http://www.instructables.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:49:26 PDT BLOX v1.01 http://www.instructables.com/id/Amadeus-the-napkins-holder-junkbot/
Amadeus, the napkins holder junkbot - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWZ/SIXG/HFSH4SQY/FWZSIXGHFSH4SQY.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWZ/SIXG/HFSH4SQY/FWZSIXGHFSH4SQY.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWZ/SIXG/HFSH4SQY/FWZSIXGHFSH4SQY.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer It was an ordinary Thursday on Instructables (sorry, it was Pizza Thursday. We don't have ordinary Thursdays on Instructables. But you get the point). I was in the kitchen, preparing a lemonade, thinking about how to transform a flashlight into a cyborg arm and how not to make more junkbots for the ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:42:18 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Five-Minutes-Magnetic-Hanger-For-Your-Trench-Coat/
Five Minutes Magnetic Hanger For Your Trench Coat - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWR/KC6I/HF240717/FWRKC6IHF240717.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWR/KC6I/HF240717/FWRKC6IHF240717.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FWR/KC6I/HF240717/FWRKC6IHF240717.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Trench coats are cool! When you have been watching "Doctor Who" for six and a half seasons, you realize you can't go into adventures without a trench coat (and a bowtie. Bowties are cool, too!). But my trench coat has a problem: where do you hang it when you arrive to office and you take it out? Tr...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 4 Apr 2013 12:49:27 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/10-Minutes-Mouse-Magnet-for-your-Fridge/
10 Minutes Mouse Magnet for your Fridge - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0H/R7E4/HE7DASE2/F0HR7E4HE7DASE2.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0H/R7E4/HE7DASE2/F0HR7E4HE7DASE2.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0H/R7E4/HE7DASE2/F0HR7E4HE7DASE2.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer My mother hates two things: mice and trash. So I thought it would be a good idea to make something cute involving both. Sometimes you have a small mouse and you throw it to the garbage. But, using some wire, superglue, a magnet and imagination, you can make beautiful mice that will decorate your fr...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 13:11:06 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Decorative-Battle-Mech-made-with-white-plastic-tr/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F6U/ILXZ/H672X2M1/F6UILXZH672X2M1.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F6U/ILXZ/H672X2M1/F6UILXZH672X2M1.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F6U/ILXZ/H672X2M1/F6UILXZH672X2M1.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer I'm in the last days of my vacation. Soon, I'll be back in activities. So, it's a good time for making stuff for decorating my room. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I GIVE YOU... MY DECORATIVE BATTLE MECH! MATERIALS: Damaged security video camera (head) Plastic case from a coffee machine (body) ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 4 Sep 2012 18:11:55 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Featured-Author-MC-Langer/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0C/JL8E/H5TU9OHK/F0CJL8EH5TU9OHK.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0C/JL8E/H5TU9OHK/F0CJL8EH5TU9OHK.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F0C/JL8E/H5TU9OHK/F0CJL8EH5TU9OHK.SMALL.jpg jessyratfink editors note: this featured author interview was conducted & written by SHIFT! One of my favorite Instructabrarians is the talented artist/designer Mario Caicedo Langer, or better known on the site as M.C. Langer.   Langer's exceptional instructables combine both aesthetic charm and DIY invent...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 14 Aug 2012 10:25:25 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-3R-Reduce-Reuse-Recycle-Campaign-for-yo/
Make a 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) Campaign for your office (with a R/C robot and junkbots) - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FLY/VISL/H4VQ9RGD/FLYVISLH4VQ9RGD.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FLY/VISL/H4VQ9RGD/FLYVISLH4VQ9RGD.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FLY/VISL/H4VQ9RGD/FLYVISLH4VQ9RGD.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer At least in Colombia, when you work in a company, you always see the same kind of environmental campaigns: don't throw garbage to the ground, throw the garbage to the trash can, separate the garbage before disposal, print the paper both sides, trees are life and so on. In my office, we want a more ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 10:11:50 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Spaceships-made-with-mini-vacuum-cleaners/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5Q/EHZ1/H1AH6NPF/F5QEHZ1H1AH6NPF.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5Q/EHZ1/H1AH6NPF/F5QEHZ1H1AH6NPF.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F5Q/EHZ1/H1AH6NPF/F5QEHZ1H1AH6NPF.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer A few years ago, I had two damaged mini vacuum cleaners (like the ones used in cars) in my workshop. So, I created spaceships! A vacuum cleaner spaceship is easy to made. First, remove the inner parts (motor and electric stuff). You will need the case. For the wings, I used cassette decks from a st...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 19:44:06 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/BATTERIES-NOT-INCLUDED-INSPIRED-DESK-JUNKBOT/
"*BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED" INSPIRED DESK JUNKBOT - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F3S/QB86/GW3WR5QC/F3SQB86GW3WR5QC.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F3S/QB86/GW3WR5QC/F3SQB86GW3WR5QC.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F3S/QB86/GW3WR5QC/F3SQB86GW3WR5QC.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Last week I found a metallic housing from a lamp. Lucky of me, it has two holes. First thing I thought? The "*Batteries Not Included" movie! (Big surprise...) So, for the umpteenth time, lets make a BNI inspired junkbot. It's easy, it's fast and it's an original and useful gift for Christmas. It li...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:12:41 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/BLUE-Junkbot-planter-made-from-a-clock/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F71/BLNB/GOW49DU9/F71BLNBGOW49DU9.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F71/BLNB/GOW49DU9/F71BLNBGOW49DU9.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F71/BLNB/GOW49DU9/F71BLNBGOW49DU9.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer An aunt gave me a damaged blue alarm clock. So I dismantle it, and using an industrial plastic piece I found on the street and some iron pieces and springs, I made this little junkbot planter. (Guess where is the water excess exit ;-)
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Continue Reading »]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:53:29 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/BLUE-Batteries-not-included-style-junkbot/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4L/MZCU/GP3T259P/F4LMZCUGP3T259P.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4L/MZCU/GP3T259P/F4LMZCUGP3T259P.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4L/MZCU/GP3T259P/F4LMZCUGP3T259P.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer You can turn an old Genius joystick into a junkbot like the ones on the "Batteries not included" movie. Just dismantle the joystick and use the case. I use plotter gears and LEDs for the eyes, oven knobs for the feet, wire and pincers for the arms and a blue deodorant cap for the batteries box.
