modes always on screen off (sleep) and standby when it takes time to boot but will also be checking on off switch occasionally and other things so yes it does use power even when &quot;off&quot; The expectation is that you charge it frequently - EG my Kindle fire wasn't used yesterday and...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/android-tablet-battery-going-flat-while-turned-off/?comments=all#C8OU7E9H94ZBWXT">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Personally I would attach a microswitch on the top of a tube.Connect the Common and Normally Closed contacts  to the pump and power sourcePut a plastic ball in the tube to activate the switch when the water level rises.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Break-circuit-when-connection-made/?comments=all#CEXY6C9H8RVCGUL">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[555 timer running lowly - 4017 decade counter to give you individual outputs for every 555 pulse  LED in a box with the letter on the front to light up connected to the 4017 outputData sheets should tell tyou everything you need to know 4017 is a very common IC.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/led-display-using-555-timer/?comments=all#CRVLZODH8FYOR8T">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/What-is-the-best-way-to-power-this-motor/?comments=all#CRKU6SVH8AZK1WQ"><img src="http://cdn.instructables.com/FW2/8G59/F6B7Q89E/FW28G59F6B7Q89E.SMALL.jpg" align="left" hspace="10"></a><!--dda7bd42579b4dc0937c45f979fc5c69-->1. The motor isn't 4 Kwatts continuously rated . I don't care what their web site says   100 volts x 80 amps is 8000 watts just by the way.For many reasons - e.g your not going to pass 40 amps down those wires for long., the windings are far too small a gauge for that power etc.A 250 watt continuous...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/What-is-the-best-way-to-power-this-motor/?comments=all#CRKU6SVH8AZK1WQ">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Do you have access to a very well equipped machine shop?  Do you have the skills to manufacture to a very close tolerance?  Do you have a budget to implement these things  If the answer to ALL these is YES  Look here   Otherwise the answer is you can't do it.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-i-make-a-Stirling-cycle-cooler/?comments=all#CC8N4L5H7UR8QON">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[They produce liquid air by pumping to high pressure and the releasing into a chamber - This provides vast cooling in a multi stage system to liquefy the gas.I don't think your going to do this at home in any easy way other than buying liquid nitrogen.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-do-i-build-a-super-cooler/?comments=all#CZ12HLHH7URBO57">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Yess... I say with caution, of course you can store gas in a bottle - Generally captured over water to make sure the gas isn't contaminated.I am assuming your water bottle is empty?Your not going to get much gas without compressing it though - Depends on what you want to do with it.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/what-if-i-use-household-materials-to-carry-hydrog/?comments=all#CM19RHDH7UR86IY">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Depends what they look like and how perminent you need the fixing to be.SewingGlueMangnets<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-to-Attach-Small-Plastic-Trinkets-to-a-ShirtPa/?comments=all#CHB9XI6H7UR86IT">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[A simple google search for transistor amplifier will give you a lot of results - Sites where the operation of the circuit is explained will be most use to you  http://www.eleccircuit.com/ideas-circuit-of-small-transistor-amplifiers/  google search  In actual fact if you stick to smaller amplifiers s...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/HOW-TO-BUILD-A-SIMPLEST-AUDIO-AMPLIFIER-IWTH-NO-IC/?comments=all#CINZ9GOH7UR86IQ">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Personally I would use the old one as a pattern and cut one from plywood of a suitable thickness and paint it black.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/3D-printed-or-CNC-broken-expresso-stove-top-replac/?comments=all#C8DBSS5H7S4ZZV9">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[He is Australian - The internet should give you a wide variety of local stockists  - Most companies who stock the transistors will stock the hardware to go with them. <br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Buying-nuts-and-bolts/?comments=all#CY3HTA9H7ME2TTB">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[rum and raisin <br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/What-is-your-favourite-ice-cream-flavour/?comments=all#C9K2U0YH7ANT6P8">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Power = Volts x AmpsMore power more heatIF you can get rid of the excess heat you MAY be able to increase the motor power BUT your not likely to get a big return for the rick.The motor will have a best torque curve for a given voltage and current.You cordlesss drill isn't run for very long. and has ...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/More-volts-to-electric-bike-safe/?comments=all#CGZI2OIH7A8PAHX">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-to-use-the-sound-amplifier-out-of-a-alarm-cloc/?comments=all#C69XHALH7434ZMW"><img src="/files/deriv/FBN/QEH9/H742YVS6/FBNQEH9H742YVS6.SMALL.jpg" align="left" hspace="10"></a><!--dda7bd42579b4dc0937c45f979fc5c69-->The radio side of the alarm clock will look something like the attached diagram.Perhaps the best way is to keep everything together - look for the Speaker connections and trace them back until you find either an IC or a bunch of transistors that will be the audio amplifier.Find an audio source that ...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/How-to-use-the-sound-amplifier-out-of-a-alarm-cloc/?comments=all#C69XHALH7434ZMW">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Never tried rocket assisted take off But I have tried Bungee launching gliders.You take 50 feet or more of surgical tubing and then attach  to it another 100 feet or so of line (fishing line is often used.  Stake the runner down (VERY WELL) and pull back it stretches a L O N G way - Attach your glid...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Fun-with-rockets-and-planes/?comments=all#CCC436WH703KTFT">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastrad-F21000-Mandolin-Multigrater-Black/dp/B0009IZ1X4/ref=sr_1_4?s=kitchen&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1347446368&amp;sr=1-4I use one like this with several blades and a veg holder to protect the fingers.As far as I can see it works well although there is a lot to wash it does come in separate...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Would-you-recommend-a-specific-brand-of-mandolin/?comments=all#CRKD91HH7043NNX">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[Short story to refine your skills then when you think your ready that great novel.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/should-I-write-a-novel-or-short-story/?comments=all#CQQAUMQH6S4GIHZ">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[OK I guess you want the BB layout - I don't have time to make the cct but I have drawn a layout for youUntried but should match your circuit.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Can-anyone-make-this-and-post-an-instructable/?comments=all#CTB83MVH6MF3QAY">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[I would think almost anything that is water clear and flexible enough to sag the right amount.This pretty much limits you to plastics.Mylar, saren wrap (cling film), poly carbonate (oven roasting bags) are perhaps the clearest.<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Gravity-water-lenses-Whats-the-best-material-for/?comments=all#C8V4XXGH6MF2SJL">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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    <description><![CDATA[I have used camping gaz and a traditional Trangia with Meths and found them both adequate - The trangia advantage is it has all the pot I need as wellA lot depends on the type of camping your going to do - Wild camping far from civilization or cam site camping.  If you carrying then the Trangia shou...<br/>By: <a href="http://www.instructables.com/member/rickharris/">rickharris</a><br><br><a href="http://www.instructables.com/answers/Campinghiking-stoves-which-is-for-me/?comments=all#CUJ7P4DH67NSGJC">Continue Reading &raquo;</a>]]></description>
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