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Hello,I need a 2-headed monster/ alien costume for a holiday club we are running next year.I don't really have the skill-set for making one and would be happy to pay someone to make it.(I liked the picture of the 2-headed monster I saw on this website).Please contact me at kellykol@hotmail.comThanks,Kelly :)

Looking for cheap ways to make something out of tension wire spool.

I have a question about chaining 4 shift registers together.I am going to be sending data to four shift registers and my question is this, when all four are loaded and latched if I send more data is it possible to only send data to the first register in the chain without the others losing their values?

Where can I get completely recycled pet felt sheets. Would require them in large quantities for development of furniture. Is there any option in India?

We have a set of 4 ceramic kitchen canisters that are so old the foam seals, or gaskets, have dried out. I cannot find replacement gaskets anywhere. They were made by an individual, so there is no company to write to for replacement parts. Does anyone know who sells such gaskets? Foam or rubber or silicon will work.Or, is there a way of making replacements? I've seen amazing things done on "instructables" with silicon; molds, fake heads, toy octopus, etc. But I have never worked with it. Is it OK for a seal that will be in close proximity with salt, sugar, flour?The canisters are glazed ceramics that some individual has made.Attached are photos of the canister, mating surfaces, and existing gasket.Any suggestions will be appreciated.Thank you.Phil Brown, Southwest Wisconsin

I got a microphone arm that clamps down to my desk ( can be seen in the picture) but the problem is that it's right in front of my mouse. I have to have it folded it up because it does not have to be extended since it's right there. It has gotten annoying after a while and I change it to hang from essentially where my window is ( also shown). my desk is has drawers and doesn't have any edges to clamp it down to so I was thinking if I can make a short extension for it. I don't need a whole new section I just need a secure extension that can be used to sustain the weight of the arm and mic. I tried drawing it and I hope it helps showing you guys what I envision. Thanks!

WHEN I REWIRED MY EZIP 1000 ELECTRIC SCOOTER, NOTHING SEEMED TO WORK BUT WHEN I TWISTED THE THROTTLE THE POWER SWITCH LIGHT CAME ON. IT WENT OFF WHEN I RELEASED THE THROTTLE. WHAT DID I DO WRONG?

Hello Everyone,As you might have read, I have a Milled Aluminium 2014 Block which is Anodized with Black color, Today when I was tapping the holes of it, the M2 Tap broke and got stuck inside that hole, there is no portion of it outside the hole, so I can't unscrew it and pull it out.I saw a few videos on youtube on how to use alum water, or electrolysis(with 10% dil H2SO4) to dissolve or chemically remove the Tap bit from the hole, But my question is is it possible that using any of the above options could destroy the anodizing on the job work. and is there any other easy method I can use?Please Note that the tap bit is M2 and There are no tap extraction tools for a bit that small on the internet (or Locally Available in India) but if you find one Please post links for the same. Please Be Positive and make this community a happy place. Thanks.

I have compass cmps-12 and i want to use it or calibrate it with my raspberry pi 3 using python. I already check on website but im not find it how to make it work. Please anyone knows how to calibrate compass cmps using python on raspi3 i need your help. :(

Looking for used disposable lighters, preferably bic, for an art project for class about sustainability. Any size will work. please let me know if you have some I will be happy to pay for shipping.Best,Spins

Hi everyone, I am trying to comunicate with a Laser via ethernet or RS232 but I realy don't find enough information in internet to make my sketch. For TCP/IP, I am using a ENC28J60.CLK ---> D8SO ---> D12SCK --->D13SI --->D11CS --->D10VCC --->3,3vGND --->GNDYou will find attached the manual for TCP/IP comunications that the laser company gave me.Finaly for RS232, I tried to use the TTL-RS232 module (MAX3232) to comunicate but I was not able to make it works. (attached the manual for RS232 comunications that the laser company gave me.RXD ---> RX 0 TXD ---> TX 1VCC ---> 5vGNS ---> GNDPlease could somebody helps me with the code. Thank you,Jonathan

Hello i want to create a longboard that is powerd by an edf jet engine just would like to know how much thrust whould i need to me

I was a simple man, love hardware, but never knew how it works.However, a good friend of mine gave me Arduino nano.since I do not know anything about the dev, I would like to gather some info, ask questions for developing, coding and others.So, heyyyy Im new, teach me senpai(s)!

Hello. How are you today?