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Continue Reading »]]> Sun, 19 Jun 2011 20:23:49 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/YELLOW-Bootleg-Wall-E-AKA-Guali/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZ1/U9X1/GOB87P51/FZ1U9X1GOB87P51.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZ1/U9X1/GOB87P51/FZ1U9X1GOB87P51.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZ1/U9X1/GOB87P51/FZ1U9X1GOB87P51.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Well, I was tired of everyone saying that some of my junkbots look like Wall-E (like poor Egon). So, if you want something that looks like Wall-E, I give you something that looks like Wall-E. Well, more or less. Meet "Guali", the bootleg cousin of Wall-E. Made of a regulator, two toy cars, yellow ...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 20:49:55 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/YELLOW-Stitch-the-Desk-Junkbot/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F9A/0P5R/GO6VAER6/F9A0P5RGO6VAER6.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F9A/0P5R/GO6VAER6/F9A0P5RGO6VAER6.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F9A/0P5R/GO6VAER6/F9A0P5RGO6VAER6.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Stitch (named in honor of my sexy, smart and good friend Jennifer Hansen, AKA "Stitch Diva") is a desk junkbot with two LEDs as eyes (one red and one colour changing). Its body comes from a printer cartridge, its eyes come from a garden hose, its arms are from various plastic pieces, with pincers in...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 30 May 2011 19:54:57 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/ORANGE-Mr-Sad-Crab/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4X/BWOK/GO2NM5BQ/F4XBWOKGO2NM5BQ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4X/BWOK/GO2NM5BQ/F4XBWOKGO2NM5BQ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F4X/BWOK/GO2NM5BQ/F4XBWOKGO2NM5BQ.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer This is the only picture of an exotic creature I made one day. It's a decorative crab made of a piece from a safety helmet. It's eyes are made of orange PVC pipes and deodorant caps. His legs and pincers are made of wire and long springs. Next week: YELLOW!!! :-)
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 20:06:19 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/ORANGE-Juggernaut-Jr/ http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/P3KA/GO14QNYA/FS6P3KAGO14QNYA.SQUARE2.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/P3KA/GO14QNYA/FS6P3KAGO14QNYA.SQUARE.jpg http://cdn.instructables.com/FS6/P3KA/GO14QNYA/FS6P3KAGO14QNYA.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer One day, I found an orange plastic mini-basket from a baby toy. So I made a junkbot toy using the following pieces: Head: Ice cream scoop Shoulders: feet deodorant caps Arms and thighs: public lighting insulators Clamp: domino and wipers Weapon: plastic pieces from fax machine Waist: piece from a b...
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Continue Reading »]]> Tue, 24 May 2011 19:47:23 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/RED-Decorative-Insects-made-of-plastic-trash/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI1/S0BU/GNWXT0UJ/FI1S0BUGNWXT0UJ.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI1/S0BU/GNWXT0UJ/FI1S0BUGNWXT0UJ.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FI1/S0BU/GNWXT0UJ/FI1S0BUGNWXT0UJ.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Time for the heavy artillery in the Red Battle. Time for the Red Bugs! Our first soldier is a mutant ladybug made of a damaged red toy, a circuit board, wire, springs and a mask from an obsolete emergency breathing equipment. Our second soldier is a firefly made of pieces of a red tub, a parfum ca...