Is this possible?So I'm working on this project on levitation using superconductor and strong NeFeB magnets. I'm try to determine the possibility of replacing the magnets with electromagnets equally as powerful and of the same size if not smaller. But I'm bit skeptic about the idea as I'm not sure how possible it will be to construct such electromagnet (or buy them preferable). Is this something that is possible? can anyone reading this give me recommendations? thanks

So i enjoy electronics, so i thought of an idea that would really benefit my life. I enjoy listening to music in the car. Like really enjoy it. Currently i have the original head unit that came with the ford focus mk1. Its terrible, and the speakers distort at loud volumes. Plus there is no way currently for me to listen to my own music apart from a CD. Which come on.. no one uses anymore.So here's my idea that im finding difficult to bring to light. I was hoping i could create some sort of botch head unit. But i want to create this using components that are not end products. So no i do not want a £100+ amp that does this for me without the DIY. It should be a lot cheaper to do this DIY.So my idea was 1 amplifier circuit board, which is difficult to find to power 4, 4 Ohm speakers. So my idea was to have 4 separate amplifiers for each speaker. I can't find a single channel amplifier to power a 4 Ohm speaker however. The signal the amplifiers would receive would be through an auxiliary cable or bluetooth reciever.Any ideas to point me in the right direction would be awesome. If there's a loophole in my idea then please let me know. Still a lot to learn, but that's what were here for right.Thanks in advance.

Does anyone want to try the collaboration experiment again? I forget why it stopped the first time but I thought it was fun. It would essentially be the same except for a few things that I think would improve it

Hi I would like to make a diy small scale version of the following video.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yQ4Pscb-ZQ Preferably a Lord Buddha head version of it. I am pretty creative but not mechanically inclined.challenges are as follows:_1) how to get a 3d scan of a buddha head i already have 2) cut the 3d scan horizontally in multi layers3) make a small scale model4) make the different layers rotate and control individually5) make it artsy...i am good with that so dont need much help

Hi,I'm trying to figure out the way solar battery charger work and I'm a bit confused about the following point.I read that for batteries you could consider the PWM voltage to be equivalent to DC. This I understand well for average voltage (obviously it's the same), but what about the dynamics ?If your PWM frequency is something like 100 kHz, that's a 10 µs period. Does the battery has time to follow and make big voltage and current peaks or does it just averages all that to more decent values ?One way to put it is : Are the battery time constants indeed much bigger than the PWM period ?Thanks for any idea on that topic !

I have an old cell phone charger that is very handy for charging my Kindle Touch and a set of Bluetooth earbuds. It quit working one day after someone used it to charge a high demand device. I read that the capacitors in these often fail. I got two electrolytic capacitors at a surplus store for less than a dollar total. I had to use a fine saw to open the plastic case. The new capacitors were the same electrical size, but not the same physical size. Closing the plastic case was not an option. I covered all exposed electrical contacts with hot glue, which is an excellent insulator. It looks ugly, but I have a good versatile charger again. (The high voltage connections are buried deep down where my fingers can not reach. As best I can tell, the terminals covered with hot glue for insulation are all low voltage.)

Mobile: Android. Browser: Chrome.When someone sends me a message on Instructables, it shows up in my inbox. When I reply to that message, it doesn't display it below the recieved message. Although the replied message does show up in the Sent section.#Feedback #Bug

Fixin’ to make to magnetic board and need some input on what to purchase. I’m seeing several types of sheet metal. There’s plain sheet metal, zinc plated, cold rolled, weldable, galvanized, etc. Is there a particular type I should purchase? Hoping to avoid anything that will tarnish or leave marks on any paper out on the board. Thank you for your input!

I am collecting data in the form of old pics, patents, newpaper and magazine articles as well as just doing things.Tesla coils are fun but is anyone experimenting with the original "multiplying transformer" that Tesla created?And before you say, sure I have a Tesla coil......I mean:Large diameter primary coil with one part of the secondary in very close proximity while the other half of the secondary is located at the center ;)

I'm using a couple of Lipo batteries to power a speaker on a trailer, I bought 2 low voltage alarms that plug into the balance cables but upon testing I found it to be unlikely that I'll hear them over the speaker. So would it be possible to modify the alarms so that they activate some kind of cut off device attached to the power cable instead? Each battery is 4s 10000mah.

Dear makers,I'd like to kindly ask you to contribute with your time and your opinions to my survey on http://survey.gregor-design.eu/As part of my research internship, I am working on the subject of the new industrial revolution, third places, digital manufacturing and their effect on our lives, on education, on work, on architecture and their capabilities. to produce social innovation.In this study, I try to find an answer to the following questions: Who is the maker? What are his/hers motives ? How does he/she see the present and the future? This movement, is it viable? Does this have the potential to reshape our society?THANK YOU very much!!

Hello, I have recived an Bass amp from a friend , obviously since the TDA2030A chip went wrong, his friend built new one amp and gave me his amp.The chip is the one mentioned is up typed, still works fine, now What Im trying to do is make stereo, since the Bass amp is mono,https://www.petervis.com/Electronics_Kits/TDA2030A...This is the site , I only need to make bottom circuit, but the issue is that this one is prebuilt by manufacturer and has volume knobs, Low, Mid1/2, and high equalization, has input 1,2.I mean this https://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_hb_20b.htm(note about this link, its not that correct one)It sounds good for my usage, but since I wanna add another chip of it and make it stereo I need help, since Im complete idiot, and I wanna keep the Equalization.Here are few pics.https://ibb.co/c7wbcehttps://ibb.co/ktuwceI hope you understand me.Thank you!

Planning to design a 3D printer that takes plastic bottles as input, I mean long narrow pieces of plastic bottles are fed as the printing filament. What will the difficulties in realizing such a design?

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I am looking for a person who knows how to make a robot that will move inside the space, avoid obstacles and create maps of the rooms in which he works?

Recently i studied the wheatstone bridge in me physics book in class but i could not understand it properly. I asked the teacher about my confusion but he also dont know. i have posted the picture of topic(wheatstone bridge). My question is ;1.Why current I1 is following through point A to D in loop ADBA. 2.Why current I2 is following through point D to C in loop DCBD.My confusion is that why current are following through these two paths. As current always flow through level of a higher potential to a level of lower potential but here it seems opposite.

I was trying to publish an Instructable. The icon that says "Generating Image" was going, then this error message popped up: "Oops! We couldn't understand your request. Please contact us to tell us as much detail as possible about what you were trying to do when this happened."So, being an obedient citizen of Instructables.com, here are a list of details of what I was doing:-Publishing an Instructable into Outside, Camping, Creative Misuse Contest-Windows 10 with Microsoft Edge-The PC went to sleep sometime after all my photos finished importing, maybe severing a connection (I don't really know what I'm talking about, btw)-I had perfect internet connection to my knowledge after I woke up the PC and started on my InstructableHope this helps, Auf Wedersehen!____UPDATE____I immediately went back to my draft and tried again, and successfully published my Instructable. It must have been a small glitch or something, thanks for the help you didn't have time to give! :)

Combine charge from solar panel and dc generator and charge the battery.

I am looking to build a rotating electrical connector, better known (in the electrical world) as a slip ring.The basics (my layperson terms) would include a stationary ring (fed by a power source AC/DC) and a rotating ring having 2-4 connecting points being in direct contact with the stationary ring allowing for power to be supplied to moving (rotating) devices connected to the connection points of the rotating ring.

You may have seen these online selling for ridiculous priceshttps://www.uncommongoods.com/product/long-distanc...But it occured to me how easy this would probably be on arduino. Do any of you know what would be the bare minimum you would need to get this to work? I would assume you'd need them to connect to wifi, and just send a simple signal but I'm not quite sure how to implement this. Any ideas from those more knowledgeable in the particulars?Thanks,

Trying to add new instructable but the edit window will not accept any text input?Win7, Firefox which always used in past without trouble.Ideas?

My name is Simon Njoroge. I have successfully made a 9(rows) x 24(columns) LED display panel that displays a scrolling message that uses the attached code. The panel consists of course of LEDs, 3 shift registers, a 4017 decade counter together with transistors and resistors. However, I would like the panel to display a static message of a maximum of 7 characters for my project need. Kindly can someone edit the code for me? I followed the instructions from the following site:https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-24X6-LED-matrix/

Hi I am designing a table lamp using LED strip with 24V DC. I want to use a motion sensor with distance range maximum 20cm and 24V DC. Here is a link that explains what I am looking for. Any one who can custom made this type of sensor?RegardsMehranhttps://f2rq3.app.goo.gl?link=https://app.alibaba....

So, I want to do this project with my kids. They’re 5 and 7, and I want to start early in educating them that all this stuff that surrounds them is made by someone, and that someone can be them...Also, they want a bunk bed. :)Take a look at the photo...Can anyone help me turn this picture into a design? I’m pretty handy, but I’d love it if someone with the carpentry-and-CAD skill intersection could take a crack at turning this pic into something I can use...Best,Dutch

This might be a double post by me. sorryWondering if this is possible. I would like to make an old landline vintage style phone work so when I pick up the the earpiece, it automaticaly plays an mp3 through the earpiece, until its set down again. The style of phone I have is the one where the listening piece hangs on the side and the talking piece is part of the phone, the two handed style. Can anyone give some advice on how to do this please or point me in the right direction. Cheers

I want to build a small cabinet based on the TARDIS. I want the doors to open and close automatically and, of course, make the sound. It will only by 12 or so inches tall so I don't need anything big to do this. Ideally, I'd like to activate it by touch. My first idea was to start with the wiring for The Most Useless Machine and move on from there. Think that's a good start? Any better ideas on how to do it? The full build will be in an instructable.