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Continue Reading »]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 19:29:05 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/RED-Little-Egon/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMM/8TG6/GNVIFH19/FMM8TG6GNVIFH19.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMM/8TG6/GNVIFH19/FMM8TG6GNVIFH19.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FMM/8TG6/GNVIFH19/FMM8TG6GNVIFH19.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Say hello to my little friend. His name is Egon, and is a junkbot with a Sega Dreamcast joystick as body and various red plastic pieces in his head, arms and legs. He turns on his eyes, and loves to see the beautiful "señoritas" walking around and kissing him. He's a ladies bot! Say "hello", Egon!!...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 19 May 2011 21:49:16 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/IRON-SQUIRREL-MARK-I/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNF/6464/GMSXH9ET/FNF6464GMSXH9ET.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNF/6464/GMSXH9ET/FNF6464GMSXH9ET.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FNF/6464/GMSXH9ET/FNF6464GMSXH9ET.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Need some ideas of how to use your bathroom plastic garbage? This is Iron Squirrel Mark II (2008), one of my first sculptures using a base of plastic bottles and caps. You assembly these and the apply epoxic and paint for a best finish. Materials: For the limbs: Deodorant plastic caps Pi...
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Continue Reading »]]> Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:11:40 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/New-Robo-planters/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FVA/YXZV/GLL5006W/FVAYXZVGLL5006W.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FVA/YXZV/GLL5006W/FVAYXZVGLL5006W.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FVA/YXZV/GLL5006W/FVAYXZVGLL5006W.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer If you liked my robo-planters instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-rare-planters-re-using-home-junk/), you will like the new robo-planters I made with junk. You will see strange materials as toilet floats, a plastic box from an inflatable jetsky, damaged kitchen aiders and coffe makers...
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Continue Reading »]]> Mon, 28 Mar 2011 22:38:27 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Build-vibroinsects-using-discarded-mice-Go-Team-M/
Build vibroinsects using discarded mice - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZO/PNFX/GKLJ2E6O/FZOPNFXGKLJ2E6O.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZO/PNFX/GKLJ2E6O/FZOPNFXGKLJ2E6O.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FZO/PNFX/GKLJ2E6O/FZOPNFXGKLJ2E6O.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer This project is for age group 18+. As I promised in my last instructable (http://www.instructables.com/id/Ideas-for-discarded-mice-reuse-GO-TEAM-MOUSE/), I will show you how to make insects reusing damaged mice. But they won't be only insects. They will be vibroinsects!! :-) First, I will make a m...
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Continue Reading »]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2011 18:19:35 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Ideas-for-discarded-mice-reuse-GO-TEAM-MOUSE/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F68/MPB1/GKLJ5RKE/F68MPB1GKLJ5RKE.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F68/MPB1/GKLJ5RKE/F68MPB1GKLJ5RKE.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F68/MPB1/GKLJ5RKE/F68MPB1GKLJ5RKE.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer Taking advantage of the Keyboard Vs. Mouse Speed Challenge, I want to share with you some of my reused mice old ideas. You can use an old mouse in many ways, for example: As an animal head (like a dinosaur) As a battle droid head Make a scorpion and other kind of bug, and use them as de...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 19:09:33 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/BEHOLD-THE-HYPNO-MOUSE/ http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FBA/OS09/GKLJ5QP1/FBAOS09GKLJ5QP1.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FBA/OS09/GKLJ5QP1/FBAOS09GKLJ5QP1.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FBA/OS09/GKLJ5QP1/FBAOS09GKLJ5QP1.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer What can you do with an old mouse, a LP, a piece of nylon and a toy motor? This is the Hypno-Mouse, one of my first artworks. I use: An old mouse 3V toy motor 2 AA batteries battery box wire switch 2 curtain rings (for the ears) LP acetate disc Nylon piece. It'...
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Continue Reading »]]> Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:11:17 PST http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-fire-hydrant-using-plastic-stuff-and-a-lot/
Make a fire hydrant using plastic stuff (and a lot of instant glue) - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FPD/BUCR/GE7L4703/FPDBUCRGE7L4703.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FPD/BUCR/GE7L4703/FPDBUCRGE7L4703.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/FPD/BUCR/GE7L4703/FPDBUCRGE7L4703.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer It was an ordinary time in life of M.C. Langer. You know, evil robo-planters, big prop guns, vibrobots with machine guns and stuff. But one day, the Publicity Dean of a Colombian university (and friend of mine) entrusted me a bizarre task: to make a fire hydrant (a tender cheesy one), who is the pet...
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Continue Reading »]]> Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:30:02 PDT http://www.instructables.com/id/Valentines-RoboGrinch/
Valentine's RoboGrinch!!! - More DIY How To Projects]]> http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F98/T6RM/G5KP92E2/F98T6RMG5KP92E2.SQUARE2.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F98/T6RM/G5KP92E2/F98T6RMG5KP92E2.SQUARE.jpg http://www.instructables.com/files/deriv/F98/T6RM/G5KP92E2/F98T6RMG5KP92E2.SMALL.jpg M.C. Langer (This instructable is dedicated to my fellow brother Rodrigo, who starts a new life today; and to all the people who thinks Valentine's Day - and its Colombian equivalent: Love and Friendship Day in september- is the worst nightmare in the year) Valentine's Day: flowers, chocolates, cards, love is ...
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