Whattup y'all, I have a Lego Mindstorms project underway, but I can't figure out how to write the program. If somebody out there who is familiar with programming EV3 could help or give me some tips, that would be great!The project is as follows: I built a start/stop timer for micro drones (i.e., a Tiny Whoop) so you can measure your time around your course. Start the program by pressing the center button on the Smart Brick. The setup measures whether or not the drone is on the starting block with the color sensor (either ambient or reflected light intensity). After the drone leaves the starting block, a timer will be set. The timer stops after the drone hits the stop gate, which presses the touch sensor. The time is then displayed on the screen, where you can view it, and then the program is restarted by pressing the center button again.My problem is that I have no earthly idea of how to make a timer with the EV3 software. If you know how, then screenshot it and send it to me, and you will be rewarded with a great Instructable in the near future!Auf Wedersehen, and thanks in advance!

Where can the strong dark clothes hangers be purchased? If you purchased good ones from Amazon, please indicate which ones were the good ones...Thank you so much

I want to varnish this birch plywood platform to keep it as waterproof and UV resistant as possible but also keep it as close to it's original pale birch colour as possible. i've never varnished anything before so i've been googling for answers and i'm getting some conflicting information, i've been looking at different clear outdoor varnishes and most claim to protect against UV light and not leave a yellow tint but most reviews say otherwise and some general varnishing info articles claim that clear varnish can't protect against UV at all and i'd need a dark stain which i really don't want. so what can i do to protect the wood against the elements and maintain the colour as much as possible? can i combine varnish with other stuff? i found some clear 'marine varnish' is this heavier duty than normal wood varnish or something?is there an alternative to varnish that will have a similar effect?if i need to modify the platform later, cutting bits out or drilling new holes is it ok to just apply another layer of varnish to reseal it or will it need preparing in some way or some additional step?

Question for mods. Sorry if this is the wrong spot.

Just put a video on Youtube about Laser Engraving under glass.A lot of people have made their own Laser Engravers using one method or another.I did the same using old DVD drive mechanism's a couple of Easydrivers an Arduino UNO and a 2 Watt Laser Diode and a Constant Current Laser Driver with TTL / PWM.Arduino has GRBL 1.1f loaded on to it and I use LaserGRBL (free program) to do the image settings, generate the GCode and burn the image.It's a good little machine, although the workpiece size is only 39mm x 39mm max.Eventually I'll build a bigger machine, but for now it does what I want it to do.Recently I removed the fan that blows the smoke away because it was whining a bit and getting on my nerves.So instead I tried using a piece of glass cut from an old flatbed scanner, on top of the workpiece.Seems to be good quality clear glass, I suppose it had to be if it was in a scanner.This stops the Laser from producing smoke and also soot.It does however produce a sticky residue on the back of the glass, but that can be cleaned off in soapy water.I was quite surprised at the results.Laser Engraving Under Glass.

Https://www.instructables.com/id/Counter-Strike-C4...I want to make this but I'm missing alot of the parts needed to do this myself. So I'm paying anyone who can make one look as close to the ones the others have made with working LED and everyone.

Can anyone have technically knowledge about Google "broad core" algorithm?

I think that this would be a great, fun, and relevant contest for the months of August and September.

The other day I wanted to post an 'I made it', well because I made it. But the function is not working. I tried it in Google Chrome, Google Chrome Incognito, Microsoft Edge, none worked. Cleared my browser, tried again, still no luck. Tried it on my phone (android 8.0) in Google Chrome, didn't work either.I've attached a photo of how it looks on the website. I'm able to press the 'I made it' button. Then the options 'add tip', 'ask question', 'post comment', etc. pop up. When I click 'post comment' (or another option) however, the area in where you should type doesn't appear. I also cannot add an image, because that button cannot be pressed.Hopefully you are able to help me with this.Ruud

Once again, I have had an idea beyond my capability to perform (I need to get my first job soon...): an mp3 player inside a Rubik's 2x2 cube. I am not sure if it would work while still being functional, but even if it can't move, it would still be cool! Can someone PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE do this and post it? Danke schon!